Is Maria Rojo de Steffey Running for City Council?

Published: November 27, 2007, 4:21 pm

Maybe. After the current Multnomah County Commissioner suggested that the city council abandon their last-minute plan to rename 4th Avenue for C sar E. Ch vez they ran with her idea there's been speculation that Maria Rojo de Steffey is thinking about a run for city commissioner. (Following the hearing where the council nixed both the Interstate and 4th rename proposals, one commissioner told me that if de Steffey had co-chaired the Ch vez rename committee, "Interstate would already be renamed.") "I am, absolutely" considering it, she told me today. Don't expect an announcement on way or another until after the holidays. "I've got a lot of family coming, and I'm remodeling my house," she says. Waiting another month also "gives me the time to talk to a lot of folks." I suspected that she'd consider challenging Commissioner Randy Leonard so far, he's only attracted two opponents: Jerry Kill, who plans to spend less than $300, and Emily Ryan, who as of November 21 had only

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