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May 20, 2015
Week
in
Review
The
PCC Fires District President
Portland Commu-
nity College has
opened a search
for a new president
after parting ways
Monday with Jere-
my Brown who was
hired less than two years ago from
Dowling College in New York to
replace retiring PCC President
Preston Pulliams. Via a negotiated
departure with the PCC Board of
Directors, Brown will collect his
salary through June 30, in addition
to $11,000 in attorney fees, and a
$300,000 severance package.
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Gov. Kate Brown and U.S. Sen.
Merkley joined about 500 peo-
ple Friday for the first ride on the
MAX Orange Line, the first time
MAX trains operated at regular
speeds with passengers along the
entire 7.3-mile route between
downtown Portland and north
Clackamas County. The event
marked a major milestone for the
project, which opens in 119 days.
Biker Gang Shootout Kills 9
Motorcycle gangs gathered for a
meeting at a popular restaurant in
Waco, Texas got into a shootout
Sunday that left nine bikers dead
and 18 injured, and it sent pan-
icked patrons and bystanders flee-
ing for safety.
$15 Fair Wage Adopted
The Portland City Council voted
last week to amend its fair wage
policy, raising pay for more than
150 contractors and some full-time
workers to $15 an hour. The new
policy applies to parking attendants,
security guards, and janitorial staff
in city-owned or operated buildings.
The policy takes effect July 1.
Baby Arrives in Transit
Firefighters helped a woman deliver
a baby at the intersection of South-
east 10th and Woodward Street
Monday morning after the expect-
ant mother and her husband real-
ized they would not make it to the
hospital. Crews helped the woman
deliver on scene and both the moth-
er and her child were transported by
ambulance from the scene and are
reportedly in good health.
Driver Hits Two People
A 27-year-old man who police say
got into a fight early Sunday at the
White Eagle bar on North Russell
Street, fled the establishment in a
vehicle, and then hit two people
with his car, has been identified
as Avery Camacho. One woman
was critically injured and one man
suffered an injury when Camacho
drove over his foot.
Victim’s Mother Clarifies Story
The Portland Observer wishes to correct two statements from a
story about families gathering to stop more black youth from dying,
“Converting Pain into Purpose” from our May 13 issue.
Lucy Mashia, one of the Portland mothers quoted in the story, said
her son, Leonard Irving died four years ago, not two, as was printed
in a photo caption. She also clarified that she believes she knows who
may have killed her son, but that witnesses have refused to step for-
ward with information on the killer’s identity.