From the Support Sam Adams facebook page:
Hollie wrote:
It’s happening tomorrow!
Friday, 1/23 @ 5:30pm in front of city hall!
And yes, if humanly possible, Dan Savage is planning on attending. This could get interesting!
UPDATE! Bit more info on tomorrow’s rally:
Rally in Support of Sam Adams, Mayor of Portland
When: Friday, January 23th, 5:30pm
Where: Portland City Hall
Who: Sam Adams supporters who feel that his two decades of committed service to the city of Portland by far outweigh his honesty about the details of his (legal and consensual) sex life. Our trust is not broken because he made a mistake when cornered with an inappropriate question.
And Dan Savage sez with authority: I’M GOING TO BE THERE.
Dan Savage is awesome! It’s sad that Portland needs to import sex-positive public figures from Seattle.
we have flyers to give you. we plan on swinging by your office soon.
Didn’t Savage say he should resign?
Who cares about war….lets march for a lying, manipulative, power hungry public official!!!! YAY!!
I prefer to think about it marching against scandal-hungry media, and the false outrage it produces.
I’m not really a huge Sam fan, but he’s got a chance of doing a lot of good for this city if he can keep from getting derailed by a hysterical witch hunt.
hysterical witch hunt…
“I told my staff, ‘This is a 17-year-old. Make him feel welcome. Keep an eye on him,’ ” said Adams, 44. “I listened to his story. I tried to offer my own perspective, given my own background. I could’ve just said, ‘This looks bad, so I can’t help you.’ But I wanted to help….. If someone comes to me looking for advice or perspective, I want to be able to offer it. At the same time, I’m very careful. I set boundaries.”
Fuck that – he’s a fucking liar
Adams, may well have spoken truth regarding an illegal relationship, however, the denial was extended through the course of Beau’s Portland internship. Sam aggressively dismissed the allegations and thus heavily participated in destroying Bob’s hope for a political career. I believe worse yet, Adams ardently categorized the rumor as based in negative homosexual stereotypes.
Regarding sex, Sam lied about something trivial if legal. Weird (42 + 18 is a bit weird in our culture), but legal, and a non-issue for me. However, in his dishonesty, Sam played a ‘gay-card’ as a public service announcement, this is disturbing and offensive to me as it goes beyond event negation into civic issues for which he has been an advocate and hero. Moreover, his official statement lacks explicit mention of this offense. Adams ought to explicitly apologize to Ball, explicitly apologize to the LBGTH community, listen to his staff, be discreet, stay in office, and work his ass off to re-prove his twenty year civic record.
I do not see it as grounds for being outed. Lying about sex? If he’s to be removed for anything- it’s blatantly undermining societal progress he’s fought for… that’s a pretty counter-productive trait for civic leaders to have.
Portland needs a Mayor that has his mind on the business of running the city. Sam has made his personal life into an unnecessary distraction. He should resign for the good of Portland. If he can’t do the right thing, then he should be removed from office.
jayjay, Beau was NOT AN INTERN for the City of Portland. Just to keep the record straight.
This whole thing should never have been brought up by Ball. What’s all this about Ball being a victim? It was his political play that forced Sam’s response. Ball should have left Sam’s private life out of the pre-election discussion. Curious timing I think, If he had real proof that Sam broke the law then that’s a matter to be brought up with the police at the time he had first knowledge of it.