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May 17, 2017 The Skanner Page 3 News cont’d from pg 1 Yes, 62.45% (79,420 votes) No, 37.55% (47,752 votes) 127,172 total votes Measure 26-193 Bond to Improve Health and Safety in Portland Public Schools Yes, 65.95% (78,635 votes) No, 34.05% (40,602 votes) 119,237 total votes Portland School Director, Zone 4 Rita Moore, 57.47% (54,221 votes) Jamila Singleton Munson, 41.55% (39,201 votes) Write-in, 0.99% (930 votes) 94,352 total votes Portland School Director, Zone 5 Scott Bailey, 62.39% (57,218 votes) Virginia La Forte, 25.93% (23,785 votes) Traci Flitcraft, 10.75% (9,863 votes) Write-in, 0.93% (849 votes) 91,715 total votes Portland School Director, Zone 6 Julia Brim-Edwards, 66.97% (62,699 votes) Trisha D. Parks, 15.95% (14,929 votes) Joseph L. Simonis, 8.43% (7,895 votes) David Morrison, 3.04% (2,849 votes) Ed Bos, 2.58% (2,418 votes) Zach Babb, 2.18% (2,039 votes) Write-in, 0.84% (790 votes) 93,619 total votes Portland Community College Director, Zone 4 Jim Harper, 96.98% (16,431 votes) Write-in, 3.02% (512 votes) 16,943 total votes Portland Community College Director, Zone 5 Valdez Bravo, 61.85% (6,112 votes) David Squire, 24.03% (2,375 votes) Moses Ross, 13.18% (1,302 votes) Write-in, 0.94% (93 votes) 9,882 total votes Multnomah Education Service District Director, Position 2 At Large: Helen Ying, 48.1% of vote (54,654 votes) Kristin S. Cornuelle, 35.53% of vote (40,371 votes) John Sweeney, 15.23% of vote (17,302 votes) Write-in, 1.14% (1,301 votes) 113,628 votes cast Multnomah ESD Director, Position 1, Zone 5 At Large Susie Jones, 65.36% (8,232 votes) Abigail Howatt, 33.02% (4,159 votes) Write-in, 1.61% (203 votes) 12,594 votes cast Multnomah ESD Director, Position 3, Zone 2 Mary Botkin, 89.76% (24,134 votes) Joe Hanson, 8.85% (2,379 votes) Write-in, 1.39% (374 votes) 26,887 votes cast Mulntomah ESD Director, Position 4, Zone 4 Jessica Arzate, 42.90% (5,695 votes) Jodi Ballard-Beach, 33.08% (4,392 votes) Francisco (Frank) Acosta, 22% (2,947 votes) Write-in, 1.82% (242 votes) Rahmat Shoureshi Named President of PSU The Portland State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to appoint Rahmat Shoureshi — currently New York Institute of Technology’s interim president and provost — to become PSU’s ninth president. Shoureshi, Ph.D., will succeed PSU President Wim Wiewel, Ph.D., who will step down after serving Portland State for nine years to become a faculty member of the university’s College of Urban and Public Affairs. Shoureshi will begin his tenure at PSU on Aug. 14. Shoureshi joined NYIT in 2011 as its provost and vice president for academic affairs. In January 2017, he was appointed its interim president. The university has three campuses in the U.S., four global campuses, two medical schools and joint degree programs in eight countries. Prosper cont’d from pg 1 executive director, Kimberly Bra- nam, told The Skanner. “To pros- per means to flourish and thrive, so it felt like what we were striv- ing for.” Prosper Portland is also the name of a failed Portland Police Bureau anti-homelessness cam- paign from 2014. Branam said she’s confident that any associa- tion with the short-lived police initiative won’t linger for long. This is also not the agency’s first name change. It was initial- ly called the Department of De- velopment and Civic Promotion, before becoming the Portland De- velopment Commission in 1958. Its sole purpose was to serve as the city’s urban renewal and rede- velopment agency, which includ- ed “slum clearance,” as noted in its original charter amendment resolution. Less ‘renewal,’ more equity While some Portlanders might be side-eying the timing of the rebrand – Prosper Portland has its plate full with a $220 million budget for ongoing renewal strat- egies in targeted neighborhoods, along with the possible redevel- opment of the 13.4-acre lot of the Pearl District post office – the agency has worked to change its public image for years. Halfway through its five-year “ brand to align with your actions, and we have been changing our actions for the last 10 years – to- ward being more focused on equity, inclusion and economic growth, for all Portlanders, and particularly those that have been Prosper Portland wanted to embrace a name that was more reflective of its current work – less urban renewal and more equity-building strategic plan, released in 2015, Prosper Portland wanted to em- brace a name that was more re- flective of its current work – less urban renewal and more equi- ty-building. Through a 2007 effort by for- mer Mayor Tom Potter, the city council now holds tighter reins over the agency, acting as its bud- get committee. Today, Prosper Portland says it’s a fundamental- ly different agency since its in- ception in 1958. “It’s really important for your historically underserved,” said Branam. To help shape its new identity, the agency worked with a con- sulting firm to survey its stake- holders, along with an analytics company to carry out polling and focus groups with communities of color. Its new homepage is teeming with images that promote diversi- ty, while offering stats on Prosper Portland’s efforts towards equity. Read more at TheSkanner.com cont’d from pg 1 the party. You have folks that are more moderate, folks that are more leftist -- or some that might be considered more in- dependent. I think you have less of that at the national level, where everyone moves towards the center. A lot of peo- ple have the same background – they might be attorneys, analysts – coming from very similar perspectives. I think here, at the county level, you have more diversity in thought. TSN: How does being the first Black vice chairwoman of the Multnomah County Democrats shape your role? RD: There’s no way I can step out of my skin, so I’m always viewing every- thing through a lens of equity. That’s everywhere I go, in my work life and in my private life. So definitely I’m think- ing about those things. For example, Multnomah County and the Democrat- ic Party of Oregon have worked togeth- er on caucuses; so they have groups of organizations around a particular area they’d like to pay attention to. There is a Black Caucus, there’s an LGBTQ Cau- cus. And one of the things I don’t see, that I’d like to have a chat about, is a social justice caucus. I see that as being “ There are hundreds of people coming through the door each month now, asking, what can I do? a very necessary thing, so I’ll be speak- ing with anyone who will give me their ear on that conversation. TSK: What is the Democratic Party, on the county level, in most need of right now? RD: First of all, let me say that I think there are some things that are going right. And I don’t think that having different voices in the room, saying dif- ferent things is problematic. All of that together is what is going to move us for- ward. I don’t think that we need to have a lock-step movement with a particular candidate with a particular ideology. I think if we’ve had any challenges in the past, that has been it. Also, I’d like to be more inclusive of folks that haven’t had a place at the ta- ble. That goes for African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. I’d also like to see more vet- erans in our fold, and more labor orga- nization participation. So that’s really my focus. And my role – the role that is written down in our bylaws – is to ed- ucate our precinct committee persons (PCPs), which are the voting members at Multnomah County’s grassroots lev- el. But I realize that the public needs some of the same tools that the PCPs have. Read the full story at TheSkanner.com PHOTO BY MELANIE SEVCENKO Dixon PHOTO COURTESY OF PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Election Rachelle Dixon, pictured here in front of The Skanner building, is the vice chair of the Multnomah County Democrats
