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T-Mobile
Day of Caring
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The agreement requires
T-Mobile to stay out of the
PSMS business
Presenting third-party charges in a dedicated section of
consumers’ mobile phone bills, which clearly distinguishes
them from T-Mobile’s charges and contains information
about how to block third-party charges.
In addition to restitution, T-Mobile will pay $18 million to
go to cost recovery for the 50 states and the District of
Columbia, whose attorneys general participated in the
agreement. Washington’s share of that money is
$726,583.07.
The FCC will receive $4.5 million.
TO REQUEST A REFUND:
Beginning today, eligible current or former T-Mobile cus-
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
announced they would stop billing customers for commer-
cial PSMS charges in the fall of 2013.
The agreement requires T-Mobile to stay out of the PSMS
business, which law enforcement agencies believe repre-
sents the lion’s share of the cramming problem.
The company must also take steps to ensure it’s only
billing customers for charges that have been authorized.
These steps include:
Obtaining customers’ express consent before billing for
third-party charges, and ensuring consumers are only
charged for services if they are informed of all material
terms and conditions of their payment;
Providing a full refund or credit to any customer billed for
unauthorized third-party charges in the future;
Informing new customers that they can either block third-
party charges or choose to use their mobile phone to pay
third-party charges;
Volunteers wrap Christmas presents at the 6th Annual Christmas Day of Caring, Saturday, Dec.
20, at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The event, which serves hundreds of families, includes free gift
wrapping and lunch.
tomers should submit claims to the T-Mobile cramming
refund program by visiting www.t-mobilerefund.com.
On that website, consumers can submit a claim, find
information about refund eligibility and how to obtain a
refund, and can request a free account summary that details
PSMS purchases on their accounts.
Consumers who have questions about the program can
visit the program website or call the Refund Administrator
at (855) 382-6403.
Knauls
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Mrs. Knauls had served as
a member of the New Hope
Baptist Church; the Urban
PHOTO FROM BOISE VOICES ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
College, Mrs. Knauls received her profes-
sional training at Moler Barber College,
graduating in 1962.
Mrs. Knauls spent 29 years working at the
storied Cask and Maxey’s Barber Shop
before joining with her husband to buy the
building where Geneva’s Shear Perfection
continues to operate today; in recent years
she had retired from Geneva’s after 36 years
in business.
Mrs. Knauls’ long career in business also
included, together with her husband, own-
ing and operating The Cotton Club on North
Vancouver Avenue; Paul’s, and Geneva’s
Restaurant and Lounge.
She enjoyed skiing, playing bridge and
walking marathons, as well as supporting
The American Cancer Society and The Sis-
ter Circle.
ity, Alpha Mu Beta Chapter;
Over the years Geneva received honors
and awards including the Business Excel-
Mrs. Knauls had been married for 49
years to her business partner Paul
Knauls, known unofficially as “the Mayor
of Northeast Portland” – in a sense
making her the “First Lady.”
League of Portland; the
Ebony and Rose Ski Club;
Bubbling Brown Sugar;
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Soror-
lence Award, King Neighborhood Business
Award, The Best of Portland (for Geneva’s
Shear Perfection), and the Delta Sigma
Theta Women of Excellence Award.
After surveying the scene, Cruser
switched his focus from Vegaz alone, to the
capacity. After speaking with the promoters
who did not have a head count readily avail-
able, Cruser barred some patrons from
re-entry while allowing the show to contin-
from 100 to 50 by Cruser the day before the
show, though the report says the venue’s
capacity was always 49.
“As this show was three weeks after the
Blue Monk incident, word of the supposed
reduced capacity spread quickly,” the report
says.
Rasheed Jamal, one of the three members
of The Resistance detailed in the report how
that confusion affected one of his friends he
said bought a ticket for the show.
“She was trying to enter the building and,
you know, there was a cop at the door
instead of the bouncer for some reason and
he told her that this place is at capacity, you
have to go somewhere else,” states Jamal.
“And she said, well, I have a ticket though.
And she was told, well, you can either come
in here and go to jail or you can turn around
and go somewhere else. And that’s offen-
sive.”
Sammy Davis, Jr., Geneva Knauls and Paul Knauls
at The Cotton Club.
hip hop
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ed during its night inspection program.
Portland police spokesperson Sgt. Pete
Simpson says as the bureau gears for the
upcoming transfer of leadership from Mike
Reese to Larry O’Dea the suggestions put
forth will be considered.
“We’re going to be looking at it to figure
out what’s the best way to proceed as far as
whether or not there’s a standard operating
procedure on how officers do walkthroughs,
and how we track walkthroughs,” Simpson
said.
He also says dialogue with the hip hop
community is important, but puts some of
the onus of communication and safety on
those involved in the scene, many of whom
are small business owners.
“A lot of focus is educating the venues on
how to responsibly manage the business,
and that’s what we’ve seen in the past where
we have problems. People who don’t know
what they’re doing running a business, they
want to do things that cause public safety
risks. And that’s across the board, that’s not
to do with hip hop specific.”
OLCC’s Christie Scott mirrored Simp-
son’s comments and said they are willing to
participate in dialogues that will keep cus-
tomers safe at business serving liquor.
The report lists two concerts as “case
‘A lot of focus is educating the venues on how
to responsibly manage the business’
studies” in the tension between authorities
and hip hop-related events. One headlined
by three popular Portland acts, Hanif. (for-
merly Luck-One), Illmaculate, and Mikey
Vegaz; the other, a March 22 show at
Kelly’s Olympian in downtown Portland
headlined by a three man collective, called
The Resistance.
Police and fire marshal Rob Cruser
showed up to the aforementioned show cit-
ing concerns about alleged “gang ties” by
Vegaz during his set.
ue with the thinned out crowd.
When Illmaculate (real name Gregory
Poe) took to stage, instead of performing, he
ended the concert in a fit of frustration. “I
will not perform in this city as long as the
blatant targeting of black culture and
minorities congregating is acceptable com-
mon practice,” Illmaculate who is White
and Latino wrote on his Twitter in the fol-
lowing minutes.
The second “case study” at Kelly’s
Olympian was an alleged cut in capacity
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