Amanda Fritz’s former deputy campaign manager in the 2008 primary is now the spokesman for the website RecallSamAdams.com. Jasun Wurster is volunteering as the spokesman for the effort, he says, because he has never appreciated government officials abusing their power, which is one of the reasons he was attracted to work on Amanda Fritz’s campaign […]
Election 2008
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Adams and ORS 260.532
It’s wonky but important election law, people! Read all about it, here.
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Fritz Gets Sworn In: “Hope” Mentioned, Two Standing Ovations, Six Kinds of Lemon Bars
City Commissioner Amanda Fritz is now, officially, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, having been sworn in at a very patriotic ceremony in SW Portland this afternoon. And good luck to her: You can read all about it after the jump. “I feel like I have 150,000 new friends,” said Fritz, relating to the crowd a conversation […]
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Can Sam Adams Dodge A Shoe?
Since his office evidently decided to gift the Oregonian its bureau assignments this morning, I’m wondering aloud whether Mayor-elect Sam Adams is athletic as our president when it comes to dodging shoes thrown by journalists he might have inadvertently pissed off. There’s a press conference at 1pm at city hall. Just saying. Sam? Care to […]
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Holiday Recipes With Ed Garren
Former city council candidate Ed Garren may well be considering a run for congress should Earl Blumenauer be appointed Obama’s Secretary of Transportation. But he’s not too busy to do what’s really important, this time of year, which is send out some fantastic recipes to everyone who knows him. Including us, here at the Mercury! […]
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Jeff Merkley: “I Don’t Want to Claim Victory Before the Time is Due.” (Which Would be Now.)
Standing outside his modest SE Portland ranch home with his wife Mary Sorteberg, Jeff Merkley was all smiles, but declined to claim victory in his Senate race against incumbent Gordon Smith. (Merkley apparently hasn’t seen MY projections, which currently put him at a roughly 50K vote victory when this whole thing is over). UPDATE at […]
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Measure 64 Inches Closer To Failing
Multnomah County’s vote count is moving slowly, but it appears to be positive for the Defend Oregon Coalition folks, who are hoping to see Measure 64 defeated. This is the fourth time Bill Sizemore has proposed the measure to Oregon voters, which forbids public employees donating to unions direct from their paychecks. Last night the […]
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I Feel Worse Than When Bush Won
Alison’s hangover might be disappearing but Jesus Christ, every part of my body still hurts. My eyes are scratchy from days of scrolling through political blogs followed by a night of tears. My legs are stiff thanks to a massive midnight street dance party on SE Morrison. My head… ohhh whiskey and Obama. Mostly, I’ve […]
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A Britisher Is Astonished By You Yanks
Despite my occasional efforts at a wacko punk veneer, I am at heart a conservative prone to underestimating people and being disappointed by them. This, I suspect, is a nature/nurture issue, stemming from being born in Britain. Because last night, sitting at the Oregon Convention Center next to Teresa Teater (whom else would I be […]
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Calling the Race for Jeff Merkley
Long story short: I’m predicting a win for Jeff Merkley, based on highly scientific number crunching. Bear with me for a minute, while I walk you through my geekdom. County by county, I calculated the number of outstanding ballots (the total number of ballots received, as reported to the state, minus the ones already counted, […]
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OH FUCK JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS ARE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS
Last night’s election coverage made use of holograms, and fancy new technology, and computers and blah blah blah. But as everyone knows, the only holograms worth paying any attention to are Jem and the Holograms. Come on, you remember! The ’80s kids cartoon show? Jem is a singing superstar, and the alter ego of… oh, […]
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OH FUCK HOLOGRAMS WILL KILL US ALL
So the fact that Barack Obama won and there was a big giddy drunken dance party is great and all, but let us not forget the most amazing thing that happened last night: That we, as a people, realized with panic, fear, and delight THAT HOLOGRAMS NOW WALK AMONGST US, TALKING AND GESTURING AND GLOWING, […]