MAY 16, 2018 Portland and Seattle Volume XL No. 33 25 CENTS News .............................. 3,8-10 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Immigration Crackdown 8 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW CITY AUDITOR - ARCHIVES & RECORDS MGMT - AUDITOR’S HISTORICAL RECORDS FACE-OFF Ninie Mae Locke dressed for work in the shipyards. Portland Library Presents a Historical Portrait of Black Life The Skanner News T his month, the North Portland Library is launching “Our Sto- ry: Portland Through an African American Lens” — its new online collection that features images, docu- ments and interviews with the Black See LIBRARY on page 3 Former state legislator and veteran activist Jo Ann Hardesty (left) and Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith were the top contenders in a race for Portland City Council, with results close enough that the two will run against each other this November. Hardesty, Smith to Face Off in November Winning candidate will be the first African American woman to serve on Portland’s governing commission in the history of the city The Skanner News Staff and Wire Reports T AP PHOTO/SETH WENIG his fall Portland vot- ers will elect the first Black woman to city council — an historic Dennis Drazin, CEO of Darby Development, operators of Monmouth Park, speaks to reporters at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, N.J., May 14. The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation. Monmouth Park has already set up a sports book operation. All Sports Betting is page On 9 BOOK REVIEW: “A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality and page 6 the Law” first. Veteran activist Jo Ann Hardesty got 42 percent of the vote in this spring’s primary, and Multnomah County Commissioner Lo- retta Smith got 22.5 per- cent — a close enough race to qualify the two candi- dates for a runoff race in the fall. Susheela Jayapal, a candi- date for Multnomah Coun- ty Commissioner District 2, running for Smith’s va- cated seat, also claimed an historic victory Tuesday as the first south Asian to be elected in the state of Oregon. This week also saw an up- set in the 24th district race for state senator, with for- mer state representative Shemia Fagan unseating incumbent Rod Monroe in a race dominated by debate about the future of hous- ing and renters’ rights in Oregon. The Skanner News staff compiled the following results from government and wire sources, which were up-to-date as of Wednesday morning. For a full list of statewide elec- tion results, visit http:// results.oregonvotes.gov/; for Multnomah County re- sults, visit https://multco. us/file/72536/download. City of Portland Commissioner, Position 3 Jo Ann A Hardesty – 34,507 — 42.17 percent Loretta Smith – 18,382 — 22.47 percent Andrea Valderrama – 8,736 — 10.68 percent Felicia Williams – 10,028 - 12.26 percent Stuart Emmons – 8,446 — 10.32 percent Lew Humble – 1,458 - 1.78 percent Write-in — 266 - 0.33 percent Metro Council President Lynn Peterson – 72,098 — 83.72 percent Michael P Langley – 13,559 — 15.74 percent See ELECTION on page 3 Organizers Raise More Than $21,000 for Bailout Campaign Bailouts will continue as funds are released The Skanner News L ast week’s fundraising campaign to bail Black mothers out of jail raised $21,813 before it closed in time for the weekend. Gina Spencer, who organized the fundraiser, said she was able to get one woman released from the Mult- nomah County Jail, but encountered difficulties at Washington County, where she was told the person she intended to bail out had a warrant in another state. According to Deputy Jeff Talbot, the public informa- tion officer for the Washing- ton County Sheriff ’s Office, the county runs warrant checks for inmates at the time they are incarcerated and at the time they are re- leased. In this case, the wom- an Spencer attempted to bail out did not have any out- standing warrants in the ini- See BAILOUTS on page 3 PHOTO BY M.O. STEVENS (CC BY 3.0) VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ‘Our Story’ is the North Portland Library’s new digital gallery Organizers of a bailout for Black mothers raised $21,000 and were able to bail one woman out of jail for the weekend, but encountered difficulties in Washington County.