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Hall passes YOUR ONLINE LOCAL Gettin’ it done Oregon music Oregon offense scoring, luminaries feted DAILY NEWS but work-in-progress — See LIFE, B1 www.portlandtribune.com — See SPORTS, B8 PortlandTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPERTribune • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSDAY Fluoride opponents PDX OLD TOWN: take fi ght PARTY IN to ballot THE STREETS? Without paid signature-gatherers, volunteers press on By STEVE LAW The Tribune When Multnomah County commissioners legalized gay marriage in 2004 after only token public involvement, cit- izen outrage helped power a ballot measure campaign that wound up overturning the decision. Now anti-fluoride activists hope to tap similar anger at Portland City Council’s rushed decision on Sept. 12 to fl uo- “I think it’s ridate the city been hugely water supply. Though helpful the they have just way the 30 days to cir- city went culate peti- tions, activists about say they’re on this.” track to gather 40,000 signa- — Kimberly tures by the Sgt. Rich Steinbronn and Offi cer Ariana Ridgley (left) chat with Splash Bar owner Jordan Ruemler, hosting a block party on Northwest Third and Couch on Friday night. Kaminski, Clean Oct. 12 dead- Water Portland line. That’s twice the num- ber needed to qualify for a May ■ 2014 ballot referendum, with Proposal to close blocks gives rowdy revelers elbow room wiggle room for invalid signa- tures, and suspend any changes n weekend nights in Old Town, the urday nights, the corner of Northwest Fourth Av- to the water supply until the question facing Portland police Sgt. enue and Couch Street, in the heart of the district, public vote. Richard Steinbronn isn’t whether a has been the scene of 207 police calls — about four Kimberly Kaminski, director Ofi ght will break out, but when and a night. of Clean Water Portland, says where. Northwest Third Avenue and Couch Street has she’s optimistic the group will Steinbronn fi gures shoulder bumping will likely had 169 police calls. Second and Couch has yielded meet its goal. At least 600 volun- be the match that lights the fi re. Shoulder bump- 76; Fourth and Davis, 81. A suspect is teers have been dispatched with ing, in Steinbronn’s world, consists of drunken No other spots in Portland even come close to arrested by clipboards to farmers markets, people squeezed onto too nar- those numbers of police calls. offi cer Todd New Seasons grocery stores row a sidewalk, accidentally Most of the calls are the re- Harris after a and other places where people touching shoulders as they Story by Peter Korn sult of drunken brawls. Stein- bar fi ght congregate, Kaminski says. walk past each other. Photos by Jonathan House bronn estimates that for each And the campaign has begun to Friday and Saturday nights, fi ght to which police are called, outside Club hire some experienced canvass- the streets of Old Town are three others have been handled XV ended with ers to supplement their work. turned over to the bars and nightclubs that open by nightclub security people. one combatant Still, volunteer-led signature their doors, let out the pulsing beats of their dance About once a year somebody gets shot and unconscious. drives rarely succeed in Oregon music and let in an estimated 4,000 young men and killed at one of these clubs. In August, a man point- Police are anymore. Ballot measure cam- women who are out to party all night. ed a handgun at patrons inside the crowded Dixie getting called paign experts are skeptical the Steinbronn leads the Entertainment District po- Tavern, but handed the weapon to police when four times a inexperienced, poorly funded, lice detail charged with keeping order. He says he they arrived. night—mostly volunteer-run group can suc- and his four-person crews need help. He’s got data The city is poised to commit to a six-month trial about fi ghts — to prove it. to some Old See FLOURIDE / Page 4 During the past six months, on Friday and Sat- See OLD TOWN / Page 2 Town clubs. Be part of the mayor’s debate The Portland Tribune, KOIN Local 6, KPAM 860 and PSU will host the rst televised Greater Portland cranks up job focus debate of the Portland mayoral race between Charlie Hales and ■ Regional By JIM REDDEN nual Economic Summit last ufacturing. lion to $42 billion a year in Jefferson Smith. The Tribune week. “Doubling exports “Lots of opportunities are fi ve years. The debate will be simulcast leaders look During the past year, GPI at hand,” Robbins told the “Doubling exports would on KOIN Local 6 and KPAM 860 for ways to After year of confusion has partnered with govern- would create Thursday gathering at the create 110,000 new jobs in fi ve on Monday, Oct. 8, from 6:30 to increase and false starts, Greater ment and business groups to 110,000 new jobs in Portland Art Museum. years. It would take a lot 7:30 p.m., at PSU's Lincoln Hall. Portland Inc., the region’s create more than 500 jobs in Even more ambitious is the more to recruit that many For tickets go to koinlocal6. exports, public-private economic the region. The most recent fi ve years. It would Greater Portland Export Plan new jobs,” Robbins said. com and click on the box about industries development organization, are 10 executive-level posi- take a lot more to launched in partnership with Last week’s event was only the debate. fi nally appears to be get- tions in the Magnum boot recruit that many the city, Metro, the Port of the second summit since GPI ting serious. company moving from Cali- Portland, the Portland Busi- was created by merging two Hundreds of business, po- fornia to Portland. new jobs.” ness Alliance and other busi- largely ineffective regional litical and community lead- And 25 current projects — Sean Robbins, ness-oriented groups. Devel- economic development orga- ers cheered when GPI Chief could create up to 3,000 more GPI chief executive offi cer oped with the help of the nizations in April 2011 — the Executive Offi cer Sean Rob- jobs in fields ranging from Brookings Institution, it aims public-sector Greater Green- ThisWeek bins gave a progress report at software development to to double exports from Online the organization’s fifth An- health care to advanced man- the region from $21 bil- See GREATER / Page 9 Local stories that you read about first at www.portlandtribune.com Benson students cash in on job skills ■ NEWS — Smith down- plays 1993 misdemeanor company interviewed and se- charge — Mayoral candi- Apprenticeships help lected Benson students last date says woman he in- new businesses’ year to teach them new skills jured was attacking him at — with pay — and give them party. (Posted Monday, Oct. connections pay off exposure to the types of ca- 1) Search: Jefferson Smith. reers available at their compa- ■ Internal Frashour re- By JENNIFER ANDERSON ny and the industry. view questioned — City The Tribune “When an employer looks for Auditor found no police bu- a potential employee, they’re reau procedures governed When it comes to real- thinking of someone in their shooting of Aaron Camp- world experience, Benson 20s or 30s,” says Benson Princi- bell. (Posted Tuesday, Oct. Polytechnic High School stu- pal Carol Campbell, in her sec- 2) Search: Frashour. dents are getting the chance ond year at the school. “We’re of a lifetime. trying to sell them a 16-year- ■ SPORTS — A shocking Three students this year are old.” Joey Wallberg end to Darwin Barney’s part of the school’s new appren- The students — junior Evan works a drill pursuit of MLB record — ticeship program with Mil- Wagstaff, junior Joseph Wall- press in his But his golden defensive waukie’s Blount International, berg and senior Gabe Hale — metal shop class season for Cubs draws a global manufacturer of saw were selected from two dozen at Benson High praise. (Posted Friday, Sept. chains and other cutting tools. who applied. School. 28) Search: Barney. Concerned about an aging TRIBUNE PHOTO: manufacturing workforce, the See BENSON / Page 8 JONATHAN HOUSE A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, October 4, 2012 Old Town: Police try to manage tense area tonight. A little later, an Orange ■ From page 1 Cab drives north on Third. Steinbronn says his crew has re- for the solution Steinbronn and ported that company’s cars to nightclub owners are proposing city licensing officials through- — close a six-block area to all out the summer and that the traffic. That means no cars — company has accrued $33,000 in not even police cars — would be fines. allowed on the streets. Officer Jay Gahan notes the The plan is to open Entertain- license plate number, planning ment District streets to bar pa- one more Monday morning re- trons as they walk from venue port to the city revenue bureau. to venue in the wee hours of the Traffic on Third is starting to night. That, Steinbronn says, back up, which Steinbronn says should cut back on shoulder presents another problem as an bumping, as well as illegal taxis obviously intoxicated woman picking up drunken women at 2 wearing stiletto heels wobbles a.m. across the street. Will it represent a concession “A lot of these (drivers) are Police say the by the city that Old Town has from Sandy,” Steinbronn says. mix of surrendered to a level of noise “They don’t know they’re sup- pedestrians, and incivility that all but the posed to stop for everyone.