I love my family. My family loves me. Many Portlanders know my husband and children better than they know me, and there may be voters still weighing options, who know me more as "Luke's mom", "Maxwell's mom", and/or "Ali's mom" than "Amanda Fritz". So here are a couple of family photos for the record. to increase the scope of the personal connections that are so important in our Portland community. These photographs illustrate that I am not only "The most well-informed candidate for City Hall in years" (Willamette Week endorsement, 10/15/08), I am also the proud mother of three wonderful graduates of Portland Public Schools, and even-more-in-love-after-26-years wife of awesome Steve Fritz. The photograph above was taken in August, at Sylvania Natural Area Park near PCC Sylvania in SW Portland - an area stewarded by PCC instructor and Amanda-supporter April Ann Fong.

The one below was taken on Christmas Day - see the snow outside our living room window. Obviously, we had a bit of fun with this one, subtitling it: "Shameless Pandering". For the record, however, all garments worn were already in our closets.

Luke, Steve, Amanda, Ali, Maxwell

I am also the loved and loving daughter-in-law of Colonels Edward and Emily Fritz, who live at CherryWood Village in East Portland. You may have seen them in our TV commercials.

I don't talk about my background or family much in the campaign, because I spend valuable time talking about Portland, and specifically what I will do to help solve problems in our city. Nonetheless, I am happy to be part of a supportive nuclear family... and to have seven Fritz family votes secured.