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If you’re in the hunt for a great local bike job, look no further. Below is a list of opportunities that have come through the BikePortland Job Listings this week:
Job Title
Customer Service Representative
Company/Organization
Chris King Precision Components – website
Job Description
Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of bicycle components, is seeking qualified applicants for a Customer Service Representative for dealer sales. Must have a proven track record of 2 years sales experience, order entry experience, strong computer skills, and basic math skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and excellent telephone etiquette are required.
[Note: I’ve updated the post (at 3:45pm) to include a response from the Deputy City Attorney.]
The Records Division of the Portland Police Bureau has denied a request for information made by lawyer Christopher Heaps in an ongoing effort to utilize an Oregon statute to file “citizen initiated citations,” in a series of recent traffic collisions.
Claiming that they made a mistake in releasing information about Lisa Wheeler that led to her no-contest plea in the case where she was at fault for hitting cyclist Siobhan Doyle but did not receive a citation at the scene, the Records Division has now denied a similar request for information made by Heaps in a separate case.
Portland is currently considering three bids to develop a bike-sharing and rental system in downtown similar to one that has become a major success in Paris.
The three companies who are still in the running to provide the service are global media giant Clear Channel, the Portland Bike Company (I detailed their plans back in November), and Library Bikes, a former non-profit based in Arcata, California.
In advance of next week’s National Bike Summit, this morning Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced House Congressional Resolution 305, “Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation.”
Blumenauer refers to the resolution as the “National Bike Bill” (read full text below).
Co-sponsored by Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), the resolution has also been made one of the four key priorities that will get the backing of hundreds of advocates across the country when the League of American Bicyclists hosts the National Bike Summit in Washington DC next week.