In spite of myself I have a crush on right wing radio host Victoria Taft. There are any number of possible reasons for this, all too complex and disturbing to go into, here. But whenever she talks at council I find it difficult to concentrate on the words coming out of her mouth and am transported instead to a place where the theme from Care Bears is playing, and there are lots of pillows and soft quilts lying around. I’m embarrassed to even bring it up on Blogtown, knowing I’m going to have to make eye contact with her again in the very near future. Oh well.
I think Taft brought up the issue of the Sellwood Bridge this morning. County Chair Ted Wheeler told reporters from the Oregonian and Willamette Week yesterday that Adams has promised to support renovation of the Sellwood Bridge in exchange for Wheeler’s support of the mayor’s convention center hotel project. Wheeler says he “doesn’t trade votes” and that he can’t make his mind up on the hotel project in two days.
“The Bridge story is an appropriate metaphor for Mayor Adams,” said Taft. “It looks like he’s doing the job, he looks sturdy enough, but his support is crumbling.”
Then she talked about Adams’ “naked arrogance,” which is where I’m afraid I totally lost it.
I’m getting tired of local radio personalities signing up for the five-slot communications to Council segments. They already have a way to get their voices heard. The regular non-radio personality populace doesn’t.
Why do right-wing radio personalities hate regular Portlanders so much?
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One True b!X, I agree about the radio hosts. They have hours to spew their take uninterrupted on the radio. Besides, I don’t know where Taft lives, but Lars Larson doesn’t even live in the city.
MATT, it’s my impression that every council meeting now begins with a few people tearing into Sam Adams. Is that the case, or a wrong impression on my part?
For clarification: Yes, Blabby, you’re right. There’s only been one council session I can remember since the scandal broke that someone hasn’t used one of the five 3 minute open testimony slots to tear into Adams.
The mayor always thanks them for their testimony. If it were me, I’d be tempted to get a little more sarcastic. “Thanks a bunch for your testimony,” etcetera. But thanking people for their words seems the best way to diffuse their words.
Woah, not “thanks a bunch.” That’s vicious… Do we really want to live in that world?
Thank you for your words.
She is kinda hot. In the way I was always compelled to date psycho women when I was younger. You know it would be a fun ride until the ride was over.
Victoria Taft: a grower or a shower?
Just another fevered ego tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price then we would otherwise have to.
William Howard Taft was the fattest president we’ve ever had. Something she should keep in mind….
Matt,
I’m sure Victoria would shag you silly and then make you breakfast wearing nothing but her flip-flops. Then she’d want to go back for seconds.
There’s no way you could keep up with her, and that’s why I’m glad she’s willing to show up at council meetings and berate Mayor Adams: she’s got the time and the energy and she’s saying what most of us are thinking, but don’t have the guts to say ourselves.