[pjw] INFO: Portland City Council Candidate Peace Issues Questionnaire May 2020

[Peace and Justice Works]

Peace and Justice Works Supporters

Those of you on the Portland Copwatch email list may have received this 
past Friday information that they (along with allies) posted a 
questionnaire for the upcoming City Council race (ballots arrive around 
April 27, election May 29). PCW noted: "While our lives are in 
considerable turmoil with the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still an 
election coming up next month."

Last month, Peace and Justice Works' Iraq Affinity Group and Veterans For 
Peace Chapter 72 * sent a questionnaire with four peace-related questions 
to the 54 candidates for four seats which are in the running for the May 
19 primary.

Below are links to the results, broken down by each of the four
positions. Eight candidates provided full responses, two gave brief
comments and two have suspended their campaigns.

NOTES:

--Responses were limited to 150 words.

--Candidates are listed in the order they were approved by the City's
    election team, except for layout purposes.

--Answers were not edited for typographical errors, grammar or
    accuracy.

--The seats up for a vote are:
    Mayor (current incumbent Ted Wheeler)
    Position 1 (current incumbent Amanda Fritz not running for re-election)
    Position 2 (partial term to fill seat of the late Nick Fish)
    and
    Position 4 (current incumbent Chloe Eudaly).

THE QUESTIONNAIRES

    Laid out on 8.5 x 11 sheets; total of 14 pages printed:

    > Mayor
     http://www.pjw.info/PeaceIsuQuestionnaire20_M.pdf
    > Position 1
     http://www.pjw.info/PeaceIsuQuestionnaire20_1.pdf
    > Position 2
     http://www.pjw.info/PeaceIsuQuestionnaire20_2.pdf
    > Position 4
     http://www.pjw.info/PeaceIsuQuestionnaire20_4.pdf

You can also find this info on our website at
  http//www.pjw.info/council_questionnaire2020.html

Please share widely!

Also check out the Portland Copwatch (and allies) police issues 
questionnaire at
  http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/council_questionnaire2020.html


Thanks
dan handelman
Peace and Justice Works
   Iraq Affinity Group
   PO Box 42456
   Portland, OR   97242
   (503) 236-3065  (Office)
   iraq at pjw.info
   http://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html

* --Peace and Justice Works has been promoting nonviolent conflict
    resolution on local, national and international levels since 1992.

    Veterans For Peace is an educational and humanitarian organization
    dedicated to the abolishment of war.