I think a 42-year-old city leader chasing a teenage intern and lying to his employers, then coaching the boy to lie about it is a perfectly good fulcrum.
You guys are enlightened. I guess I'm just another stuffy shirt who needs to chill out.
Honestly, who cares if the mayor boinks a barely-legal subordinate? If the man who represents the face of our city wants to surf porn on the job, or hire ridiculously underqualified people to provide advice on "sustainability" for $55,000 of our tax dollars, who are we to judge?
What a prude I've been.
And "alleged, alleged, alleged" is a funny interpretation of a personal confession. But there I go again worrying too much.
So far of those four bullet points listed, two of them are "alleged" and two of them are facts.
The two that are "alleged" are the issues that are actual legal issues. If those can be proven, then maybe these people will have something to stand on. But till then, all they've got is that an Sam Adams fucked an intern 4 years ago.
You hated Sam Adams and all of the politicians in PDX before this. You'll hate them after this. The only issues here are if he fucked someone who was unable to give legal consent and then if he gave a paid position in his administration to someone in order to cover up the issue.
Other than those, the only people who this story really matters to are Sam Adams, Beau Breedlove and Peter Zuckerman. Not you.
The "intern" in question was an employee of a Republican from Keizer in Salem. He was *not* an intern for the city of Portland, City Hall or Sam Adams. He was an adult male of legal age that did the nasty with a councilman from PDX.
It's important to remember that we may think it's kind of icky, it's not exactly grounds for removal from office.
So now you should get drummed out of office anytime anything can be "alleged"? What country is this? Jesus...at least wait until something is PROVEN!
A lot of people, myself included, feel that lying is okay when the question is personal and inappropriate anyway, so if the relationship was legal, then I don't fucking care if he lied.
It's like if you were to ask an official, "Did you masturbate last night?" The point isn't whether he/she did or didn't. The point is that the question shouldn't have been asked.
The fact is... He fucked the kid up. Beau was an obviously sharp and motivated young man who went from interning in the State Capitol to switching waiter jobs many times within a few months of meeting Adams.
Hitting age 18 doesn't always mean you are mature mentally. Rarely, in fact. The kid had a good future and Adams messed his head up in a number of ways by sleeping/seducing him, telling him to lie and probably using threatening him.
Sam fucked the kid up? He was an intern at the Oregon state capitol when he was in high school. Getting that job is easier than getting a job a McDonalds...no I'm not kidding. If you write a letter to your rep that's pretty much all it takes. It's like a high school project. He's jumping jobs at waiting tables because that's what waiters do. The service industry isn't exactly a stable industry.
Actually that's not really your choice to judge when someone is mature mentally. That's when the law says you are mentally mature. If you have a problem with that then please take it up with the federal government.
Lots of stuff happens when you turn 18. You get to buy cigarettes, porn, sign contracts, join the military, die for your country and hump whomever you want whenever you want. And yes...it doesn't matter who you hump or how old they are.
1. Only evidence (and confession) available states it was after his 18th birthday. This point fails.
2. Candidates are not bound by any such ethics rules. This point fails.
3. No evidence available (unless the poster is holding out on us). This point fails.
4. This act does not violate any current ethics rules. It could be that the author meant to say something different and is just too unfamiliar with the English language to phrase it correctly, or it could just be that this was exactly what the author wanted to say. In which case, this point fails.
You are all correct- Portland politicians and lying, cheating, stealing and perverted sexual predators go hand-in-hand. Portland must have the worst voters in this country and always vote for some idiot goof-ball like Katz or Kulongoski that do nothing for this state but fight for frivolous "gay rights" and raise taxes, while putting us deeper in debt. I guess that is what we get for voting in a bunch of idiots more focused on what people do in bed than what people do to run our government. Seems like Sam Adams has hit the mark for all of those points and more. What a piece of crap and all you liberal idiots are defending this sack of garbage. Typical!! Defending lying sack of crap perverts makes you lying sacks of crap perverts.
Sam might have his strong points, and I could care less if he is gay, but the bottom line is, he lied and I'm sick and tired of politicians lying. Enough. Throw the bum out.
for the dumb broad who said, "alleged, alleged, alleged..."
You're stupid. Sam Adams confessed to it! Who knows if he really did it before guy was 18 or not, but that's what state attorney general and commissioner Randy Leonard (Adams supporter) wants to find out.
But here's the real stumper... why the hell would Sam Adams lie if he was having consensual with a legal 18 year old adult... why did Adams have to lie about it, and why did he ask the other person to lie about it!?!
Sam spoke with the editorial board of the Big O tonight, oh you got to watch that, they got it on video on their site. The Conservatives are going to get some good air time and laughs out of this Buffoon!
the bottom line is that it is all only about sam adams caring about sam adams and not Portlanders or even the gay community. Not only did Sam Adams fucking lie, he parlayed this lie into a sick accusation that this was just a homophobic smear campaign being used against him. In all essence he used the homosexual fear card in order to gain personal political sympathy votes during the election.forget the personal sex part here (that's the diversion the Adam's camp wants us to focus on)-- it about integrity. What kind of integrity does this so- called leader posses when he is willing to sacrifice his own community for personal gain???
I agree with Kmplat, and think Adams handling of this issue is alone grounds for his removal. Whether or not Adams was cruising salem for a little of his own private idaho is besides the point, he operates by spreading lies and cutting deals.
Do we want a Mayor who is willing to decieve the public for his own narrow gain?
Do we want a mayor who cries wolf about being discriminated against for his sexual identity, in order to cover up his sexual relationship with a minor?
I know for fact Sam Adams has had sexual relations with Beau Breedlove before he was 18, and that he had relations with at least one other minor at that time. We need some real journalists to do their job. This case is for real and soemone should folow the trail...
I think many commenters are missing the big issue here: that Adams lied repeatedly in a campaign, encouraged Breedlove to lie, and then buried a public apology by doing it on Inauguration Day.
To be clear, I don't really care too much that he slept with this kid - though it does speak to his judgment, and counterintuitively, I actually think this would be a bigger deal if it were a straight male politician with a maybe-18-year-old female (sexism trumping homophobia).
While I think Adams could have been a great mayor, allowing him to continue serving sends the message to all future candidates that it is OK to lie, encourage others to lie, and then presto - apologize after you get elected, while the city's eyes are elsewhere, and all is forgiven.
Let's also not forget how Sam's self-righteous, false defense against Bob Ball's correct-but-comically-inept whisper campaign allowed his lies to bury a political rival.
In sum, this is not one isolated lie about a normal sexual relationship that wasn't the public's business. This is a) a huge ball of lies about b) a sexual relationship with a high school kid that Adams c) cynically came clean about only after he was elected and sworn, and d) burying the apology by doing it on Inauguration day no less. I wish we could get past shrill cries of prudishness and homophobia, and understand that our Mayor took a shit on all of us who trusted him and gave him the benefit of the doubt in September, 2007, and then only came clean when the Willamette Week essentially forced him to.
As a final note, I'd like to say a big "that's fucked" to people who claim that unless a law has been broken (and proven in court beyond a reasonable doubt) that we have no right to judge the conduct of those who are (or would be) our representatives.
I am gay. I am a mentor to teenagers. I think the personal business of politicians should be personal. But not when it involves lying to the public and coercing someone else (a very young, professionally subordinate someone else) to lie to the public on said politician's behalf. Sam Adams has forfeited his capacity to lead. He should resign.
In all relationships- business, personal and political- Integrity is the foundation of success. As a lifelong Democrat and fourth generation Portlander, I'm saddened Sam Adams does not possess the most basic quality required for leading our City. If he shows additional poor judgement and selfishness by remaining in office, the citizens of Portland must unite and remove him for the public good. The title 'The Honorable Mayor Adams' is undeserving and an insult to all who have worked to build this wonderful City.
I want a mayor like my president, a person who holds himself and others to a higher standard. Someones who inspires us all to solve problems and make our world a better place. For those who think Mr. Adams did nothing wrong, I think you must be very naive...this kid was being groomed while in high school. What if this was YOUR kid?
I hope you like orange, Sam...I think your entire wardrobe will be that color soon.
I guess the jokes on us! Sammy Boy is just a pedophile. We have enough problems to deal with; for God's sake--just resign, or leave town. What a piece of crap.
Well seeing as how he waited until midnite on the boys 18th birthday I guess its "Okay" to be that excited to get some action.
SLEAZEBALL? Yes
LIAR? Yes
RECALL? For sure
What else is he going to lie about? And what/where/who else is he going to throw money at that should be spent elsewhere?
Lets get a new mayor for our progressive city.......
He needs to go! I feel like this is now a George W. Bush city due to politicians lying to the people. My feelings are damaged, even though I am not gay. I can't trust this man as mayor. That is not the only reason. He has no respect for those surf, kayak and windsurf. We need our cars to do our sports. He is trying to make it so you cannot use your car by restircting travel by increasing congestion. This is not a separate issue. It is another example of how he does not care about anyone but himself. Portland deserves better!
I'm sick of people forcing politicians to answer questions about there private lives that they know will have an effect on there campaign; even though the issue should have nothing to due with the campaign, just like what happened to Bill Clinton.
If you were interviewing for any other job it would be illegal to be asked questions about your sex life, and rightly so as it has no relevance. It is not against the law to sleep with 18 year olds or interns.
Does anyone care about the kid??? I mean come on! I'm in my 40s and if I was hanging out at high schools trolling for seniors who just turned 18... well according to many of you, you would want me to be mayor! Back to the kid... I'll bet his rear end was sore. Did Adams use a rubber? Or did he spray it all over him? These are the kind of questions Fox news should be asking. Gretta, Hannity, O'Rilley, are you out there?
If you substitute Sam "Dumbass" Adams for Bill Clinton, take a guess what he would have said during his mayoral campaign.
"I did not have sexual relations with that man, Mr. Breedlove."
I confess I wrote a paper on Sam Adams during my Fall Term at PCC, but being aware of his so-called denial, I believed him and wrote a paper on him anyway. Got an A on it.
F YOU Mr. Mayor!
I used to worship you anytime
you were on the news.
I met you a few times during
Gay Pride season.
F YOU Mr. Mayor and wash your dick
in the process as well.
Dear friend of gays, I'm glad you got an A on your paper. But why do you worship gay people? I don't think people should love them or hate them just cuz they prefer sausages over tacos. As for gay pride season, when is it going to be regular straight white guy season? Why can't I have a "season"?
I believe Sam Adams should step down from his position as Mayor now. Waiting for a recall vote will only keep the city of Portland in limbo at a very important economic time. Adams should step down not because of his sexual proclivities, as unsavory as they are, but because he's an arrogant, manipulative liar.
Even though I am not yelling in the streets, please consider this post as a protest against S.A. I remember when Bob Packwood was in a mess. He had to hide in a mini van to go in and out of his office. I know because I was a parking attendant in that garage. Adams needs to step down asap. He is giving Portland a black eye and a bruised penis. This scandal will define him until he relinquishes his office and works on healing his pedophile desires.
Just one more addition to the number of people who think Sam is about Sam and should have resigned. It seems there is something of a consensus here that this isn't about Sam's personal life but about his using his 2nd, 3rd, 4th chances already to lie, ask others to lie, and get elected under false pretenses. I can't think of too many other jobs where you can do that and not be looking for new employment, since he hasn't chosen to make the right decision its time to help him move along.
You conspired to lie and defraud the people of Portland.
You lied to all Portland voters to win the election of Mayor in 2008.
You lied about your relationship with Beau Breedlove.
You stated that you were mentoring Beau who was seventeen at the time.
You were grooming him for your self satisfaction.
You kissed Beau twice (if not more) when he was seventeen and one of these occasions it took place in the City Hall Menβs Room.
You are a forty two year old man who had sex with Beau two weeks after he turned eighteen or did you perform the act while he was still seventeen?
Youβre a pervert and pedophile.
You used our city resources in this conspiracy to lie and cover up your relationship with Beau.
You conspired with Beau to lie for you.
You publicly slandered a fellow gay Portland business man (Robert Ball) and tried to ruin his standings in this city after he brought these TRUE allegations to the public in 2007.
You have not apologized to Robert Ball and you said that he does not deserve one.
You have put the City of Portland at risk to blackmail.
You are costing the city time and dollars dealing with this scandal.
You used city resources to hire reporter Amy Ruiz who was working on this scandal at the Mercury News. Amy has stated that she was not qualified for the position and did not know how she got the job.
You are a black eye to the City of Portland and State of Oregon.
You are not what Barack Obama is looking for as a pubic servant, a leader and role model for the Democratic Party.
This Democrat wasted his vote on you and no longer supports you or those at City Hall that continue to support you.
I totally agree with the above post , Sam your a disgrace to this city you need to go if you cared about what's best for Portland you would have resigned already! but your handling this just like you handled it before with deception and lies. You've said you will be available to answer questions and now you won't ! another lie Sam? All you really care about is yourself be a man and lead by example resign now before you do anymore damage to this city!
You've got to be kidding me! Sam is responsible for his actions and should be held accountable for them!. We shouldn't take blame for his moral and ethical failings, quit making excuses for bad behavior that's whats wrong with society today no one takes responsibility for their actions and everyone excuses it. Is this how our parents and their parents behaved , honestly everyone needs to look inside and be honest with yourself.
Please let us know where we can sign the petition - we are a bunch of Portlanders who are eager to sign.....
Maybe announce certain places were we could go - instead of having to meet someone with a clipboard!
This mayor is an embarassement to the city of Portland.......!
LaCage
i think Sam should stay in office and just do his job. Which should be making the city of portland a great place to live. Of course, he can't please all of us, but remember that most of us did vote for him. And we all know that lies and sex scandels isn't anything new with a pollitician.
I'm hoping that he will stay in office because after all, the justice system did clear him of any wrong doing.
We should just all move on!
I am pleased to see that there is still some people who value truth, decency, and values in our great city. Why should we be saddled with a Mayor that brings disgrace and ridicule to Portland? Since when is it our responsibility to rehabilitate the marred imiage of a self proclaimed liar? Our hard earned taxes are being spent to support a Mayor who is so tangled in suspicion that he can't focus on his job. And he brought that suspicion on himself, it was none of our doing. I want a Mayor I can be proud of, not one I have to make excuses for. Let's get him out of office and allow him the time to get his affairs in order on someone else's dime. Then if he feels the call to seek public office he can run again. And if the citizens of Portland elect him knowing his propensity for lying then the falt is their's. But for now let us have a Mayor who can do his/her job without bringing shame and distraction to our City.
I hope this recall fails. I hope Portland has the intelligence to keep Sam in office. But, then America just had Bush for 8 years... Lets think about this, Mayor boinks and 18-year old while President kills 1,000,000 Iraqis. One lies about sex, and the other lies about war... hmm... what's more disgraceful?
the myth that the people who want Sam Adams recalled are all christians and for any other reasons than those stated above, are false, and misleading. These are tactics that have been used to influence public opinion about anything even remotely related to a christian attitude or behavior, for years, and it has worked. What I am wondering is when these Christaphobic church haters are are going to realize the utter hypocrisy that shapes their thinking and lives, and those of yours! I am sick and tired of liberal anti christian God haters, trying to shove their lifestyles, opinions and beliefs down my throat! I will stand up for what is right! At any cost! Christians are called to stand up for what is right and just, also to love people. Not all do, and some do bad things, but so does everyone else! No this is an issue of personal integrity and honesty by a member of our city government, and anyone else suspected of sexual misconduct and false statements and misuse of their office would have been terminated the moment it was exposed. Please people, open your eyes, and don't be fooled by the same tired old, lie that the mean old christians are trying to control us. That has been used for years here in Portland to stifle and limit the a significant portion of the Portland population, and it is one sided, narrow-minded, hateful and mean.
This is not about being gay, christian or a lifestyle. This is about WHO "represents" and "leads" our city and ALL the people in it. Sam Adams has demonstrated to me that he is 1) a liar of Nixonian/Sharptonian proportions; 2) he has no understanding of the issue of sexual boundaries (this is not a gay or straight issue) between an older, public professional person in a position of power and influence and a teenager (whether he was 17 or 18, conniving or not); 3) he places his personal welfare above the welfare of the city (he could've stepped down from office last January, saving the city this endless uncertaintly and letting some one else provide leadership in the economic crisis that we are facing-but no, he was going to "be a good mayor"-whatever the hell that means anymore).
While it has less effect on the city per se, Adams has also blacked the eye of the city's gay community (of which I am not always a proud member), however you feel about it AS a community. Sam has been a disastrous role model for gay men (or women)everywhere and confirms, ironically, all the worst fears of homophobic bigots everywhere that gays are "just after your kids." That preceding statement sounds crude and it's obviously a gross stereotype (witness all the older men who actually are not chasing after your sons or daughters), but Sam went ahead and put himself in this position, especially when he was the first one to bring up the issue when questions were raised several years ago about the appropriateness of his relationship with young Beau. He also struck a blow at "mentors" everywhere who really are trying to be good role models and educators to your kids.
We can sit here and argue about Sam's demerits, ethical lapses, and hubris, etc., but the bottom line is: do we want this guy leading the city? I say, NO. Any person who places himself above the system in a democracy is a detriment to the system.
You, the citizens of this metropolis, need to get out there and JUST SIGN the recall petitions so this city can vote to remove this guy from office. I don't know if we're going to get enough signatures to put this on the ballot ( because people's apathy is enormous), but let's try to get it done. Let's give Portlanders a chance to rectify what is more clearly than ever a MISTAKE. Thanks. JackPDX
'nough said.
Honestly, who cares if the mayor boinks a barely-legal subordinate? If the man who represents the face of our city wants to surf porn on the job, or hire ridiculously underqualified people to provide advice on "sustainability" for $55,000 of our tax dollars, who are we to judge?
What a prude I've been.
And "alleged, alleged, alleged" is a funny interpretation of a personal confession. But there I go again worrying too much.
So far of those four bullet points listed, two of them are "alleged" and two of them are facts.
The two that are "alleged" are the issues that are actual legal issues. If those can be proven, then maybe these people will have something to stand on. But till then, all they've got is that an Sam Adams fucked an intern 4 years ago.
All we have to decide is that the mayor is a sleazeball. I know I've made up my mind.
Also, that's enough. I'm guessing if you dredge up the city's handbook on sexual harrassment, that a council person fucking an intern would qualify.
You kids have low low standards. It reflects on you.
"You kids", what's next? "Get off my lawn"
You hated Sam Adams and all of the politicians in PDX before this. You'll hate them after this. The only issues here are if he fucked someone who was unable to give legal consent and then if he gave a paid position in his administration to someone in order to cover up the issue.
Other than those, the only people who this story really matters to are Sam Adams, Beau Breedlove and Peter Zuckerman. Not you.
It's important to remember that we may think it's kind of icky, it's not exactly grounds for removal from office.
A lot of people, myself included, feel that lying is okay when the question is personal and inappropriate anyway, so if the relationship was legal, then I don't fucking care if he lied.
It's like if you were to ask an official, "Did you masturbate last night?" The point isn't whether he/she did or didn't. The point is that the question shouldn't have been asked.
Hitting age 18 doesn't always mean you are mature mentally. Rarely, in fact. The kid had a good future and Adams messed his head up in a number of ways by sleeping/seducing him, telling him to lie and probably using threatening him.
Actually that's not really your choice to judge when someone is mature mentally. That's when the law says you are mentally mature. If you have a problem with that then please take it up with the federal government.
Lots of stuff happens when you turn 18. You get to buy cigarettes, porn, sign contracts, join the military, die for your country and hump whomever you want whenever you want. And yes...it doesn't matter who you hump or how old they are.
2. Candidates are not bound by any such ethics rules. This point fails.
3. No evidence available (unless the poster is holding out on us). This point fails.
4. This act does not violate any current ethics rules. It could be that the author meant to say something different and is just too unfamiliar with the English language to phrase it correctly, or it could just be that this was exactly what the author wanted to say. In which case, this point fails.
Try again.
You're stupid. Sam Adams confessed to it! Who knows if he really did it before guy was 18 or not, but that's what state attorney general and commissioner Randy Leonard (Adams supporter) wants to find out.
But here's the real stumper... why the hell would Sam Adams lie if he was having consensual with a legal 18 year old adult... why did Adams have to lie about it, and why did he ask the other person to lie about it!?!
That's a double whammy in my book. 86 him!
Prove it. "Who knows if he really did it before the guy was 18 or not" does not count. Sorry.
Do we want a Mayor who is willing to decieve the public for his own narrow gain?
Do we want a mayor who cries wolf about being discriminated against for his sexual identity, in order to cover up his sexual relationship with a minor?
I know for fact Sam Adams has had sexual relations with Beau Breedlove before he was 18, and that he had relations with at least one other minor at that time. We need some real journalists to do their job. This case is for real and soemone should folow the trail...
This is insane. I never thought I would see Portlander act like House Republicans during the Clinton impeachment.
The question never should have been asked.
To be clear, I don't really care too much that he slept with this kid - though it does speak to his judgment, and counterintuitively, I actually think this would be a bigger deal if it were a straight male politician with a maybe-18-year-old female (sexism trumping homophobia).
While I think Adams could have been a great mayor, allowing him to continue serving sends the message to all future candidates that it is OK to lie, encourage others to lie, and then presto - apologize after you get elected, while the city's eyes are elsewhere, and all is forgiven.
Let's also not forget how Sam's self-righteous, false defense against Bob Ball's correct-but-comically-inept whisper campaign allowed his lies to bury a political rival.
In sum, this is not one isolated lie about a normal sexual relationship that wasn't the public's business. This is a) a huge ball of lies about b) a sexual relationship with a high school kid that Adams c) cynically came clean about only after he was elected and sworn, and d) burying the apology by doing it on Inauguration day no less. I wish we could get past shrill cries of prudishness and homophobia, and understand that our Mayor took a shit on all of us who trusted him and gave him the benefit of the doubt in September, 2007, and then only came clean when the Willamette Week essentially forced him to.
As a final note, I'd like to say a big "that's fucked" to people who claim that unless a law has been broken (and proven in court beyond a reasonable doubt) that we have no right to judge the conduct of those who are (or would be) our representatives.
I hope you like orange, Sam...I think your entire wardrobe will be that color soon.
http://www.citizenrecall.org/joomla/
Kinda in your face flag waving.
Sam Adams has embarrassed Portland and everyone in it.
SLEAZEBALL? Yes
LIAR? Yes
RECALL? For sure
What else is he going to lie about? And what/where/who else is he going to throw money at that should be spent elsewhere?
Lets get a new mayor for our progressive city.......
If you were interviewing for any other job it would be illegal to be asked questions about your sex life, and rightly so as it has no relevance. It is not against the law to sleep with 18 year olds or interns.
"I did not have sexual relations with that man, Mr. Breedlove."
I confess I wrote a paper on Sam Adams during my Fall Term at PCC, but being aware of his so-called denial, I believed him and wrote a paper on him anyway. Got an A on it.
F YOU Mr. Mayor!
I used to worship you anytime
you were on the news.
I met you a few times during
Gay Pride season.
F YOU Mr. Mayor and wash your dick
in the process as well.
He lied to get elected.
Fire the bum.
You conspired to lie and defraud the people of Portland.
You lied to all Portland voters to win the election of Mayor in 2008.
You lied about your relationship with Beau Breedlove.
You stated that you were mentoring Beau who was seventeen at the time.
You were grooming him for your self satisfaction.
You kissed Beau twice (if not more) when he was seventeen and one of these occasions it took place in the City Hall Menβs Room.
You are a forty two year old man who had sex with Beau two weeks after he turned eighteen or did you perform the act while he was still seventeen?
Youβre a pervert and pedophile.
You used our city resources in this conspiracy to lie and cover up your relationship with Beau.
You conspired with Beau to lie for you.
You publicly slandered a fellow gay Portland business man (Robert Ball) and tried to ruin his standings in this city after he brought these TRUE allegations to the public in 2007.
You have not apologized to Robert Ball and you said that he does not deserve one.
You have put the City of Portland at risk to blackmail.
You are costing the city time and dollars dealing with this scandal.
You used city resources to hire reporter Amy Ruiz who was working on this scandal at the Mercury News. Amy has stated that she was not qualified for the position and did not know how she got the job.
You are a black eye to the City of Portland and State of Oregon.
You are not what Barack Obama is looking for as a pubic servant, a leader and role model for the Democratic Party.
This Democrat wasted his vote on you and no longer supports you or those at City Hall that continue to support you.
RESIGN NOW AND SAVE THE CITY MONEY...
Maybe announce certain places were we could go - instead of having to meet someone with a clipboard!
This mayor is an embarassement to the city of Portland.......!
LaCage
I'm hoping that he will stay in office because after all, the justice system did clear him of any wrong doing.
We should just all move on!
While it has less effect on the city per se, Adams has also blacked the eye of the city's gay community (of which I am not always a proud member), however you feel about it AS a community. Sam has been a disastrous role model for gay men (or women)everywhere and confirms, ironically, all the worst fears of homophobic bigots everywhere that gays are "just after your kids." That preceding statement sounds crude and it's obviously a gross stereotype (witness all the older men who actually are not chasing after your sons or daughters), but Sam went ahead and put himself in this position, especially when he was the first one to bring up the issue when questions were raised several years ago about the appropriateness of his relationship with young Beau. He also struck a blow at "mentors" everywhere who really are trying to be good role models and educators to your kids.
We can sit here and argue about Sam's demerits, ethical lapses, and hubris, etc., but the bottom line is: do we want this guy leading the city? I say, NO. Any person who places himself above the system in a democracy is a detriment to the system.
You, the citizens of this metropolis, need to get out there and JUST SIGN the recall petitions so this city can vote to remove this guy from office. I don't know if we're going to get enough signatures to put this on the ballot ( because people's apathy is enormous), but let's try to get it done. Let's give Portlanders a chance to rectify what is more clearly than ever a MISTAKE. Thanks. JackPDX