Len Reed Mayor Shane Bemis Mayor Denny Doyle Mayor Charlie Hales

Len Reed  Associate Editor, The Oregonian Opinion pages  BA, Trinity College  John S. Knight Fellow, Stanford University  CASE Fellow, Yale University School of Forestry

Len Reed  Len has wrote editorials on several subjects, such as Portland city government and public safety Metro Municipal and county governments City and state environmental policy and politics Energy development Transportation planning

Len Reed Q: First job you ever had? A: Staff reporter and photographer, The Plainville (Connecticut) Q: What are you currently reading? A: “Infinite Jest” By David Foster Wallace

Len Reed Words to live by? “Be not a learned man, but a learning man. ” The Oregon poet Efraín M. Díaz-Horna

Mayor Shane Bemis  Current Position? Mayor, City of Gresham  Education? B.A. in Communications from Marylhurst University

Mayor Shane Bemis  First Job? Dishwasher at Sheri’s  What Book Are You Currently Reading? “Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Los Vegas” ○ By Oscar Goodman

Mayor Shane Bemis Q: Soundtrack to your life? A: George Strait Words to live by? “Anybody can be normal”

Mayor Denny Doyle  Current Position? Mayor, City of Beaverton  Education? B.A. in Political Science Illinois State University ○ Minor in Physical Education

Mayor Denny Doyle  First Job? Cashier at a Des Plaines Parks District Swimming Pool (Illinois)  What Book Are You Currently Reading? "Existence" by David Brin

Mayor Denny Doyle Q: Soundtrack to your life? A: Bruce Springsteen Words to live by? “While visiting other cultures, and countries, I am shrinking the world, one person at a time, as we get to know each other.”

Mayor Charlie Hales  Current Position? Mayor, City of Portland  Education? B.A. Political Theory University of Virginia

Mayor Charlie Hales  Background? Portland City Commissioner from 1993 to 2002 Joined HDR Engineering as senior vice president, working on new light rail and streetcar lines.

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