From the commissioner’s blog:
Yesterday, two young women were killed and seven people injured in gunfire on Portland’s streets. Recently, a man with no home froze to death in a cemetery, while hundreds of people live on our streets every day. Portlanders continue to lose their jobs due to the recession. The City Council must soon decide how to cut up to 7% from the City’s $3 billion budget, while maintaining and even improving basic services in all 95 neighborhoods and 35 business districts. Addressing these serious issues is part of my job as a City Commissioner.
I believe Sam Adams has skills and knowledge that Portland needs to face these difficult times. Mayor Adams has made his decision to stay in office. It is up to Sam to see if he can rebuild the trust which has been damaged, to allow him to be an effective leader.
The independent investigation by the Attorney General’s office will determine whether any unlawful actions occurred in the past three years. When that investigation is complete, the citizens of Portland and city leaders will have complete information to use to decide whether sanctions should be imposed. The citizens of Portland may choose to sign recall petitions, and to vote after June 30th on whether the Mayor elected in 2008 should remain in office. I trust these processes to work to find the best outcomes in this matter.
In the meantime, I will get back to work with Sam Adams as Mayor, to deal with the major challenges facing Portland today.
This is legalese for “I’m not being as frank as everyone else because it would damage my political career in the future.”
Smart cookie.
Sam Adams is going to patrol Old Town on Saturday nights? And save homeless people?
Is there anything he can’t do?
No Blabby…there isn’t.
Honestly Garrett, all snark aside.
What is it that you expect from this guy? What are the things you expect him to accomplish?
I’m curious.
What a bunch of ad hoc non sequiters.
Fritz removes all doubt when she opens her mouth.
Has all discussion of Sam Adams been reduced to just Blabby, D and that dude with random characters wanking each other?
I can’t believe how DISRESPECTFUL people are to our beloved ELECTED OFFICIALS!
We elected em, now respect em!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
It’s a two way street Al
Graham,
Mostly the conversation has deteriorated to a point where it no longer seems worthwhile. Extremists & witless blather on both sides.
I suspect lots of the pro-Adams partisans started having second thoughts with the kissing-in-the-restroom story. I did. I can spot him a casual, legal affair, but putting the moves on a 17-year-old is hard for me to rationalize.