The only one stunted from too many blunts is the Oregonian Editorial Board. ... marred and tarred LOL that's what passes for editorial sting - ouch ... down boy!
what is this, the tenth editorial from the oregonian supporting recall 1.0 or 2.0? look for a blunted, stunted, punted, and shunted spadea from Columbia Sportswear next week...
All I can say is that if he ran against sho today I would vote for sam. I may not be impressed by how he has handled his scandals, but would I rather have business shill sho? Hell no!
Let me see if I have this straight. If I'm too lazy, or apathetic, or just plain opposed to a recall to bother to sign a petition, but it still appears on the ballot, why then of course I'd vote to take the rascal out? Or not?
Hmmm. I remember that they predicted the original mayoral election would be a "coronation," back before the scandal. Sam had a lot of fans.
Just makes me wonder if we expect more out of the position than is possible? If we're SO disappointed in Sam that they've gone from "coronation" to "unelectable," could ANYONE had made them happy?
Certainly, with a city in crisis, changing horses midstream is such an obvious solution! Nothing like someone who has to learn all the ropes to really bring that forward momentum to the office. Not to mention the $350-400k the special election would cost, that's really going to help turn Portland around in these tough economic times!
10 years ago an editorial like this might have meant something. Now not so much. The Oregonian editorial board has about as much credibility in Portland as Michael Steele does. I bet their marketing team wants to jump out of a window every time their editorial board pens something like this or endorses some right wing jackass. What are the odds they'll endorse Chris Dudley when all he's done is spit out typical Republican talking points about cutting taxes for the wealthy and corporations therefore letting all that money the rich people and corporations save trickle on down to the less rich. Cause that happens in real life right? Right? Ugh.
I can understand the editorial board taking positions that piss off liberal Portlanders—they are, after all, supposedly serving the rest of Oregon too. But parroting Avel a day after they give "how to donate" instructions in her incoherent op-ed piece? Who does this serve, other than the fickle gods of momentary controversy?
All I can say is that if he ran against sho today I would vote for sam. I may not be impressed by how he has handled his scandals, but would I rather have business shill sho? Hell no!
Just makes me wonder if we expect more out of the position than is possible? If we're SO disappointed in Sam that they've gone from "coronation" to "unelectable," could ANYONE had made them happy?
Who would you vote for over Sam if the recall were to succeed and we had a special mayoral election this summer or fall?
Avel Gordly? Ron Tonkin? Sho Dozono? Tina Kotek?
I can't think of a single damned person who wants the job that would be better than Sam.
If there is a recall election, there might be a mid-term mayoral election. Both would be last breath advertising dollars for a dieing newspaper.
Ditto the recall petition itself. Are they working for free? Would they work on the recall campaign, free? The mayoral campaign for free?