Adam Mayer
OCCUPATION: Senior Network Telecommunications Technician, ATG
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Telecommunications, Computer Repair, Retail Management
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: AAS Computer Technician, LaGuardia Community College, New York; City College of New York Engineering School
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: 1999 to present: Opportunity Gateway Policy Advisory Committee (Appointed by Portland Mayor)
WORKING FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
The livability of our environment is one issue that cannot be ignored. I strongly believe that it is important to work with private landowners on protecting the quality of water and to prevent soil erosion. With proper incentives, landowners will take care of their property and will work to ensure that there is clean water.
WORKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
When I was appointed to the Opportunity Gateway Policy Advisory Committee, I volunteered to serve on the parks subcommittee. The subcommittee was made up of residents of East Portland and staff from the City of Portland Parks Division. We developed a plan to find areas to use as greenspaces and for community parks since there are few parks in the Gateway community.
CLEAN WATER IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT
As a director for the Soil and Water Conservation District, I will work for the conservation and careful use of our natural resources. I will also work to protect the environment and will do what I can to keep the public informed and involved. I am interested in your concerns and opinions and encourage you to contact me by email at adammayer@juno.com or call me at home at 503-255-7377.
(This information furnished by Adam Mayer)
Alexander Patterson
OCCUPATION: Treasurer, Victory 2000, Ralph Nader's Oregon campaign for President; business consultant, Praxis Consulting.
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Financial and managerial consultant for small businesses and non-profits; small business owner; Worker-owner, Sunflower Recycling Co-op; radio and print journalist.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Portland State University, Masters in Business Administration, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1999; Reed College, BA Anthropology, 1986.
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Citizen Activist.
Save Our Salmon, Preserve Our Quality of Life: One of the ways in which Multnomah County is an extraordinary place is that it possesses both thriving cities and precious habitat for wild salmon and steelhead. Unfortunately, many of these fish runs are deeply endangered. While we city folks find it easy to ask our rural neighbors to go to great lengths to restore salmon habitat, often at great sacrifice, we tend to overlook that cities and suburbs also bear considerable responsibility for endangering salmon - and for saving them. Urbanites (like me) must do our fair share to save our wild salmon. Fortunately, as we save the salmon, we will also preserve and enhance our own environment and our own quality of life.
Do So with Minimal Inconvenience to People and Business: If we are to save the salmon, preserve our quality of life for ourselves and for future generations, and build an ecologically wise and economically sustainable Multnomah County, we will clearly have to make some significant changes in the way we live, work, and conduct business. Soil and Water Conservation Districts have no legal authority to legislate or enforce such changes; instead, their mission is to help people, businesses, and farmers find solutions that work for them. As a veteran citizen activist, I know people will only make changes that make sense. As a business consultant I know how to help people and businesses find the solutions that fit their own unique situations. As one of your SWCD Directors I will work tirelessly to do just that.
(This information furnished by Alexander L. Patterson)