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Sam Adams

@mayorsamadams: Twitter On!

by jgx

If we are not part of the conversation or listening to the conversation, then what are we here for? For me the conversation takes many forms today. My personal preferred way is face to face. But that’s not always the way it happens or needs to happen.
We have at our [...]

Adams Recall Effort Fails; Backers Kick Off New Approach

by Metroknow

With the signature campaign to recall Portland Mayor Sam Adams failing to meet the basic requirements, Portland residents in favor of the recall are not giving up. In a surprising turn, “Recallers” are now focusing their efforts on a different issue: The lingering question of the Mayor’s citizenship.
The “Pretty sure he wasn’t born here” effort, [...]

10.06.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

OurPDX shared links for June 21st

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for June 21st:

Blame bush-league leadership, not Paulson, if Beavers leave – OregonLive.com
Anna Griffin calls it as she sees it (plenty of swings and misses and/or watching the ball fly on by.) "In my scorebook, blame for this flaming car [...]

06.21.2009 See the rest →

OurPDX shared links for April 15th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for April 15th:

Portland Mercury Blogtown, PDX | Lauderdale on Adams: "He doesn’t listen." – From fervent Adams supporter to this? Matt Davis has the scoop, straight from Pink Martini front man Thomas Lauderdale himself: "Five minutes after we [...]

04.15.2009 See the rest →

Oh yeah. People use bikes here too, don’t they?

by morganpdx

Hallo Interwebs!!!
morganpdx, new OurPDX blogger here. Welcome to my VERY FIRST POST.
So I figured my first post oughta be super informative and relevant and, well, Portlandy.
So obviously, that means bicycles. How about the mayor, our own embattled Sam, actually forgetting about them?
Seriously? Yeah.
Remember Snowpocalypse? Well, the mayor’s office released a survey [...]

02.27.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

What Twitter could have given Sam, and Portland

by Abraham Hyatt

Late last month, when the whole Gov. Blagojevich indictment situation was threatening to taint Barack Obama’s transition, two writers at the Politico put together a list of “five rules of scandal response” that the president-to-be had intentionally, or unintentionally, imposed on his staff. Rule No. 1 was simple: “Be transparent, to an extent.”
Sam Adams didn’t [...]

01.29.2009 See the rest → 9 comments

From Our Mailbox: An open letter to the media

by Betsy Richter

Yes, it’s about the “Sam Adams sex scandal.” Yes, that’s the headline the original author chose to use. But you might be surprised at the tone this letter — now signed by over 150 Portland citizens — takes (excerpt below):

Our unity has limits. As we explore this complex issue, we do not share [...]

01.26.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

From Our Mailbox: An Open Letter to Portland From an ex-City Employee

by Betsy Richter

I received this letter today in my mailbox and thought it was a cogent, well-written view from an insider’s perspective. It has already been sent to all the relevant players, but needs a wider audience. With the permission of the author, I am reprinting it here.
This is an open letter to City [...]

01.25.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

“What he said…”

by Cosmic Charlie

I love this city. A lot of people have worked very hard for this city to become what it is. One of those people is Sam Adams. Thank you, Sam.
I’ve been waiting to speak about this, not sure where I stood on this issue. This morning, the Portland Mercury’s editor said what I’ve been feeling [...]

01.24.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Sam Adams Should Step Down

by FlexRex

Sam Adams, you are a big fraud and it is time for you to step down.

01.20.2009 See the rest → 20 comments

Obama Inauguration Tickets stuck in the mail? Get an Inauguration fix here in Portland

by djtv

We know, you know someone who knows someone and your tickets to President-elect Obama’s Inauguration are in the mail. Uh-huh.
If you need a swearing in fix, though, Portland’s new Mayor Sam Adams is inviting the public to a ceremonial swearing in at Parkrose High School at noon on Monday, January, 5. (The ‘real’ ceremony happened [...]

01.02.2009 See the rest → 1 comment