2012 conventions 2012 election 2013 session arts arts and culture author ballot measures basketball bomb books boy scouts budget bullying business charlie hales children clackamas climate change coal college courts crime culture culture club democrats drugs economy education environment family film fluoride food gay rights guns handguns health health care health insurance high school history housing immigration internet kitzhaber law legislature lgbt literary arts living marijuana marriage media medicine mental health military minor parties mohamed mohamud movies music native americans news newspaper obama olympics oregon our town parenting pers photography police politcs politics port portland portland business journal president prevention public safety religion republicans rnc romney rural salem sam adams sandy hook schools science shooting sports suicide supreme court taxes technology terrorism theater third parties transportation union university of oregon washington wildfire women

Well...as a 'high' income person, and a stock holder in a 'C' corp...I am in the 'bullzeye....

Oh yea, and I am a smoker...a homeowner...and now the folks who slap on the public feed bag....

I can see the future...small groups who are not liked are 'taxed' by the folks who 'feed' on the system.

How is selecting out a few groups to target 'Fair"????

I noticed that we didn't 'TAX' Lawyers or Doctors, or partnerships or LLC's....hummm....

I should also say...I AM NOT a republican...

But I must say, I am feeling less and less like a citizen of this state...more like beast of burden.

posted 3 years, 3 months ago
view in context

Leaving behind the 'sex' part...which has a number of problems to it.  My issues with the 'Sam Adam's Thing' comes down to a few basic points:

1) It is clear that Sam chooses Sam before everything else, and apparently has no boundries when Sam persue's Sam's issues...why should we we trust Sam to put the city first? (He hasn't so far) - He has shown he will throw anyone under the bus as long as Sam gets what he wants.  The most recent example is Sam holding on to the Mayor's job, because "he" is SO important to the city....hummm...sound like Sam for Sam.

2) Sam being 'upset' at the 'distraction' again shows how Sam sees himself.  IF the city can only depend on Sam, we are in far more trouble than anyone heretofor has mentioned.

3) Sam's willingness to lie, and coordinate additional lies from others to harm others so that Sam gets what Sam wants, means that anyone who disagrees with Sam must consider that Sam has no boundries to guide his actions...do we want all to be on that footing when dealing with Sam on the City's business.  Do the end's justify the means???

4) I could care less whom Sam sleeps with...but apparently many do not hold that point of view.  Thus, Sam's activites have impact on the City because some who we could use help from, simply will not work 'easily' with Sam.

5) Sam says he lied because people wouldn't beleive that he 'waited' until Mr. Breedlove was 18.  Clearly, 'entertaining a 17 year old in a "romantic' way, at city hall, as he is running for Mayor (even if he hadn't announced) lead me to question his judgement.

He wanted to be Mayor in the 'worst' way.  To take such a risk shows an amazing lack of judgement.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
view in context