Mayor Sam Adams will make his first “State Of The City” speech today at City Club, just after noon. In honor of the occasion, David Bowie has donned his special blue jacket, is smoking an ostentatious cigarette, and Annie Lennox made a dubious hat choice:

MAYOR ADAMS: Under pressure…

There will be time scheduled after the mayor’s speech for media questions, and I’d like to take the time to relay some of your questions to him, if you’d be so kind.

Adams is expected to announce three green strategies in his speech—one aimed at reducing carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050 (details yet to be worked out), another pilot program aimed at weatherizing 500 Portland homes for energy efficiency, and a $1500 solar tax credit for business installing solar energy systems in the next two years. The mayor is also expected to reference his draft Economic Development Strategy (pdf here), which Sarah reported on in last week’s Mercury.

Yet despite the speech’s emphasis on “green” initiatives, Adams is under pressure from his green voter base, following his advocacy for a 12-lane bridge across the Columbia on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Oregonian editorial board today accused Adams of “leading the distraction“, instead of “leading the action.” An O reporter expects Adams to address the Breedlove scandal in his remarks.

So: Your questions for the mayor, please.

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Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.

16 replies on “Your Questions For The Mayor”

  3. The same one the presidential candidates refused to answer:

    Given the current economy, which of your campaign priorities will have to be cancelled or delayed?

  6. “According to Multnomah county elections, %41.33 of the voting electorate did not vote for you and most likely will vote in favor or your recall. For you to be removed from office only %8.68 of those that did voted for you in 2008 must be in favor of your recall. With the resend loss of support from the bicycling and environmental communities over your lack of representation on the I-5 bridge do feel that it would be in the best intrest of Portland for you to resign now so that a leader that is not as devicive as you can be elected?”

  7. “Mayor Adams, would you be willing to place a ‘Vote of Confidence’ on next weeks Regular Agenda?”

    “During the past 6 city council meetings you have been unable to enforce the ‘No Clapping Rule’ against citizens that support your resignation. If citizens do not respect your authority, how can you effectively negotiate from a position of power for the people of Portland with Unions Leader who’s contracts may have to be re-negotiated to prevent Portland from going bankrupt?”

  8. @RecallSamAdams

    Learn how to spell…you make yourself look like a inbred redneck special needs baby when you have multiple spelling errors. WTF are resend, intrest and devicive supposed to mean?

  9. Some Sam-critics clap in council, and you think that means that union contracts can’t be effectively negotiated? That’s a pretty weak argument.

    What does “devicive” mean, anyway?

  11. My question for my mayor:

    What can we, the citizens of Portland, OR who supported you during the Breedlove scandal, do to effectively communicate our disapproval of your support for the CRC bridge design you and Mayor Pollard are supporting? Where by “effectively” I mean “get you to reverse your support and go back to being a green, progressive mayor”?

  12. Good question, BrianM.

    I would ask it a bit differently… Given Amanda Fritz’s comments during Council that we’ve essentially given up our main leverage by agreeing in advance on the lane issue, how do you intend to get anywhere with this bi-state management concept? And if the bi-state management concept is successful at managing the bridge, why do we need 12 lanes?

  15. Between media interviews, visiting volunteers and proofreading responses to Blogtown regulars it is hard for one to find the time to solve that biscuit hanker’en.

    It is with great pleasure I share with you a favorite recipe I have had for many years: Super Quick Cheesy Biscuits

    Preheat oven to 450

    Mix 2 1/4 cups of Bisquick, 2/3 cup of milk and 1 cup of pre-shredded cheddar cheese in a bowl. You many have to add a little more milk.

    Place 5 huge clumps of goodness on a cookie sheet and place in the oven.

    Wait about 10 minuets and serve hot.

    jasun

    For those that think I never smile:
    http://www.citizenrecall.org/data/fun/bisquick.jpg

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