The INDEPENDENT, November 15, 2000
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Panel will offer visions of Oregon’s future in post-election forum
A panel of respected Oregon
public affairs observers will sift
through results of this week’s
election and offer their vision of
Oregon’s political future on
Tuesday, December 5, when
Pacific University launches the
second year of the Pacific
Questions town hall series.
“Election Aftermath: Putting
the Pieces Together. How Do
We Create a New Vision for
Oregon?” will kick off the Pa
cific Questions series for 2000-
2001. A second town hall pro
gram on bioethics is planned
for the spring.
Started last year during Pa
cific University’s Sesquicenten-
nial, the Pacific Questions pro
gram creates an opportunity for
classroom and public discus
sion of important community is
sues, according to President of
Pacific University, Faith Gabel-
nick.
“We are bringing together an
outstanding and diverse group
Means subcommittee on public
safety in the last legislative
session. She led the success
ful effort to pass Ballot Mea
sure 5, the initiative requiring
criminal background checks for
firearms sold at gun shows.
Her professional career started
as a reported for the Eugene
Register-Guard and the Asso
ciated Press, where she cov
ered the Oregon Legislature.
Steve Forrester, editor and
publisher of The Daily Astorian,
runs one of the smallest daily
newspapers in Oregon, but is
known throughout the state as
a forceful and often quoted ed
itorial writer. Prior to moving to
Astoria in 1987, he was nation
al affairs correspondent in
Washington, D.C., for Pacific
Northwest newspapers for 10
years. He also was publisher of
NorthwestLetter, a political
of Oregonians to sort through
the many ballot measures and
look at the next legislative ses
sion and beyond,” Gabelnick
said. “More importantly, we will
pose questions about creating
a vision for higher education in
the state, given our current
politcal environment.”
The panel for the 90-minute
moderated town hall will in
clude Oregonians with a mix of
political, journalism, strategic
planning and coalition-building
experience. Gary Conkling,
president of the Portland-
based public affairs and strate
gic communications consulting
firm of Conkling Fiskum & Mc
Cormick, Inc. will be moderator
for this first town hall.
The panelists will be:
Ginny Burdick, Oregon State
Senator, Portland, a Democrat,
who represents West Portland
and the Sellwood area. She
served on the Judiciary Com
mittee and the Ways and
newsletter, and producer/host
of “Northwest Week in Re
view”, a weekly show about re
gional politics that aired on
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uring how well Oregon is doing
as a people, place and econo
my. In his earlier life as a Cali
fornian, Wyse was involved in
the restructuring of that state’s
telecommunications, electricity
and natural gas industries.
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Abbreviations: EMS, Emergen
cy Medical Service; MVA, Mo
tor Vehicle Accident
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