JAM SESSION: 11 candidates for four months
Wicked Local
Jam session is an opinion forum offering comments on issues from a group of Plymouth residents. It appears on the Forum pages in the Weekend edition of the OCM.
The newspaper poses a question to the group each week, and participants choose whether to comment. This column is designed to bring the voices of well-informed residents into the Forum page to address issues, one at a time.
Participants cross the local political spectrum and live throughout the town. Some are current or past Town Meeting representatives, and all are active in the community. We hope their diverse points of view will encourage discussion of the issues Plymouth faces.
February 01 2021
Candace Avalos: We do not feel safe on our streets and in our homes when hate goes unchecked. I am running for County commissioner to stand up for you the people, your families and your businesses, and to work for a brighter future for all of us.
These are some of the first few words you can read on Mark Shull s campaign page for Clackamas County. But after it was uncovered recently that the newly elected commissioner has a documented history of disparaging Black and brown communities, some of us are wondering what he really meant when he said he d work for all of us.
Candace Avalos column: Bigotry deserves to be canceled
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
The Clackamas County Commission voted to censure newly-elected commissioner Mark Shull, with Shull also voting yes. Shull, center, has said he will not resign, however.
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Candace Avalos
Avalos is a Portland State University educator and co-founder of the Black Millennial Movement. She chairs Portland’s Citizen Review Committee and serves as a member of the city’s Charter Review Commission. She lives in Portland.
“I am running for County commissioner to stand up for you the people, your families and your businesses, and to work for a brighter future for all of us.”
Election creates void on San Jose City Council for Vietnamese community
January 28, 2021
Vietnamese residents receive information during a Tết event ahead of last year s census count. Photo courtesy of Census 2020 San Jose Counts.
From the sensory delights of Little Saigon to colorful celebrations at Lion Square, the influence of the Vietnamese community is seeped in San Jose except on the City Council.
Following November’s election, San Jose where more than 1 in 10 residents is Vietnamese no longer has a councilmember representing the community, leaving leaders with mixed feelings. Some see it as a loss while others say they are waiting for a strong candidate to step up.