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Busy week for lawmaker and longtime PCC instructor
Photos and story by Dana Haynes
The rook is getting some time off the bench.
Michael Dembrow, newly minted lawmaker and longtime PCC instructor, has been on the job a grand total of eight days and said he’s had meetings with the Oregon Student Association; Environment Oregon; American Federation of Teachers – Oregon; the Physical Therapy Association (which, I didn’t know there was one); the League of Women Voters (love them); the various dental providers under the Oregon Health Plan; the Public Utility Commission; advocates for locating a destination resort in the Metolius River Basin; Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian; the Oregon School Employees Association; The Service Employees International Union; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; advocates of school-based health care centers; folks from the Oregon Department of Human Services, from the city of Portland and from the Association of Oregon Cities; the United Seniors and the Association of Retired Americans; Advocates for Spiritual Healing (that would be the Christian Scientists); the Oregon Law Center; and union officials from the Oregon Education Association who specifically work with community colleges.
OK, well, not bad. I assume he’s squeezed in a lunch and time with his wife, Kiki. He might have slept for an hour, too.
Remind me again why anyone runs for this job?
About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined PCC in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »