I don't understand why people aren't more pissed about this. Forget the fact that he's gay. Forget the fact that the intern was a boy. This is a 42(?) year old man having a relationship with a 17 year old intern. You don't think there's something wrong with that? Not only did he have this relationship, but he lied about it. He had someone coach the boy on how to lie about it. And then there's the whole Mercury reporter thing... This stinks to high heaven, and if he HAD in fact slept with the intern after he turned 18, why go to such lengths to lie about it? I don't care if he's a democrat. I don't care if he's gay. If this was a 42 year old man and a 17 year old girl, people would be screaming for heads to roll.
I got a feeling Adams is going to resign this week . . . if not tomorrow. What a sad situation all the way around. I so looking forward to a hard working Adams compared to a "not so hard working" Potter. Whoever the next mayor is, better be good . . . this is a critical time for Ptd.
It seems that with two girls being gunned down last night, puts this whole "sex scandal" witch hunt into perspective.
Beau Breedlove tells of his romance with the mayor and kissing in the mens room when he was 17 http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/01/breedlove.html Randy Leonard who used to be an ally of Adams says he can no longer trust Adams because he keeps lying to him about things and changing his story. http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2009/01/post_155.html
Well if Adams is not around to waste the tax payers money on a new stadium for the Beavers or for a MLS team it won't happen. I think talking about the city and what is going on with it is valid when talking about its mayor. He has spent money like a drunken sailor... with the economy the way it is maybe we should put a hold on some spending?
Well he is still in office, so he hasn't gone down . . . yet. Don't you know, one of the best kissing spots in Ptd . . . the male's bathroom in city hall.
....perhaps a bit of both. Actually the Adams thing bothers me a lot. I've never liked him or his mentor Vera Katz. Its not the fact that he is gay that bothers me, or that he fibbed about an embarassing sexual encounter. The coverup, which included the smearing of Ball, and giving a city job to a Mercury reporter to shut her up is what I don't like. Fibbing, might be understandable, but his other actions in covering up the scandal are a problem. Add to that the fact Breedlove may have been underage I think there is enough there that the mayor should resign.
