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• A-Boy Supply - 7365
SW Barbur Blvd, •Port-
land
• Goodwill Store - 3134
North Lombard St,
Portland
• Gresham Library - 385
NW Miller Ave, Gresh-
am
• McDonald’s
Restau-
rant - 2010 NE Cesar
Chavez Blvd, Portland
(drop box located on
west side of NE 40th
Avenue between NE
Tillamook and NE Han-
cock and near the Hol-
lywood Library)
• Midland Library - 805
SE 122nd Ave, Portland
• Multnomah
County
Elections - 1040 SE
Morrison St., Portland
(drop box located on
the East side of SE 11th
between SE Morrison
and SE Belmont and
drop box located on
the North side of SE
Belmont between SE
10th and SE 11th) Walk/
bike-up drop slot also
located at the corner of
SE 11th and Morrison
on SE Morrison.
• Pioneer Courthouse
Square - 700 block of
SW Broadway next to
Starbucks and across
from Nordstrom
• Regal Cinemas Movie
Theater / M & M Car
Wash - SE Division St &
SE 165th Ave, Portland
- drop box located in
Regal Cinemas parking
lot behind M & M Car
Wash
Voters can also drop off
their ballot at any Mult-
nomah County Library
location during regular
library hours.
A complete list of li-
brary locations and
hours can be found
at
multcolib.org/
hours-and-locations.
What follows is a list
of library branches in
North and Northeast
Portland:
• Albina Library, 3605
NE 15th Avenue
• Fairview Columbia Li-
brary, 1520 NE Village
Street
• Gregory Heights Li-
brary, 7921 NE Sandy
Boulevard
• Isom Operations Cen-
ter, 205 NE Russell
Street
• Kenton Library, 8226 N
Denver Avenue
• North Portland Li-
brary, 512 N Killing-
sworth Street
• St. Johns Library, 7510
N Charleston Avenue
Registered voters who
have not received their
ballots or need a re-
placement should con-
tact the Elections office.
Replacement ballots can
be ordered at multco.
us/elections/webform/
order-ahead-replace-
ment-ballot.
Voters can also call
Multnomah County Elec-
tions at (503) 988-3720 or
visit in person to get
assistance or a replace-
ment ballot.
Multnomah
County
Elections normal office
hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Special extended office
hours are as follows:
8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Nov. 3
8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Nov. 4
10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nov. 5
8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Nov. 6
7 a.m. – 8 p.m., Nov. 8
(Election Day)
Voters can also sign
up to track their ballot,
and will receive notices
that say whether the bal-
lot has been accepted or
whether it requires fur-
ther action by the voter.
Multnomah County vot-
ers can sign up by visit-
ing: multco.us/elections/
track-your-ballot.
Multnomah
County
Elections provides an in-
terpreter, free of charge
to those who need one.
Measure 97
PHOTO BY JERRY FOSTER
Election
Khizr Khan Speaks
Khizr Khan, Attorney at Law and Muslim-American Gold Star Father, spoke at the Muslim Educational Trust in Tigard Oct. 23. A large,
diverse crowd – including Sen. Ron Wyden and city commissioner Nick Fish – attended the event.
Lawsuit
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who used the #blacklivesmatter
hashtag. On Tuesday Rosenblum
said she had fired the investi-
gator responsible for tracking
Johnson’s social media messag-
es. When news broke about the
creation of Johnson’s file last
fall, Rosenblum told the media
the same investigator had been
placed on paid leave.
Johnson’s suit contends Rosen-
blum and the DOJ have not taken
action to address the work cul-
ture that led to the surveillance of
Johnson and others.
“Although the community
called for accountability — a year
later and DOJ has taken no action
to address the atmosphere that
fostered such profiling,” the com-
plaint says. “Regardless of the At-
torney General’s purported out-
rage, in the past year, there have
been no trainings for anti-racial
profiling. No trainings for diver-
sity. No trainings for cultural
competency. And no trainings
for anti-bias to ensure that such
violations will not occur in the fu-
ture.” It notes an internal review
investigated earlier this year that
noted statutes and internal pro-
cedures were violated, but the
state has not made changes that
review recommended.
A press statement issued last
“
proach in the litigation context
has been described as ‘unprec-
edented in its scope and lack of
regard for the law and the facts.’
Tactics which a federal court de-
scribed at ‘purposely focused on
‘Although the community called for ac-
countability—a year later and DOJ has
taken no action to address the atmo-
sphere that fostered such profiling’
week by the law firm of Creighton
and Rose, which represents John-
son, also said Johnson’s profiling
is consistent with the state’s civil
rights record. “This is not an iso-
lated problem. For years the State
of Oregon has had a deplorable
record of violating the civil rights
of its employees and taking heavy
handed tactics in dealing with
those who dare to exercise their
First Amendment rights - wheth-
er it be for their political speech
or when they seek to redress their
grievances in the court system,”
the statement says. “Their ap-
chilling any attorney without a
stout heart from an avalanche of
pointless litigation.’ Employees
wronged by the State have been
encountering these tactics for
years. Despite Attorney General
Rosenblum’s being aware of these
nuclear tactics clearly designed
to dissuade and deter those with
legitimate grievances from com-
ing forward against the State, she
has refused to address these is-
sues, at times remaining willfully
ignorant.”
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Economic Research Center at Portland
State University. The two studies used
previous economic data to predict the
effects of the Measure if it were applied
in 2017.
What are the potential benefits?
Both studies said Measure 97 would
provide a modest amount of stability
for funding, although less than in states
that have sales taxes. Oregon voters
have rejected a sales tax the nine times
it has been on the ballot and is one of
only five states without a sales tax.
Oregon would continue to have the
majority of its revenue come from in-
come and property taxes which tend to
follow the boom and bust of the market.
Proponents say the state could hire
over 7,500 teachers if measure 97 pass-
es. Oregon has some of the largest class
sizes in the nation. In 2012, only Ari-
zona, California and Utah had fewer
teachers for every 100 enrolled stu-
dents.
The Legislative Review Office report
predicts higher wages for some pub-
lic sector jobs that replace lower wage
retail jobs. The Northwest Economic
“
would take a larger proportion of in-
come from poorer families than from
wealthier families. The amount of re-
gressivity is marginal though, the LRO
The two studies diverge when predicting how
many jobs could be lost due to Measure 97
Research study says that construction,
administrative and waste services, and
professional and business services
would all see employment increases
under Measure 97.
What are the potential consequences?
The two studies diverge when pre-
dicting how many jobs could be lost
due to Measure 97. The Northwest
Economic Research study says retail
and wholesale trades, financial ser-
vices, and manufacturing will all ex-
perience decreases in employment.
Both studies said the effects of Measure
97 would be regressive — meaning it
study predicted less than a 1 percent
loss of income for any family due to
higher prices.
The Legislative Review study simulat-
ed this effect, predicting a $372 net loss
of income for families making less than
$21,000 per year and a $1,282 net loss of
income for families making $206,000 a
year. The $372 loss is 0.9 percent of in-
come for the first family and the $1,282
is only a 0.4 percent of income for the
wealthier family.
Both analyses pointed out the dan-
gers of “pyramiding” taxes. There are
no exceptions to sales that are in a sup-
ply chain where the product would be
Oregon State Capitol
taxed at every transaction if the com-
panies are over the $25 million sales
threshold. Manufacturing and food
processing industries would more like-
ly be affected by pyramid taxes.
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