'Almost everyone I talked to seemed genuinely upset about issues other than Adams’ sexuality'

That is because 99.9 % of the people who bring that topic into the equation are Sam supporters trying to make it an issue when it is not.

Racheael, weren't you in Italy yesterday?

So they've graduated from sorta-filling-out-a-small-restaurant to kinda-having-a-backyard-barbecue? Sam must be shaking in his boots.

His fabulous, fabulous boots.

The accepted US government way to write dates: 10 July 2009.

Also endorsed by Strunk's "Elements of Style" as clear and unambiguous.

Only idiots place numbers out of order. But, hey, this is the City of Portland in the State of Oregon!

Next stop: Denny's

The big question, can they find a street corner that is not already occupied by a canvaser who says they want to save the whales/polarbears/children/haitians/whatever....??

I thought he had thousands of volunteers. 36 people would need to get ~1300 signatures each to meet his goals, which doesn't sound that bad except that paid signature gathers only average 10 an hour, (and they do ride MAX cause they are more productive there, but these people can only get signatures from residents of Portland and MAX goes futher than that.) So you are looking at more than 130 hours from each person, or more than 3 work weeks from people that (may) already have full time jobs. And then discount the don't ask don't tell joker, and the guys that only came to drink beer, and that some of them will get sick or get bored and...

How long does Jasun have to get these?

Witness the genesis of Sizemore's Mini-me. Birth of ballot grinder, beats working for a living

It's time to move on. Adams is a fine mayor. He got more done in his first 100 days than the previous mayor did in four years. If he lied about his sex life, so what? It shouldn't have come up during the election to begin with.

It's time to move on. Adams got more done in his first 100 days than the previous mayor did in four years. Imagine how much he could do in four years, especially when he's not under an AG investigation. He lied about his sex life, so what? It shouldn't have come up during the election to begin with.

I did write the Florence post while I was abroad last week but didn't get a chance to post it on the blog until I got back to the Mercury.

Because there's no internets in Europe, obvs.