Multnomah Co. Online Voters' Guide
November 2006 General Election

MULTNOMAH COUNTY - County Commissioner District No. 2

JEFFREY COGEN

OCCUPATION: Chief of Staff, Commissioner Dan Saltzman

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Founder, President – Portland Pretzel Company; Policy Advisor – Former County Chair Bev Stein; Attorney

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: J.D. – UCLA; B.A. – Brown University

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: None

Jeff Cogen: Progressive Values and a Solid Record of Results

The Bush administration is taking our country in the wrong direction. The state legislature has abandoned our schools. We need our local government to defend our values and community.

“Jeff Cogen is progressive, practical and principled. He has made a tremendous difference for children, families and North/Northeast neighborhoods. He'll make an even bigger difference as County Commissioner.”

--Former Governor Barbara Roberts

Actual Accomplishments for our Community

Jeff helped launch the Children's Investment Fund, which fights child abuse, gets kids to school ready to learn, and helps struggling students . The fund is a model of financial accountability – the kind of accountability the county desperately needs .

His leadership spurred the City of Portland to oppose the Bush Administration's Patriot Act.

Jeff led the effort to use clean, Oregon wind power for the City of Portland.

Jeff applied his small business experience to create jobs in North/Northeast Portland by connecting business students with emerging small businesses.

As our County Commissioner, Jeff Cogen will:

• Work to ensure that every child in the county has access to health care.
• Help restore accountability and civility to the County Commission.
• Improve the delivery of health care, public safety, and other County services we depend on.

That's why Jeff Cogen is endorsed by:

Stand for Children, Mayor Tom Potter, Sierra Club,
Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Bike. Walk. Vote.,
SEIU Locals 49 & 503, UNITE HERE Local 9, Lonnie Roberts,
IBEW Local 48, Randy Leonard, Carpenters Locals 247 & 2154,
JoAnn Bowman, Oregon Nurses Association, Xander Patterson,
Dan Saltzman, Oregon Art PAC, Dan Noelle, Michael Schrunk,
Bev Stein, Nick Fish,
and the employees of Multnomah County – AFSCME Local 88

Basic Rights Equality PAC (Greenlight)
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon (Greenlight)

Visit www.jeffcogen.org to learn more

(This information furnished by Friends of Jeff Cogen)

MULTNOMAH COUNTY - County Commissioner District No. 2

LEW FREDERICK

OCCUPATION: Writer/Consultant.

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Assistant to the President, Portland Community College, Cascade Campus; Director of Public Information, Portland Public Schools; Television News Reporter KGW-TV; Contract Negotiator, Union Board Member, AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists); Consultant, Scientists' Institute for Public Information; Teacher Aide, Metropolitan Learning Center, Portland Public Schools.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Ph.D. candidate, PSU, Urban Affairs/Speech & Communications; Earlham College, B.A; Bush/Knight Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Science Writer's Fellowship. Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory; Also: Morehouse College , University of Evansville , PCC.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Delegate, Democratic National Convention.

Heart in the Community
Eyes on the Future

This community is my home of over 30 years. I reported in depth on its challenges and triumphs, and I lived those challenges and triumphs while raising my family. I listened to and worked with people from all walks of life. With your vote, I will make that knowledge of the community part of County decisions.

North and Northeast Portland deserve a representative who is of this community , one who knows its history and its hopes, one who will put people before politics.

Health care. Safe, healthy places to live. Effective after-school programs. Emergency preparedness. Access to tools of economic self-reliance and growth. Equal opportunity and equal protection. These are not luxuries, but the lifeblood of community. We have to end the tyranny of false choices.

Only sound decision making, grounded in stewardship and cooperation, can ensure that County government is focused on making life better for the people in our community.

Please join Former Mayor Bud Clark, Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner, Senator Avel Louise Gordly, Representative Gary Hansen, Roy Jay, Jefferson Smith, Johnell Bell, Ronault Catalani, Democratic Party of Multnomah County, Oregon Natural Resources Council PAC, Joint Council of Teamsters No. 37, National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 82 and many other supporters and give me your vote on the November 7th ballot.

Please visit our website at www.Vote4Lew.com for more.

(This information furnished by Friends of Lew Frederick)