march 10 VOLUME 24, ISSUE 7 Serving Portland’s Northwest Neighborhoods since 1986 FREE mikE ryErson cop shop beyond fixing Bud Clark’s thoughts on the Portland Police Bureau aren’t hard to read By allan Classen Bud Clark loaned me a book last fall, knowing I had an interest in its subject. The former Portland mayor and longtime Northwest District resident had just read Breaking Rank, a 2005 memoir/polemic by former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper subtitled, “A top cop’s exposé of the dark side of American policing.” After a 34-year law enforcement career in San Diego and Seattle, Stamper concluded that police culture, per- sonality traits, unions and paramilitary bureaucracy all After reading Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Expose of the Dark Side of stand in the way of long-overdue reforms. American Policing, Bud Clark found many parallels between the Portland “I wish I had read that before I became mayor,” said police department of today and the one he supervised as mayor in the 1980s Clark, who went through five police chiefs during his and 1990s. tenure as mayor and commissioner of the police bureau from 1985-1993. Continued on page 12 DEQ admits downplaying inside EScO threat Nearby residents may get 95 percent of air toxics from foundry By Paul Koberstein Oregon Department of Environmental Qual- ity staff gave inaccurate information to Northwest neighborhood residents, said Andy Ginsberg, head of the agency’s air-quality division. Cory Ann Wind, an air-quality specialist, told residents last April that ESCO is respon- sible for only a sliver of the area’s air pollution. “Typically, industrial activities emit less than 10 percent of the total air toxics puzzle,” she said in an email to several residents. The Northwest Examiner obtained a copy of the email by filing a petition under the federal Freedom of Information Act. Her email said residents have more to worry about Uptown Billiards from the toxic output from “cars and trucks, home Easy to miss, good to find and commercial heating and activities such as open PagE 13 burning, landscape maintenance and solvent use.” But Ginsberg said ESCO is a much more impor- Voos Villa tant source of air toxics in the neighborhood than Wind suggested. To people who live nearby, ESCO’s con- Tragic end to resort hotel tribution to the air pollution is much greater. In fact, he PagE 6 said, within several blocks of ESCO’s foundry, its emis- Continued on page 21 sPrinG BirdsonG symPhony Ultra Modern in Washington Park/ BloominG sanCtuary in Private Hoyt Arboretum BaCkyard Spring Sunshine in Forest Heights 7849 NW Blue Pointe Lane 3205 SW Upper Cascade Drive The interior drama of a Parisian manse, the bountiful gardens Portland architect Moulton Andrus designed this sleek and grounds of a Provençal farmhouse, and the lofty view of the architectural gem. Intimate yet open spaces lend peaceful French Riviera: feel like you’re coming home to the European tranquility with uplifting and breathtaking serenity. Natural light countryside every day to this unique home in the coveted Blue from four directions brightens interior spaces, yet total privacy Pointe neighborhood. Large elegant public rooms open to wide is retained. 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Your February issue [“23rd Avenue nears bottom,” Northwest Examiner, February End run on Firefighters memorial trips 2010] was destructive and did nothing to encourage your readers to support the busi- The people trying to strip the Firefighters process—since representatives of the Goose nesses and restaurants that must contend not only with an extremely difficult economy, memorial just off West Burnside of its key Hollow Foothills League knew nothing but also with our neighborhood public works project, a community necessity that was elements got their fingers burned so deci- about it—and he said the neighborhood had delayed for many years. rd sively that they now say they never had such already been consulted, and as a result, the Yes, it is inconvenient to drive on 23 Avenue. Yes, parking is an issue, but there is an idea in the first place. space where the memorial now stands would an answer: We must walk. I’m pleased that citizens and public offi- be retained as a neighborhood park. Remember a few years ago when we were going to be a walk-only mall? must we cials reacted so firmly and appropriately. As Those supposed negotiations were also lose all that makes us a unique neighborhood due to the difficulties of the next few a result, the memorial will likely be spruced a complete mystery to league members. months? up and protected for future generations. A Pushed further, Leonard said that Corah Neighbors and friends: You only miss something when it’s gone. Don’t listen to the second and larger firefighters memorial may was responsible for all the outreach. Corah, Examiner. Get on your Nikes and support the businesses servicing our neighborhood. also be built on the east side of the river, in turn, explained that he had talked to resi- Let’s encourage those who remain in business and even fill the empty storefronts with which need not detract from the existing dents of the adjacent condo building and rd positive hope for the future and renewal of 23 Avenue. memorial built to the memory of Portland nearby business people. Shame, shame, Examiner. Are you trying to build the neighborhood up or tear it Fire Chief David Campbell in 1928. When historians, neighborhood activists down when it needs you most? Where would your paper be without a thriving North- It is appropriate, however, to consider and city planners learned of plans to remove west 23rd Avenue? what could have happened and how those the relief plaque of Campbell and lanterns involved got so far off track.