AMANDA FRITZ

OCCUPATION: Registered Nurse

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Seventeen years' parent-volunteer, Portland 's Public Schools

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BA/MA, Cambridge University

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Portland Planning Commission; Tryon Creek Watershed Council

Community Involvement: Coalition for a Livable Future; Audubon researcher; neighborhood land-use/parks volunteer

Amanda will: Spend Taxpayers' Money Wisely
And Stop Expensive Cost Overruns

• Prioritize funding so every neighborhood and business district gets its fair share, with all essential needs met.
• Toughen standards for City contracts so they no longer run 25% over budget before City Council oversight.
• Require more audits of City projects to ensure efficient use of taxpayers' money.

Amanda will: Work to Improve Our Local Economy 

• Protect family wage jobs by attracting and retaining large and small companies.
• Ensure City contracts employ local workers.
• Expand school-to-work apprenticeships.

Amanda Fritz works hard and gets results for Portlanders 

• Helped lead OHSU's nurses' strike that stopped hospitals from cutting nurses and endangering patients' lives.
• After 22 years nursing mentally-ill Portlanders, she will coordinate City/County services for homeless people.
• Dedicated to keeping neighborhoods safe and increasing support for community policing.
• Former mentor for at-risk kids and PTA mom, she will create partnerships to improve schools throughout Portland .

“Amanda is a longtime community leader, with a new perspective for City Hall. She brings people together, moving past disagreements to accomplish shared goals.” Governor Barbara Roberts

“strongest… most prepared to be a city commissioner.”
Oregonian endorsement , 4/24/08

“Fritz trumps all her opponents when it comes to knowledge of the city budget and its programs.”
Willamette Week endorsement , 4/30/08

Broad range of endorsements: 

Multnomah County Democrats (co-endorsement)
Multnomah County Republicans
Unions, business leaders

Mayor-elect Sam Adams; Mayor Tom Potter
Ted Wheeler; Gretchen Kafoury; Mike Lindberg
Rex Burkholder; Robert Liberty
Representatives Jackie Dingfelder, Tina Kotek, Mary Nolan, Diane Rosenbaum, Mike Schaufler, Chip Shields, Carolyn Tomei

Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens

Oregon Nurses Association
Portland Fire Fighters' Assn.
TVIP-Portland Association of Teachers
AFSCME 189

(This information furnished by Amanda for Portland 2008)