City of Portland Getting New Domain Name & Email Addresses

January 29, 2010

The City of Portland has decided to get rid of their previous domain name (ci.portland.or.us) in exchange for a new and more appealing one (portlandoregon.gov).  All of the dots and abbreviations made the old domain name quite confusing for users and employees.  Within the next two months, all City of Portland employees will have new [...]

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Why I am running for Oregon Senate District 23, pt 3 (experience)

January 16, 2008

I described my qualifications to succeed Senator Avel Gordly in the Oregon Senate in terms of my life experience in Parts 1 and 2.
Here, in Part 3, are my qualifications for the office in terms of my five years plus of legislative experience, five years of serving the constituents of Senate District 23 and the [...]

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Why I am running for Oregon Senate District 23, pt 2

December 2, 2007

Four years ago, on Thanksgiving Day 2003, I watched my son Aaron, all 21-years-old of him, pack for deployment to Iraq.
He was gone the next day, driving to Utah to join my other son, Tyler, 19 years old, both members of the same Army National Guard unit.
As we held our last embrace, standing together in [...]

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It’s On!!! Sean Cruz for Senate District 23 campaign kicks off Nov 29

November 26, 2007

Elect Sean Cruz for Oregon State Senate District 23
Campaign kicks off at Tupelo Joe’s
Featuring: The Bobby Torres Ensemble(Latin jazz at its finest) Andrew Gorry(PSU guitarist) Special Guests!!!
Bring four cans of food!!!
Please bring four items of non-perishable food for the NE Emergency Food Bank. Winter food stocks are far lower than what is needed.
When: Thursday, November [...]

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A teachable moment in Portland: Cesar Chavez, Chicanos, Latinos and “the Community.”

November 17, 2007

I am going to try to seize a teachable moment amid this mind-numbing conversation that used to be about Cesar Chavez….
Much of the confusion stems from the lack of clarity regarding who is speaking and on whose behalf they claim to be speaking.
Virtually all of the public discussion centers on “Latinos” and the “Latino community”, [...]

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