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When I voted for this, I imagined our COMMONWEALTH supporting those who might have worked in not-for-profits, public service, or other jobs without commissions, bonuses, stock options, perks and other means to wealth. It seems SO CHEEKY for someone of Sho's stature, known in our community, and who has benefited also from the COMMONWEALTH already --- how many properties has he owned that have appreciated in the past decades? These appreciations are partly due to the COMMONWEALTH/assets all the tax payers have contributed to---the things that make our city a great attraction to families, etc. It seems ridiculous to me that he is QUIBBLING over this matter and threatening that it would end his campaign. Sho is a wealthy person. Most of us are not, and this law should be assisting those without such means.

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lost on-air, here are my comments: I guess I represent the kind of artist you might encounter in neighborhood pubs, coffeehouse and wine bars --- smaller, acoustic venues. These thrive and incubate artists because of the Portland LISTENERS. I've had a few hometowns, and there is nothing like the audiences here: and while it is nearly impossible to make $ (oddly, clubs&shops rarely pay, people rarely tip) So Portland has created places where this freedom of speech and willingness to listen take place: hip hop to punk, folk to rock, classical melding with world music . . . People like your guests, Terry (MusicMill) are like patron saints to the cause, offering live shows in-store, promoting locals. This place is open, and I consider this crucial to democracy. I do what they call "Neofolk" not completely excluding the old chestnuts of Dylan, PP& M, Joan, etc.from my collected song bag and certainly leaning on what I've gleaned from trad. folk and my time in the british isles, I write poli/history ballads and cover some of the best from way younger folk artists (anais mitchell, rachel ries) and perform a lot of political stuff in small venues and for benefits. (myspace.com/debra giannini

I used to say I had a career in neighborhood enviro organizing until Bush took office; now I say the Bush pushed me back into folk music. Art can be the best way to use your voice in politically charged times . . . Of course, I do other things to earn money. As a substitute for MESD spec ed, I've been in classrooms across the county ---- I see the hunger for this (when I've allowed the time and such for music-arts curriculum) and my biggest fears are about the children who are deprived of arts in the schools. I worry about their voices, their futures. On tours, often walkabouts of downtown, my guests are often locals just wanting to dig deeper into there place and its stories. We love stories. We love humanity. We listen. We are Portland.You also interviewed someone from Marylhurst Univ. and they are a catalyst for the arts and for individual voices in the artistic landscape of Portland --- they stress muti-disciplinary approaches --- a crux of your guests' comments.

One emblem for this topic will always be, for me, the community chorus assembled by Rinde Eckert and Sarah Dougher for PICA's TBA:2007 Openning ---MIgration--- we did not accomplish all we set out to do, but what metaphor for our city of light.
To me, we are living in the "New Paris" --- much more like the old Paris of salons and free thinking and listening ---and art and democracy still in the making.

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