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Techies
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fore.”
If all politics is person-
al, as the saying goes, the
moment it got person-
al for the tech industry
was when the Trump
administration imposed
its initial travel ban on
immigrants and refugees
from seven majority
Muslim nations. The in-
dustry prides itself on its
openness to immigrants,
who comprise about
one-quarter of the U.S.
technology and science
workforce and include
the founders of iconic in-
stitutions.
Nearly 100 tech com-
panies, including Goo-
gle, Facebook and Uber,
fi led a court brief urging
suspension of the ban,
while Google co-founder
Sergey Brin, a Russian
immigrant, joined pro-
tests at San Francisco
International Airport.
That was followed by an
unprecedented compa-
nywide walkout at Goo-
gle and now, on March
14, nationwide rallies
are planned for a “Tech
Stands Up” day of pro-
test.
“People in Silicon Val-
ley, it’s really hard to
get them excited about
things that aren’t techni-
cal,” said Anita Rosen, a
technology project man-
ager who has started an
activist group in the Val-
ley suburb of Mountain
View. “But everything
that Trump says is the
opposite of what we be-
lieve. He hates technolo-
gy. He hates foreigners.”
The morning aft er the
election, Jesse Pickard
convened the daily meet-
ing at the technology
fi rm he runs, Elevate.
He could see the fear
and heartbreak in the
faces of his staff of 21,
some of whom are legal
immigrants. He tried to
inspire them to fi ght for
all the things that made
them fi rst fall in love
with the United States.
Then he set about doing
that himself.
Pickard wondered if
the door-knocking he’d
done for Hillary Clinton
had been the right use of
his talents. “I didn’t feel I
was having the impact I
could have if I was mean-
ingfully using my design
skills,” he said.
And
so
Pickard
launched DeBug Politics,
a series of hackathons
where teams of soft ware
engineers create apps
to fi ght Trump and get
more people involved in
politics. Winning prod-
ucts include a Chrome
browser extension that
points viewers to news
that doesn’t match their
ideological viewpoint,
and a tool that allows
people to urge followers
on social media to con-
tact elected representa-
tives.
Pickard’s company is
based out of a three-sto-
ry converted brewery in
San Francisco’s trendy
South of Market district.
Sitting at a picnic table on
the rooft op deck, where
the company chef some-
times serves employees
lunch and dinner, Pick-
ard acknowledged that
tech workers generally
had a protected life.
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Metro, a metropolitan service district organized under the
laws of the State of Oregon and the Metro Charter, locat-
ed at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-2736,
is hereby requesting sealed bids to replace the Roof on
the Metro Regional Center. Sealed bids are due no later
than 2:00 p.m., April 26, 2017 in Metro’s business offices
at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-2736, At-
tention: Julie Hoffman, Procurement Analyst, RFB 3306.
Bids will be opened publicly at that time. Contractor is to
provide all equipment, labor and materials necessary for
the removal and replacement of the existing 38,000s.f.
roof of the main Metro Regional Center (MRC) building,
attached Daycare Facility and two (2) Plaza Café struc-
tures, as defi ned in solicitation document. A voluntary
Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for all potential prime
and sub-contractors on March 24, 2017, at 2:00 pm, in the
main lobby of the Metro Regional Center, located at 600
NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-2736. Interested
sub-contractors are also invited. Solicitation documents
can be viewed and downloaded from the Oregon Pro-
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all bids, in whole or in part, or waive irregularities not
affecting substantial rights if such action is deemed in
the public interest.
Metro extends equal opportunity to all persons and spe-
cifi cally encourages minority, women-owned and emerg-
ing small businesses to access and participate in this
and all Metro projects, programs and services. Metro and
its contractors will not discriminate against any person(s),
employee or applicant for employment based on race,
color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, reli-
gion, disability, political affiliation or marital status. Metro
fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and related statutes and regulations in all programs and
activities. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI
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KITSAP TRANSIT
RFP #17-563
TRANSMISSIONS
Kitsap Transit, the public transportation provider in Kitsap
County is requesting bids for the rebuilding of transmis-
sions.
REALTORS
Kitsap Transit reserves the right to reject any and all bids
without cause and to waive any informalities or irregu-
larities.
Copies of the Invitation for Bids may be obtained by con-
tacting Kitsap Transit at 360-478-6220, or at 60 Washing-
ton Ave., Suite 200, Bremerton, WA 98337, or email at
ktpurchasing@kitsaptransit.com.
Mailed or hand-delivered sealed bids will be accepted
until 2:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Kit-
sap Transit’s main administration office, 60 Washington
Ave., Suite 200, Bremerton, WA 98337.
Kitsap Transit, in accordance with Title VI of the Civ-
il Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat., 252.42 U.S.C. 2000d to
2000-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations De-
partment of Transportation, subtitle A, of the Secretary,
Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs
of the DOT issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifi es
all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any con-
tract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disad-
vantaged business enterprises will be afforded full op-
portunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and
will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race,
color or national origin in consideration for an award.
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