News Jul 11, 2009 at 12:28 pm

BREAKING (with updates): Tom Potter Announces Support for Adams Recall Campaign

Stephen Marc Beaudoin
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Hey. Tom Potter did something. Isn't that cute.
Miranda Radik on July 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM Report this
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this recall is bringing out all sorts of winners.
magnumpdx on July 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM Report this
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You're contradicting yourself: Push polls, by definition, don't gauge anything--they push a message to thousands of people. By all credible reports, the poll reported this week was gauging opinion, but was not a push poll. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll

Also: Potter was never Adams' boss.
on July 11, 2009 at 2:20 PM Report this
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Old farts of Portland Politics unite!
hairypotter on July 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM Report this
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Hmmm... Potter never liked Adams, and it turns out he still doesn't like him.

This is news? I mean compared to some guys hanging out in Wurster's backyard, I guess it is, but still...
BobTheJanitor on July 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM Report this
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Can we stop with the trope about the push poll? Perhaps Adams IS running a push poll, but we don't know because the only "evidence" is an anonymous story of something that is NOT a push poll. I don't really support Adams, but what the guy at Jack Bogdanski's described appears to be message testing, not push poll.

see Kari Chishom's excellent explanation here:
http://bojack.org/2009/07/is_mayor_creepy_…

It feels like some people's white hot hate is blinding their sense of logic.
myswandive on July 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM Report this
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WTF? The guy picks now to finally do something about anything? Where was this enthusiasm when he actually had the job?
Andy Mesa on July 11, 2009 at 5:39 PM Report this
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I agree that there's not been enough reporting done yet to definitely call these "push polls," so I've stricken that. Also: of course Potter was never Adams' boss in any official sense, so I've changed that to colleague.
Stephen Marc Beaudoin on July 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM Report this
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Heh. "push poll".
Miranda Radik on July 11, 2009 at 6:43 PM Report this
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The process of renaming a street for Chavez, although how it was carried out was essentially an act of domestic terrorism by a minority group, is not a reason to recall the mayor.

Besides, Tom Potter left one of the Interstate Ave. renaming hearings, calling himself "irrelevant." IMO, that makes his support of the recall also irrelevant.
on July 11, 2009 at 7:21 PM Report this
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He was a lousy Mayor and we were glad to be rid of him and now we are supposed care what he thinks?! He supported the nice, but incredibly inept Dozono, which just shows Potter's continuing lameness. So now gets his chance for revenge as do all of the other Dozono supporters, who will be the majority of signers of this embarassing recall. I'll be so glad when this crap is over with. It is just bringing out the worst in everyone except, oddly, Adams, who seems to have balls of steel to face all that he has had to deal with.
itiswhatitis on July 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM Report this
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In the event that Sam Adams *is* recalled, who takes his place?
Samuel John Klein on July 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM Report this
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Heh. "Put the turd in the right pocket". Such class, our PDX ruling elite.
Samuel John Klein on July 11, 2009 at 8:01 PM Report this
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What a weird move for Potter. If you're going to shoot in a case like this, be sure you hit.

But then again I guess this isn't a master class in strategy...
bd on July 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM Report this
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I think Potters' support for the recall helps Adams more than hurts him. Potter wasn't the most popular mayor and didn't exactly get much done, and I can't imagine his association with the recall will do much.
Eddy on July 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM Report this
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If Sam is recalled, then there will be a special election. Wouldn't it just be great if Sam resigned and then ran in the special election? Then people would be in a position to know they were electing him under the circumstances. Then, if he wins, the matter is over. But, until the people get to weigh in, knowing the facts as they are now, this will continue to be an issue. If he is recalled, Sam will have lost all of his political capitol at that point. If Sam resigned and ran again, he might be able to maintain some respect.
angela.flood on July 12, 2009 at 7:40 AM Report this
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News reporting now consists of "reporting" Facebook status updates. A new low.
Nada on July 12, 2009 at 10:33 AM Report this
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Sam has been mayor all of half a year. Potter had four years. Apples and Oranges.
bd on July 12, 2009 at 11:39 AM Report this
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THANK YOU Tom Potter..

....like a minor knight in shining armor, with a hallowed reputation for benevolent neglect and outstanding personal ethics...

I'd take Potter, light years and galaxies away, over our current soryy abyss of a leader.
gonetorio on July 12, 2009 at 12:08 PM Report this
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Whoa. Forget Denny's. The recall effort is headin' straight for a medium-sized table at Cracker Barrel!

And Tom Potter fuckin' loves some Cracker Barrel!!!!!
Chunty McHutchence on July 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM Report this
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can we have Tom back? he was better than this...
on July 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM Report this
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Yeah I pine for those halcyon days of "Vision PDX". Such awesome effectiveness there! Yeah! And that neckbeard? Amazing. Best neckbeard this side of Dignity Village.
Chunty McHutchence on July 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM Report this
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What are reporters doing with facebook profiles anyway? Do most mercury staff have them?
on July 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM Report this
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Well, Chunty, you're in luck either way. Please avail yourself to the new city business plan (www.pdxeconomicdevelopment.com), where a new utility tax will be used to subsidize "green" developing. Insert sarcasm here.
orgengine on July 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM Report this
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That sounds remarkably more worthwhile than spending a few hundred thousand dollars on public opinion surveys.
Chunty McHutchence on July 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM Report this
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Wow, this is the only site I've found with ANY support for Shyster Sam. What should I make of this?
on July 13, 2009 at 3:32 PM Report this
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Synergy building bullshit costs money no matter how you slice it. If you prefer being told what you want to being asked, I guess that's your business.
orgengine on July 14, 2009 at 8:37 AM Report this
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man u guys are very out spoken in regards to tom potter. i for one stand up for him due to he reached out to young youth and really cared about the input so much he would attend youth commisioners meetings. and i was a youth commisioner. and he was very positive. it takes a lot for someone to reach out when they dont have to! and not ask anything in return. so if u are saying negative things u didnt really personaly know him! all of oregons political reps present our past has in my eyes has been positive as far as hearing the voice of its people! and really guys who cares who likes who! is this a soap oprah>
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