Goals in mind YOUR ONLINE LOCAL Making waves Blazers’ Batum wants to Oregon’s future energy improve his shooting, consistency DAILY NEWS needs are out in the ocean — See SPORTS, B10 www.portlandtribune.com — See Sustainable Life inside PortlandTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPERTribune • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COMu • PUBLISHEDn THURSDAYe Race stumbles toward end Solar ■ Negative By JENNIFER ANDERSON two women handed out fl iers to attend- Mark, $34,450 for his services. aring The Tribune ees titled: “Mark Wiener, The real But at least two of Smith’s support- fl iers from power in City Hall.” ers fi nd that troubling. Smith’s Jefferson Smith, the mayoral Wiener is a longtime political consul- The fl ier distributed Monday night supporters candidate who pledged against tant who helped elect Mayor Sam Ad- crowns Wiener the “King of City Hall.” negative campaigning, is now, for ams and Commissioners Randy Leon- It depicts Leonard, Saltzman, city com- in trade present him the second time in the race, deal- ard and Dan Saltzman to offi ce. missioner candidate Mary Nolan and with latest ing with rogue supporters who dis- He now leads the media consulting Hales as points on Wiener’s crown, challenge tributed negative campaign litera- part of Hales’ campaign, including TV with question marks over the latter two ture on his behalf. HALES SMITH and mailers. Three other consultants candidates’ heads since they haven’t dispute Monday night, before a debate at are paid as well, including longtime been elected yet. Portland State University — the fi rst strategist Liz Kaufman. The campaign live televised forum of the fall race — has so far paid Wiener’s fi rm, Winning Local companies in See MAYOR / Page 4 thick of ght over China’s products By JIM REDDEN ■ Without drive-bys or emblems, Asian gangs target their own The Tribune SolarWorld is hitting back at critics who say the compa- ny is threatening the entire solar power industry by fi l- ing unjustifi ed trade com- plaints against China. “Many of our critics placed their bets on illegally dumped Chinese products and now they are afraid of paying the price,” says Ben Santarris, head of cor- porate communications and sustainability for SolarWorld America, which operates a large manufacturing plant in Hillsboro. One of the most vocal critics is SunEdison, a solar company owned by MEMC Electronic “Solar- Materials, World’s goal Inc., which manufac- is to raise tures solar the cost of wafers in U.S. solar Portland. Last week, energy.” Kevin Lapi- — Kevin Lapidus, dus, senior SunEdison vice presi- dent of legal and government affairs for SunEdison, said “SolarWorld’s goal is to raise the cost of U.S. solar energy.” Lapidus spoke to reporters the day after last Wednesday’s fi nal International Trade Com- mission hearing on Solar- World’s complaint that China is trying to monopolize the solar industry in violation of interna- tional trade agreements. This week, the U.S. Commerce De- TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT partment is expected to fi nalize Siou Bounketh helped broker deals between police and Southeast Asian leaders that helped quell gang violence. When Bounketh closes Legin Restaurant later this month, he will its preliminary duties and tar- also vacate his position of authority in the Asian community. iffs against the Chinese prod- ucts. The ITC is expected to enact them next month. By PETER KORN crime to police, his family would be in dan- At the hearing, SolarWorld The Tribune ger. officials said they could be But there is more than fear behind the vic- forced to lay off Hillsboro work- here are days when Adrian Galvez tims’ silence, according to Galvez, who has ers unless something is done to feels like half his job is trying to met with the family numerous times in his stem the fl ow of the subsidized Gangs still pry secrets out of people who don’t role as youth gangs program coordinator for Chinese products into the U.S. Twant to talk to the Immigrant and Refugee They were joined by other man- him, but want his help. Community Organization. ufacturers who said China was A year and a half ago, MinoritiesReport “I could pull my teeth out intentionally driving them out Galvez says, a jewelry store and they still won’t go to the of business. SECOND OF TWO PARTS owned by an Asian family in police. They’d rather (lose) But representatives of other intimidate, East Portland was robbed. a few thousand dollars than But the family never reported the robbery to lose their respect in the community or have See FLARES / Page 5 police. That means they can’t even fi le an people think they are weak,” he says. insurance claim to recover their losses. The Some leaders of Portland’s Asian-Ameri- reason? The robbers were members of their can community insist that the violent Asian extended family, with ties to a prominent ThisWeek but quietly gang. The store owner felt if he reported the See GANGS / Page 2 Online Local stories that you read about first at www.portlandtribune.com ■ NEWS — Grand jury Activists sick of working while sick clears of cers — Use of force ruled justi ed in ar- Coalition to bring and my insulin.” have time off to go to the doctor, rest of armed suspect. After 11 years’ work for an they don’t have access to health (Posted Tuesday, Oct. 9.) ordinance before airport contractor, Stancliff care in the traditional sense,” Search: Strohmeyer. doesn’t get paid sick days. And she says. ■ Mayor kills Oregon Portland council she’s not the exception. Family Forward Oregon and Sustainability Center More than 40 percent of pri- allies in the labor movement project — Adams says By STEVE LAW vate sector employees in the have been building a case for the City Council won’t support The Tribune Portland area lack paid sick ordinance for several months, proposed Living Building. days, says Andrea Paluso, exec- knocking on thousands of doors (Posted Thursday, Oct. 4.) Christine Stancliff, a long- utive director of Family Forward to collect letters of support and Search: Sustainability. time janitor at Portland Inter- Oregon. The advocacy group, personal stories like Stancliff’s. national Airport, called in launched a few years ago by They expect to bring a proposal ■ FEATURES — 2012 sick last January when she Paluso and other activist Port- soon to the City Council, Paluso Hyundai Genesis Coupe thought she had a stomach land moms, is spearheading a says, and hope to get it passed review — A lot of bang for fl u, but her boss made her campaign for a city ordinance this year, before a new council the buck in the fun-to-drive come to work anyway. requiring every Portland em- takes offi ce. car niche. (Posted Thursday, Stancliff wound up working ployer to provide paid sick leave City Commissioner Amanda Oct. 4). Search: Genesis. four days while unable to hold for their workers. It’s modeled Fritz has been leading the down food — until a supervisor after one passed by San Fran- charge at City Hall, convening a ■ SPORTS — Thomas sent her home after she vomited cisco voters in 2006, and similar group of labor, business and Tyner turns heads, but in the employee break room gar- to ones passed by Seattle and community leaders to help fash- has his on straight — Alo- bage can. other cities. ion a proposed ordinance. ha High and future Oregon Stancliff went to Kaiser, Portlanders shouldn’t have to “As a nurse, obviously I want Ducks running back im- where she was diagnosed with choose between going to work people to stay home when presses in more ways than kidney damage. Her subsequent sick or getting fired, Paluso they’re sick,” Fritz says. Then TRIBUNE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT one. (Posted Saturday, Oct. stay in the hospital cost her two says, or sending sick children to they’ll get better sooner, she Christine Stancliff was forced to work when she was sick, then lost pay 6). Search: Tyner days’ pay, Stancliff says, “so I school because they can’t afford when she wound up hospitalized. A coalition wants the city of Portland had to cut down on my groceries the lost pay. “If people don’t See SICK PAY / Page 9 to require paid sick leave for all employees in the city. A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, October 11, 2012 Gangs: Code of silence hinders police work ■ From page 1 Legin closing gangs of the 1990s have disap- peared, and there’s virtually ends era of no organized Asian crime now. But others say there are a cooperation number of organized and semi- organized men and women A number of Asian preying on others within the community leaders say community — gangs that don’t they regret the loss of the look like typical gangs. community policing mod- el that emerged in the conflicting reports 1990s to successfully op- In a community and culture pose a proliferation of where airing dirty laundry in Asian gangs. For a while, public is considered indefensi- they say, Asian leaders ble, it is almost impossible for were talking to police outsiders to know whether re- about crimes in their com- ports of Asian against Asian munities, and police suc- gang crime are true or not. cessfully worked with “For the past five years, those leaders to all but they’ve been by and large off eliminate Asian gangs. the radar,” says Captain Ron A tipping point came one Alexander, who oversees the week in the mid-’90s, when a Portland police Gang Enforce- number of Southeast Asian ment Team.