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Career twist YOUR ONLINE LOCAL HeadH in the game Injury focuses dancer’s life DAILY NEWS StevenSte Long’s brush with danger on Pilates movements www.portlandtribune.com tightenstig family bonds Portland— See LIFE, B1 Tribune— See SPORTS, B8 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPER • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSDAY CITY BUDGET ■ Some say homeless young ‘families’ are harmless; Hales others see menacing gangs braces for fi ght on cuts Unions study next moves as mayor gets ‘back to basics’ By STEVE LAW The Tribune Mayor Charlie Hales says he won’t spare any “sacred cows” to cure the city’s daunting budget shortfall, and that apparently goes for sacred horses as well. Hales on Tuesday proposed eliminating the Police Bureau’s popular mounted horse patrols, strip- ping city fund- ing for the Buckman swimming pool and reducing REESE the city work- force by 3 per- cent to close a projected $21.5 million gap in the 2013-14 general fund. TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ In a sharp contrast to former Jen, here with friend Levi, says most of the street crimes attributed to travelers are committed by a younger generation she calls “oogles.” Mayor Sam Adams — who scrounged millions in city funds last year to send to Port- land schools — Hales suggest- ed what he called a “back-to- Citations tossed; basics budget.” He proposed eliminating STREET FIGHT the equivalent system broken of 236 full- “He’s time positions By PETER KORN cutting in funded by the oreen Binder has had it. according to police, are heavily into mar- The Tribune current city The executive director of Bud “They band ijuana and heroin, in addition to alcohol. the right budget. Public Clark Commons, which pro- Some, but not all, get cited for quality of In his State of the City address last places.” safety agen- Dvides a full range of social ser- together, they life crimes in the downtown area. week, new Mayor Charlie Hales listed — Rob Wheaton, cies, largely vices to the homeless downtown, is let- take care of each At the day service center at the Com- among his priorities curbing the aggres- AFSCME shielded since ting it be known that not everybody is other, they deal mons, Binder says, some of these young sive street behavior that has become Council 75 the recession welcome at her facility. summer travelers, as the police are cur- associated with the summer travelers, as hit, won’t es- The group Binder is trying to exclude drugs, they do rently labeling them, menace other cli- they are called by police. cape their are identifiable, to a point. Travelers, the same things ents and have refused to keep their large According to criminal justice experts across share this time. Road Warriors and Rainbow Families are dogs on leashes. the country and in Portland, if Hales is seri- Hales also wants reduced a few of the labels other gangs do. “They can be very dangerous. These ous, it will take changes to the local commu- staffi ng in the city’s sewer and STORY BY that have been used, Because they’re are people who prey on the homeless,” nity court system and a political will nobody water utilities, to keep a loom- without precise defi - Binder says. In fact, Binder, who has here has seen fi t to display. ing sewer rate hike down to 5.3 PETER KORN nition. Binder and white they’re not spent decades advocating for the home- Today, the great majority of homeless peo- percent and a water rate in- Larry Turner, en- called gangs.” less and their rights, says she would like ple never show up for their community court crease to 3.6 percent. gagement director — Doreen Binder, police to treat the travelers as gangs. dates after being cited by police for street In other signs of a new direc- for Transition Projects, which runs the Bud Clark Commons “They band together, they take care of crime violations. And according to travelers tion in the post-Adams era, day facility at the Commons, say staff executive director each other, they deal drugs, they do the interviewed by the Tribune, they suffer few Hales is reducing his staff by a there can tell who the troublemakers are, same things other gangs do,” Binder consequences as a result of failing to appear. third, wants to significantly and have asked them to leave. says. “Because they’re white they’re not Criminal justice experts are nearly unani- cut staffi ng in Adams’ prized Most, but not all, are young adults. Most, but not called gangs.” mous in their belief that certainty and imme- Bureau of Planning and Sus- all, travel up and down the West Coast in self-made Binder isn’t going to get her wish. Portland police diacy of consequences are more important tainability, and proposes shut- families that squat on downtown sidewalks and pan- Lt. Mike Marshman says it would take a lot of time than severity of consequences. Street offend- ting down the Offi ce of Healthy handle. Some, but not all, wear Carhartt outer cloth- and money to get the travelers classifi ed as gang ers, they say, need to know that if they urinate Working Rivers, championed ing, numerous earrings and their hair in dreadlocks. members, to little effect. Police gang units would still by Adams. Some, but not all, travel with a large dog, usually a pit See JUSTICE / Page 3 Hales estimates that fewer bull, and carry large knives. Some, but not all, See TRAVELERS / Page 2 than 100 layoffs will be needed, and it could be much less than that, as city bureaus had about 331 unfilled positions at last count in March. The Police See BUDGET / Page 11 Dos escuelas, una celebración Where Hales wants to cut city jobs*: ■ Rieke, César Chávez schools join Police Bureau: 59 of the current 1,228 positions forces for Cinco de Mayo fundraiser Water Bureau: 41 of current 619 positions By JENNIFER ANDERSON ic scale. Fire & Rescue: 39 of current Oregon State The Tribune 730 positions The schools are 12 miles and University Environmental Services: 22 of a world away, but they’re forg- current 538 positions nutrition Jill Anderson’s daughter ing a unique partnership. Transportation: 19.5 of current instructor is learning Spanish after At Rieke’s art fair on May 5, 745 positions Yolanda De La school but doesn’t get much a group of about 30 Latino Management and Finance: 18.5 Cruz teaches chance to practice it. moms at César Chávez will of current 649 positions moms at César The second-grader attends prepare traditional Mexican Planning and Sustainability: Chávez School school at Rieke Elementary, a food. 18.5 of current 110 positions how to prepare popular neighborhood school The Rieke PTA will pay for Parks & Recreation: 12 out of nutritional in Southwest Portland that is the ingredients and equip- curent 421 positions meals. The 81 percent white. ment, and proceeds from the Mayor’s offi ce: 8 of current 24 So when Rieke’s fi fth annual food sales will be split between positions North Portland school is art fair fell on Cinco de Mayo the schools. Emergency Communications: this year, Anderson says it was A staff member at Chávez 4.5 of current 143 positions preparing food natural to try to add some au- also has ties to a classical Housing: 0 out of current 55 for the Art Fair positions at Rieke thentic cultural fl air to their c Spanish guitar group, Guitar- Development Services: gets 10.5 Elementary, elebration. They reached out ras Romanticas, who’ll provide added staff in Southwest to César Chávez K-8 School in the entertainment. North Portland, which is 58 Two connections made César Portland. *Full-time-equivalent positions funded percent Hispanic and at the op- TRIBUNE PHOTO: posite end of the socioeconom- See SCHOOLS / Page 9 in revised 2012-13 budget JONATHAN HOUSE “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune Report says mall ■ A report issued Wednesday says Clackamas Town Center shooter Jacob Tyler Roberts smoked marijuana deliver balanced news that refl ects the shooter smoked a few minutes before going to the mall Dec. 11 and shooting three people. Search: Town Center shooting stories of our communities. Thank you for reading our newspapers.” joint before crime Read it fi rst at portlandtribune.com Online — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, May 2, 2013 Travelers: Police powerless to control behavior ■ From page 1 spend their time on gangs that commit the most violent crimes, Marshman says, and travelers would land toward the bottom of that list. “Designating these folks into a certain group, I’m not sure how it benefits us, really,” Marshman says. Yes, Marshman says, the travelers sometimes don’t con- trol their dogs, yes they occa- sionally panhandle too aggres- sively, yelling and confronting passers-by who don’t give them money. Yes, they some- times block the sidewalks around Southwest Third Street and Pioneer Square. In some of those instances police can is- sue violation citations that Marshman acknowledges mostly get ignored (see accom- panying story). Last year Portland police tried a new tactic aimed at making the city a little less comfortable for the travelers, partnering with Multnomah County animal control offi cers to target the travelers’ unli- censed dogs. Somewhere be- tween 60 to 100 times over the summer, police confronted travelers about their dogs. In about a dozen cases, Marsh- man says, the owners were cited and offi cers took the dogs to a county facility in Trout- dale.