I should know this, but has the Merc made its endorsement yet, and if not, when is it going to happen?

"I've heard untrue rumors and lies." J. Smith.

Seems to me, everything that has come out in the press on this guy is pretty accurate. Bar suspension, license suspensions and driving without a license, skipped court appearances, getting kicked out of adult rec sports leagues and now this. Wonder what else is out there, not that I'd vote for someone to be mayor who appears to have deep character flaws relating to keeping up to date on paperwork, keeping court dates and keeping from punching opponents in recreational sports leagues.

Plus all the BS about his (and his opponents) breaking the spirit, if not their words, on campaign pledges on donations (check out Orestar to see a number of multi-thousand dollar donations from out of state residence as well as corporate donations). And if they claim that they took those donations before their "pledges," that's just semantic disingenuousness.

Write in it is.

"Hales' allies and supporters are powerfully aware of how to work media behind the scenes to dump on and embarrass a candidate they don't like."

As opposed to the aw-shucks Buttercream Gang running Smith's campaign? This seems like a pretty lopsided bit of editorializing without any substance behind it.

Hey @Drunk -- here's a refresher for you, with some substance... http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/th…

If I could vote, I would vote for Jefferson Davis Smith. He is the closest thing we will ever have in comparison to Tonya Harding. He gives "I tapped her" a whole new meaning.

There must be some record of this storage-unit fire. Unless that record was destroyed in, say, a hookah mishap.

I don't know, I may just vote for Umbrella Man.

OH HEY, BABYGORILLA IS CHRIS O'CONNOR?

WAIT!!!! WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO EDIT POSTS? WHEN DID THAT START HAPPENING?