Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and to everyone who came out to vote in Portland yesterday! I appreciate your concern for Portland and definitely plan to stay involved in the life of this great city.
On to Tuesday!
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Walking these final days and connecting with Portland voters — not the insiders — I have concluded that voters who are looking for a mayor unconnected with the insiders who make up Portland’s fragmented governance and politics. They want someone with a record of accomplishment in the face of conventional wisdom.
I have come to realize making that difference requires I reach out to more voters before Election Day.
My hope is that many voters will ignore the mass mailings, media-buys, and the insider group endorsements often rooted in special interests. Please check out this Web site and especially the video of my interview on “Good Day Maine.” I hope you will look over your options and make an informed decision before you vote Nov. 8.
My campaign is rooted in a diverse background that has been completely ignored by the Portland media and the insiders. But Portland voters, who face life’s daily struggles, have a different view. They know that an outsider with insider life experiences and accomplishments, can make the difference. It is why I decided to run.
Send this message to others and help elect Carmona for Mayor this Tuesday. Regardless of result, I will continue to fight for Portland’s public interest. Serving Portland will continue to be the soul craft to my life’s end. The work will go on, the cause will endure, for me to make this great city, greater. You can bet on that.
Video: Ralph Carmona on ‘Good Day Maine’ (Part 1)
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“Good Day Maine” gave candidates an excellent opportunity to express their positions on important city issues and make a pitch to TV viewers. Check it out!
Video: Ralph Carmona on ‘Good Day Maine’ (Part 2)
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Watch both parts — I address some important Maine issues including the pier project in the second half.
A diverse past
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- Welcome! I’m proud to be able to introduce you to some photos from my life. Proud as I am of everything I’ve done, I’m even more delighted at being a part of the wonderful city of Portland. (Photo: Alejandro Carmona)
In the '60s, the student body at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles was (and is) virtually all Hispanic. (If the name seems familiar, the school became famous in the 1980s as the basis of the movie "Stand and Deliver.")
I went out for the swim team as a freshman in high school. Only one problem -- I didn't know how to swim! Coach Jerry Heaps (left) helped me learn, and two years later I lettered in swimming. Coach Heaps wrote a recommendation that helped me get to college.
In 1972, I was a 21-year-old delegate to the Democratic National Convention. That's me in the middle smiling at Sen. George McGovern.
At 21, I am conversing with Congressman Edward R. Roybal. I served as a Washington DC intern for Rep. Roybal in 1972 and continued to work with him and his staff in organizing the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). The organization now has 6,000 members.
With Battlestar Galactica actor Edward James Olmos -- then 34 years old. He was the keynote speaker and host for a first-ever 1982 Pasadena-Altadena Junior Chamber of Commerce scholarship fundraiser. I organized the event to help raise student scholarships. It gave me the organizing skills that I used in chairing last May's highly-successful Portland Democratic City Committee fundraiser honoring former Gov. John Baldacci.
In 1985, I received an award from Bank of America CEO Samuel H. Armacost -- the Lawrence Mario Giannini Jr. Advisory Council Award, given to up-and-coming leaders in the organization.
With Jim Miscoll, vice chair of Bank of America, and Gilbert Lindsey, first African-American on the Los Angeles City Council, at a meeting in the late 1980s.
In 1988, I was on the vestry at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, and helped lead a peace conference focused on addressing the global nuclear threat. That's me sitting at the table, second from left.
With Steve Allen, founder of the "Tonight" show, in 1989. He performed and served as master of ceremonies at a scholarship dinner I organized for disadvantaged young people.
With Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in the early 1990s.
With California Gov. Pete Wilson and his wife Gayle, in 1990.
In 1995, when I was on the University of California Board of Regents, I had the honor of welcoming astronaut Neil Armstrong to the UC Santa Barbara campus. With us are incoming chancellor Henry Yang and his wife. Note the beard I grew for my adventures in academia!
In 1996, I debated well-known affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly.
With U.S. Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Harry Reid, right, and John Ensign, following a Washington DC 2005 public power energy briefing.
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