A Willamette Week article last week brought wry amusement to my staff, volunteers, and me, when it said I have attended an average of 9 campaign appearances per week since the beginning of August. Evidently, the reporter's definition of "campaign event" is different from ours. I counted 62 public engagements in August, which with 31 days on the month works out at exactly 14 per week. That's not counting meetings over the summer with 47 influential people and community leaders, who generously gave me their time to share their viewpoint and expertise.

Here is a list of my public activities in the 16 days since my last blog post:

* Lents Park Woody Guthrie tribute concert
* Visit to Fire Station 11 to meet with some of my Fire Fighters' Local 43 supporters
* Healy Heights neighborhood picnic in SW
* Swift watch at Chapman School in NW
* Neighborhood Town Hall at Vestal School in SE to address prostitution on 82nd Avenue
* Briefing with Portland Housing Center Board
* Multnomah Youth Commission induction ceremony
* Candidate forum at Forest Park Neighborhood Association in NW
* Drop-in visits to meetings in Argay (NE), University Park (N), Glenfair (SE), and Laurelhurst (NE)
* Sullivan's Gulch-Gateway Greenway tour (NE) with Metro
* City Council Colwood rezoning hearing
* Multnomah County OLCV fundraiser
* Meeting with Activistas, activist moms group
* Oregon Action candidate forum on racial profiling
* City Club debate
* Meet-and-Greet at Reflections on Killingsworth at MLK
* Houseparty in SW downtown (thank you, Dennis!)
* Tour of Central City Concern facilities (eastside and westside)
* Ride Share celebration at Eastport Plaza
* NE Republican Women monthly lunch
* PSU Recreation Center beam-signing event
* Houseparty in Argay (thank you, Willie!)
* Tour of Portland Adventist Community Services facility at NE 110th/Halsey
* Metro Policy Advisory Committee meeting
* Gallery party in NW (thank you, Kaebel and Carol!)
* Canvassing key supporters' neighbors in Vernon (NE - thank you, Sean!) and Overlook (N - thank you, Steve!)
* People Celebrating People gathering at Reflections
* House party in Sullivan's Gulch, NE (thank you, Dave!)
* House party in Willamette Heights, NW (thank you, Debbie!)
* Premier of "Pig Roast and Tank of Fish", Ivy Lin's excellent documentary, at Someday Lounge in Old Town Chinatown
* Citywide Land Use Group meeting with Mayor-elect Sam Adams discussing the Portland Plan and Streetcar futures
* Presentation to the Women's Law Caucus, Lewis & Clark College in SW (thank you, Saba!)
* Creative Capacity Town Hall at Portland Northwest College of Art
* Walk to End Alzheimer's with the Pacific Gardens team

Photo by volunteer using Gary Witteman's camera
Can you spot me? As always, note that those featured in the photograph may or may not be signed up as Amanda supporters.

In addition to these public events, I met with nine leaders/groups in business, legislative, and community organizing fields, and participated in five endorsement interviews. So, that's 52 events in 16 days. I think you can see why my staff and volunteers wondered why the Willamette Week reporter wrote that not much is happening in this race. When you look over that list, I hope you see evidence of a woman working as hard as humanly possible both to win the election, and to prepare to do good work as your next City Commissioner.