MIKE FAHEY

OCCUPATION: Realtor; Director, Carpenters Food Bank; Trustee, Marine Carpenters Pension Fund

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Co-owner Discover Mortgage a Portland small business; Executive Secretary, Metal Trades Council and Pacific Coast Marine Carpenters District Council; Business Manager, Shipwrights Local 611; Board Member, Northwest Oregon Labor Council; President, UPP Local 689: Member, Piledrivers Local 2416

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Roosevelt High School; Portland State University GED; George Meany Center for Labor Studies Coursework; Lewis and Clark College Labor Law Course; Hunter College Courses

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: State Representative 1995-1999; Co-chair Labor Committee; Member, Sub-committee on Economic Development; Member Joint Senate/House Natural Resources Committee;

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Founder Carpenters Food Bank serving 450 families monthly; Board Member, Delaunay Family of Services; Recipient Gladys McCoy Multnomah County 1998 Citizen Involvement award; Board Member, Labor's Community Service Agency. I have actively supported various youth sports programs including handicapped children and Apprenticeship Programs.

As State Representative I sponsored a Referendum requiring notice to landowners of any changes in public law or regulation which would limit use of their property. Over 80 percent of voters approved this statewide measure.

As a small business owner in Portland, I understand the challenges the City's economic climate presents to existing businesses and those considering bringing a new business to our area. I will be attentive to opportunities to make Portland more business friendly.

My record of public service and business experience is established. I am a strong, decisive leader capable of getting things done. By remaining independent of any designated special interests, I have dealt with issues on their merits while standing up for my principles. I deeply believe in the importance of community and the need for us to care for one another.

We all share concerns about crime, violence and drugs, gangs, graffiti, government spending and high taxes, jobs that pay living wages, and expanding opportunities for women and minorities. Working together we will succeed.

I would appreciate your vote on May 20th .

(This information furnished by Friends for Mike Fahey)