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December 20, 2017 The Skanner Page 11 Bids & Classified Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com or go to www.TheSkanner.com and click on the “Ads” menu New Blow for Uber as Top EU Court Says It’s a Taxi Company Senate Moves Tax Cut Legislation to Brink of Final Passage BRUSSELS (AP) — Ride-hailing service Uber suf- fered a new blow Wednesday as the European Union’s top court ruled that it should be regulated like a taxi company and not a technology service, a decision that could change the way it functions across many coun- tries in the continent. Uber, which is wrapping up a particularly punish- ing year, sought to play down the ruling Wednesday by the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice. The company insisted it will try to keep expanding in Europe anyway. The court decision could also affect other inter- net-based businesses, and reflects a larger dilemma about how governments should treat companies that operate online and don’t fit in with traditional laws. The decision stems from a complaint by ENROLLMENT a Barcelona taxi driv- PROGRAM ers association, which ASSISTANT wanted to prevent Uber LEAD COOK from setting up in the Spanish city. The taxi Mt Hood Community College’s Head Start is drivers said Uber driv- seeking a full-time En- ers should have autho- rollment Program As- rizations and licenses, sistant (PA) and Lead and accused the com- Cook (LC). PA supports management with a wide pany of engaging in un- variety of administrative fair competition. support functions, in- Arguing its case, San cluding project manage- ment, clerical, and enroll- Francisco-based Uber ment duties. LC directs said it should be regu- the daily work of on-site lated as an information cook, kitchen aides and services provider, be- food delivery driver. More information and to apply: cause it is based on an https://www.government- app that connects driv- jobs.com/careers/mhcc. ers to riders. Contact Anne at anne. WASHINGTON (AP) — Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweep- ing rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Ameri- cans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year. President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legisla- tive victory. After midnight, the Senate narrowly passed the leg- islation on a party-line 51-48 vote. Protesters inter- rupted with chants of “kill the bill, don’t kill us” and Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly called for or- der. Upon passage, Republicans cheered, with Trea- sury Secretary Steve Mnuchin among them. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in- sisted Americans would respond positively to the tax bill. “If we can’t sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work,” he said. Trump hailed the vote in an early morning tweet and prom- ised a White House news conference, likely Wednes- day, when the House completes legislative action on the measure. The early morning vote came hours after the GOP rammed the bill through the House, 227-203. But it wasn’t the final word in Congress because of one last hiccup. Cardinal Law, Central Figure in Church Abuse Scandal, Dies AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK World Briefs From left, Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., arrive to speak to members of the media following a Senate luncheon on Capitol Hill, Dec. 19 in Washington. Republicans muscled the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades through the House with an expected vote in the Senate to follow. The price Mosul’s residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civil- ian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the U.S.-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self- styled caliphate. But Mosul’s gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city’s rubble are keeping count. Iraqi or coalition forces are responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths from airstrikes, artillery fire or mortar rounds between October 2016 and the fall of the Islamic State group in July 2017, according to an Associated Press investigation that cross-referenced independent databases from non-governmental or- ganizations. Most of those victims are simply described as “crushed” in health min- Grant High School Modernization istry reports. The coalition, which 2245 NE 36th Ave., Portland, OR says it lacks the resourc- Work Pkg: #6 - Remaining Interiors es to send investigators into Mosul, acknowledg- 100% CD Documents es responsibility for only Proposals Due: 1/5/18 by 2 PM 326 of the deaths. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose fail- ures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Ca- tholicism, died early Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was 86. Law had been sick and was recently hospitalized in Rome. Law was once one of the most important leaders in the U.S. church. He broadly influenced Vatican ap- pointments to American dioceses, helped set priori- ties for the nation’s bishops and was favored by Pope John Paul II. But in January 2002, The Boston Globe began a series of reports that used church records to reveal that Law had Portland International Airport (PDX) transferred abusive cler- Parking Additions and Consolidated gy among parish assign- Rental Car Facility (PACR) ments for years with- out alerting parents or Electrical Trade Partner police. Within months, Bids Due: 2:00pm PST, Jan. 12, 2018 Catholics around the country demanded to JE Dunn Construction invites written and sealed know whether their bish- proposals for qualified Trade Partners to provide preconstruction and design-assist services for Elec- ops had done the same. trical Work on the PACR project. Upon successful Law tried to manage the preconstruction participation, the intent is to award mushrooming scandal the Trade Partner a contract to furnish and install the Electrical scope of work. in his own archdiocese by first refusing to com- A pre-proposal meeting will be held at the Port of ment, then apologizing Portland HQ, Anchor Conference Room, 7200 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218 on December 13, and promising reform. 2017 at 10:30am PST. Any Proposal received after But thousands more the specified date and time will not be considered. church records were re- A complete copy of the RFP can be obtained by leased describing new emailing Robert Means at Robert.Means@jedunn. cases of how Law and com. others expressed more Proposals must be delivered to JE Dunn Construc- care for accused priests tion, Attn: Robert Means, 424 NW 14th Ave, Port- than for victims. Amid land, OR 97209. a groundswell against the cardinal, including rare public rebukes from some of his own priests, Law asked to resign and 424 NW 14th Ave the pope said yes. REQUEST FOR BIDS 9,000-Plus Died in Battle with Islamic State Group for Mosul MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Portland, OR 97209 Phone: 503-978-0800 SUB-BIDS REQUESTED Pre-Bid Walkthrough: An optional pre-bid walk- through will be held at 2:00pm on Monday, De- cember 18th, 2017. Attendees should meet at the front entry of the school. All trades are welcome and encouraged to attend. Millwork and Casework bidders are highly encouraged to attend to review the refurbishment of existing millwork. blumenauer@mhcc.edu or (503) 491-6142 with any questions. 12-20,12-27-17 Community Business Directory BEAUTY SALON & BARBERSHOPS We’re Here and We’re Not Going Anywhere For a list of trades included in this work package, access Andersen-Colas Egnyte link listed below. Deans Beauty Salon & Barbershop There is an 18% minimum MWESB participation requirement, and an aspirational goal of 40%. OREGON’S OLDEST BLACK BEAUTY SALON & BARBERSHOP Serving our community since 1954 Bid Documents are available to review and download on Andersen-Colas Egnyte file: GHS Modernization - Work Package 6 - Remaining Interiors & School Equipment https://andersencloud.egnyte.com/fl/5QjJ8kKGnq All proposals shall be submitted through email or de- livered in a sealed envelope with a flash drive con- taining electronic documents to the attention of Erin Storlie and David Evans at the following address: Andersen Construction 6712 N. Cutter Circle Portland, Oregon 97217 ATTN: Erin Storlie & David Evans Email: estorlie@andersen-const.com & devans@andersen-const.com 6712 N. Cutter Circle Portland, OR 97217 Phone 503-283-6712 CCB # 200258 JE Dunn Construction reserves the right to select the best value response, negotiate with multiple proposers, or reject all responses. This is an Equal Opportunity and encourages Minority, Woman, Vet- eran, and Emerging Small Business participation. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage the participation of emerging small busi- ness, women-owned, disadvantaged, disabled vet- erans and minority enterprises. 12-6,12-13,12-20,12-27-17,1-3,1-12-18 12/13,12/20,12/27/17 215 & 213 NE Hancock Portland, OR 97212 503.282.3379 Salon 503.282.3388 Barbershop STYLISTS: Kim • Sylvia • Kaycee • Pearl BARBERS: Curtis • Pearl INSURANCE
