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Oregon Futures Lab Is Shaking Up the Stateâs Elected Leadership at Every Level
âWe realized getting people into public office isnât enough,â says OFL executive director Ana del RocÃo. âWe need to follow through with the support during their years of governance, especially for new leaders.â
By
Gosia Wozniacka
3/8/2021 at 9:00am
Published in the March 2021 issue of
Portland Monthly
Portland-based nonprofit Oregon Futures Lab, and its associated Color PAC, has been working since 2014 to seed and support progressive leaders of color at all levels of government around the state.
People of color may make up a quarter of Oregonâs population, but they represent a far lower percentage of elected officials across the state. BIPOC candidates face multiple hurdles: lack of access to donors and gatekeepers, low pay once in office (or no payâschool board members are volunteers), and the psychological toll of public service.
In those two decades, voters have elected Republicans statewide only twice.
One was Gordon Smith, who won a second term in the U.S. Senate in 2002 but lost six years later. He became president of the National Association of Broadcasters. He maintains a home in Pendleton, but has said he will not seek public office again.
The other was Dennis Richardson, a former state representative who lost to Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber in 2014, but was elected secretary of state two years later. Richardson died of cancer in 2019.
One of Richardson s early endorsers for governor in 2013 was Atiyeh, who knew about second chances. He was elected governor on his second try in 1978 (he lost four years earlier) and was re-elected in 1982.
19-yr-old who dumped deer heads on Lake Oswego lawns first claimed it wasn’t him, then admitted it was a ‘really stupid’ move, records show OregonLive.com 2/17/2021 Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
When police first came to the home of Thomas A. Jakmauh to question him about two severed deer heads dumped on two Lake Oswego lawns, the 19-year-old initially denied any responsibility.
Jakmauh said he had been deer hunting at Saddle Mountain days earlier and had returned to a friend’s house with the deer heads to cut off the antlers.
He claimed he had discarded the remnants in the trash at the home of his friend’s mother, though she had asked that they not be left there.
19-yr-old who dumped deer heads on Lake Oswego lawns first claimed it wasn't him, then admitted it was a 'really stupid' move, records show columbian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.