Adams

In its ongoing effort to get as much mileage as possible out of the Sam Adams saga, Willamette Week's blog is making note of the fact that the Blue Oregon founders don't entirely agree on Adams: Two of the three people who founded Oregon's top left-leaning political blog, Blue Oregon, are going to bat for Mayor Sam Adams. Last week, Kari Chisholm, who designs websites for Adams and many of the state's Democratic elected officials, posted a couple of times in Adams' favor. Nigel continues with Charlie Burr: Today, another Blue Oregon co-founder, Charlie Burr, a senior account rep for...

Sources who wish to remain anonymous are telling me with unequivocal certainty that embattled Portland Mayor Sam Adams is staying in his job. I consider these to be extremely reliable, well-connected sources. I don't think its going out on a limb to say that this is how its going to go down. No word yet on an official announcement. Update: 12:07: Offical announcements confirming Adams intends to stay should be hitting email boxes this afternoon. Update: 12:37 Willamette Week's blog has the scoop (literally) here.

Portland musician Thomas Lauderdale, who is organizing a rally for embattled Mayor Sam Adams Friday evening, says in a new e-mail that "Adams is regaining his confidence and is determined to stay in office," the Portland Tribune reports. Hard to...

You could feel the momentum shifting against Portland Mayor Sam Adams on Wednesday as the embattled mayor mostly stayed out of the public eye. As The Oregonian reported: Adams...told The Oregonian this afternoon that he has not yet decided whether...

Judging public sentiment through the internet is still a dicey proposition, but in a thoroughly wired city like Portland you can pick up a lot of solid clues. And the early public reaction on the Web is pretty harsh on...

Let me ask some folks a question. Is it legal for an adult to take a minor into a drinking establishment or bar and buy them alcohol?

As I read the timeline that Nigel Jaquis put together on WWeek...

The Oregonian/Michael LloydPortland Mayor Sam Adams meets the press at City Hall. Mayor Sam Adams returned to Portland Tuesday to hold a press conference apologizing for lying about a past sexual relationship with a teenager - and you might say...

Well Dare gave you a heads up, last night, to this Willamette Week story (Breaking: Adams' admission.).
Adams made his comments to WW on Monday at 4 pm as it was preparing to publish a story updating...

The Willamette Week is now reporting that Portland Mayor Sam Adams lied after all. He did have sex with Beau Breedlove back in 2005, the summer when Breedlove turned 18-years-old.Earlier, Adams had denied any sexual relationship with Breedlove, and the story transformed from one focused on Adams' judgment and possible criminal wrongdoing into one focused on the motives of Adams' accuser, Portland developer Bob Ball, and the tragedy of smear-filled politics.It turns out Ball was right. Not only did Adams lie, but he convinced Breedlove to lie as well. And he kept on lying right up until today, the start...

One thing we seem to breed in Oregon are big political scandals, and the latest one is hitting Portland Mayor Sam Adams with gale force. Adams admitted to The Oregonian and Willamette Week Monday that he lied back in September...