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Opinion The Skanner News Candidiate Endorsements “Challenging People to Shape a Better Future Now” B ERNIE F OSTER Founder/Publisher B OBBIE D ORE F OSTER Executive Editor T ED B ANKS Advertising Manager J ERRY F OSTER Account Executive L ISA L OVING News Editor H ELEN S ILVIS Multimedia Editor D AVID K IDD Graphic Designer M ONICA J. F OSTER Seattle Office Coordinator J ULIE K EEFE S USAN F RIED Photographers City of Portland: Charlie Hales for Mayor, Amanda Fritz for City Council The Skanner News: Charlie Hales for Mayor, Amanda Fritz for City Council W e can’t remember the last time the race for mayor of Portland was so rocky. While both Jefferson Smith and Charlie Hales – and their primary race challenger Eileen Brady – are all obviously bright and committed to public service, somehow the entire may- oral campaign has been marked by scandals, untruths and negativity. This was especially heartbreaking during our recent endorsement interview with Smith, who has evolved into an articulate and knowledgeable leader with more insight into the city’s options for binding arbitration in the Police Bureau than anyone else we’ve spoken with. But the way Smith handled revelations of his past – repeated drivers license suspen- sions and a short list of violent encounters – by failing to simply Charlie Hales for Mayor own up to them when they first emerged in the news, showed that the gifted young lawmaker is not mature enough to handle the reins of City Hall at this time. We are endorsing Charlie Hales because he has experience in Port- land government, he represents bedrock progressive values and his priorities for the city – social justice, job creation and sustain- ability – are ones we can get behind. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, and to us this means Hales understands the needs of the business commu- nity as well as the potential for bureaucratic abuse of public resources. We believe Hales understands how to get things done. Similarly, we endorse Amanda Fritz for City Commissioner. Fritz spent years working her way up as a community organizer even though she already had a career in health care; and she didn’t give up when the going got tough. Fritz’ dedication to the City of Portland shines through in the dogged way she has weathered sexist insults about her effectiveness in office – criticisms we believe to be unfair and unfounded. Fritz’ success in bringing about the Office of Equi- ty with a unanimous vote of her peers despite a punishing round of Amanda Fritz for City Commissioner media criticism rallies our own faith in the power of a compelling idea. We want Fritz to have anoth- er four years in part to see what more she might accomplish before retiring from the Council, which she has said she plans to do. The Skanner Newspaper, established in October 1975, is a weekly publica- tion, published each Wednesday by IMM Publications Inc., 415 N. Killingsworth St., P.O. Box 5455, Portland, OR 97228. Telephone (503) 285-5555. E-mail: info@theskanner.com World Wide Web site: http://www.theskanner.com Barack Obama for President of The United States Earl Blumenhauer for Congress 3rd District Chip Shields for State Senator 22nd District Lew Frederick for State Representative 43rd District Fax: (503) 285-2900 The Skanner is a member of the National Newspaper Pub lishers Associ- ation and West Coast Black Pub lishers Association. All photos submitted become the The Skanner News endorses: The Skanner News also endorses: U.S. President State Representatives property of The Skanner. We are not re - spon sible for lost or damaged photos either solicited or unsolicited. Barack Obama © 2012 The Skanner. ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED. REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART Congress WITHOUT PERMISSION PROHIBITED. To see The Skanner News on your smart phone go to theskannermobile.com or scan this QR code with your app. 1st District Suzanne Bonamici 2nd District Joyce Segers 3rd District Earl Blumenauer 4th District Peter DeFazio 5th District Kurt Schrader State Offices Secretary of State Kate Brown State Treasurer No Endorsement Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum State Senators • • • • • • • • Local news Opinions Jobs, Bids Sports Entertainment Music reviews Bulletin board RSS feeds 22nd District Chip Shields 23rd District Jackie Dingfelder 25th District Laurie Monnes Anderson Page 4 The Portland Skanner October 24, 2012 41st District Carolyn Tomei 42nd District Jules Bailey 43rd District Lew Frederick 44th District Tina Kotek 45th District Michael Dembrow 46th District Alyssa Keny-Guyer Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries Brad Avakian Judge of the Supreme Court Position 3 Richard C Baldwin Judge of the Court of Appeals Tim Volpert
