Faced with increasing pressure, even from his own former council ally, Randy Leonard, to come up with a recommendation on number of lanes and tolling for the Columbia River Crossing, it appears that Mayor Sam Adams has taken a leaf out of former mayor, Tom Potter’s (never written, never published) “art of Potteresque leadership” book. He’s going to convene a committee on the bridge! From Wednesday afternoon’s council agenda:
198 TIME CERTAIN: 3:00 PM – Support the creation of a Columbia Crossing Mobility Council charged with developing performance-based management recommendations for the Columbia River Crossing Project (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Adams)
“My initial reaction is that this is going to do nothing to comfort our regional partners on the crossing,” says Leonard’s chief of staff, Ty Kovatch. Leonard was going into a meeting when the Mercury called, but we hope to get some comments from the commissioner shortly.
It appeared that the Mercury‘s call to Leonard’s office was the first anybody had heard of the new committee. I’m sorry, “council.” It’s a “council.” Not a committee. And Adams’ spokesman, Roy Kaufmann, is yet to return a call for comment.
So, it’s come to this.
Back in May 2007, former Mercury news co-editor Scott Moore interviewed Mayor Tom Potter about his accomplishments in office, and the mayor, at the time, responded that nobody needs leadership when the best way forward is to, er…
EX-MAYOR TOM POTTER: HIS IDEA OF LEADERSHIP…AND NOW, ADAMS’, TOO…
More when we have it.
Ah per-FORMANCE-BASED decisions!
Finally!
My head spins from the productivity!
“…has taken a leaf out of former mayor, Tom Potter’s (never written, never published) “art of Potteresque leadership” book.”
Matt, do you need clarification of why this sentence is complete shit?
I think we should form an ad-hoc group, to put together a coalition, to draft the agenda by which a taskforce will appoint people to this council. Then the council needs to elect their chair and treasurer, and write some bylaws. We should have CRC recommendations in 8 to 14 months.
Can you smell the leadership?
Yes, convene a committee…every time I hear that I am reminded of the “Action Item” comic:
http://professionalsuperhero.com/
Great action hero Tony!
And “not a cat”, what exactly is your profile picture anyway?
That’s a cat in a plastic bag, Al. If you click on my name you can see my profile. Click on the picture there, and it will become big-ified.