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Comments (25)
The city of Portland has some fairly strict rules about what can be hosted on public resources.
The main reason elected officials use their campaign funds to pay for their 'official city website' to run on non-city servers is so that do not have to abide by those restrictions. Namely, to use the site as a campaign resource.
There is a danger here for the public assumes that the site is an 'official city communication'. This is not the case as it is hosted elsewhere. More so, no backups of the site are kept by the city, since it is not on their servers. Most hosting companies do not provide backups, therefore once a change is made no record exists. No backups means no annoying legal request for changed information.
Does this sound a little familiar? Recall Sarah Palin using her private email account for State of Alaska business to subvert the public from having access to her communications.
The city of Portland should at the minimum have a page that alerts web visitors that they are leaving an official site and entering one that is paid by a political campaign.
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Proof that Sam's and the city's sites run on different servers follows:
### www.portlandonline.com paid for by City of Portland and running on city servers
ping www.portlandonline.com = 209.162.223.25
whois 209.162.223.25
City of Portland ESYST-209-162-223-0 (NET-209-162-223-0-1)
209.162.223.0 - 209.162.223.255
### www.commissionersam.com NOT paid for by City of Portland and NOT running on city servers
ping commissionersam.com = 208.70.162.243
whois 208.70.162.243
OrgName: General Pacific, Inc.
OrgID: GENER-33
Address: 5600 N.E. 122nd Blvd
City: Portland
StateProv: OR
PostalCode: 97230
Country: US
NetRange: 208.70.160.0 - 208.70.167.255
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Posted by A Good Citizen | February 7, 2009 2:09 AM
For a while, the commissionersam.com site said that it was hosted by an outfit called PDXTC.
The 2005 press release linked to in my post was clearly issued from City Hall, and if I am not mistaken, many of the posts that appeared on commissionersam.com were written by city employees, and by Adams himself, on city time.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 7, 2009 2:42 AM
A June 2006 entry stated:
Posted by Jack Bog | February 7, 2009 2:47 AM
Tricky dick!
Posted by Dave | February 7, 2009 4:59 AM
"The city of Portland has some fairly strict rules about what can be hosted on public resources."
Does that include City Hall First Thursdays where alcohol is served and 2nd floor bathrooms?
Gotta love open government. I can hardly wait to see the other tricks Sam is going to start playing on the public.
I am beginning to notice the blogs are getting flash-mobbed by Friends of Sam now whenever anyone says anything about Sam that is not 100% in support. LIke the Facebook pages.
Posted by Steve | February 7, 2009 8:07 AM
Wrong Steve,
Those are just impromptu manifestations of loyalty to the Great One.
Posted by Notaflashmob | February 7, 2009 8:12 AM
Steveo,
You are wrongh. These are just improptu manifestations of the great loyalty we have for One Mayor.
Posted by Just a rgular guy | February 7, 2009 8:14 AM
Mr. Steve,
I believe you are mistaken when you suggest that flash-mobbing is going on here. There is certainly no flash-mobs in Portland, certainly not emanating from India, the only country with peaceful nuclear weapons.
Long live the Great Gay Hope, long live the Portland Mayor with a Vision.
Hip, hip, hurray...hip, hip, hurray...
Posted by BillyfromBanglore | February 7, 2009 8:17 AM
Sam is soooo hot. Grrrrrrh.
I think you old farts are just jealous 'cause you aren't getting any.
//not a flash-mobber
Posted by Notthattheresanythingwrongwiththat | February 7, 2009 8:18 AM
The public information at the link below is full of interesting tidbits--like the date the domain was created. Let's see, what was happening around May, 2005...
http://whois.domaintools.com/commissionersam.com
Posted by ANother Roner in the Night | February 7, 2009 8:23 AM
"... notice the blogs are getting flash-mobbed by Friends of Sam ...."
S'funny, I notice 'the blogs' are getting flesh-gobbed by Foes of Sam.
And the internets thingie totally is, like, 'this is engaging why?' Which is what I mostly notice and spend eyesight for, since I don't hardly fit the prescription in the first two categories.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | February 7, 2009 10:51 AM
Uh, Tensy, I'm thinking you may have your own private category?
But prescribe, do you, resignation for Adams?
Posted by Ben | February 7, 2009 12:09 PM
As I recall the City of Beaverton lost a lawsuit with Nike recently and part of the evidence came from city personnel's personal computers. Didn't the court rule that if you use personal (private) equipment like PCs and cell phones for public use it is subject to public records laws? Maybe someone should submit a public records request for the information from commissionersam?
Posted by D | February 7, 2009 12:45 PM
The response to this has begun to fall in a variety of categories, too numerous to mention. Some base their remarks on inaccuracies such as Beau being Sam's intern etc...He wasn't. Beau didn't work for the city although he did end up on the Mayor's staff.
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 7, 2009 1:34 PM
he did end up on the Mayor's staff.
Really? I hadn't heard that one before. What were his official duties?
Posted by Jack Bog | February 7, 2009 1:41 PM
Sorry, I'm in the category of "Can't take this seriously anymore." Hence the lame joke.
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 7, 2009 1:55 PM
Beau worked in the Bureau of Maintenance: he was in charge of polishing knobs and cleaning blocked pipes.
Ok: that was clearly in bad taste. I promise to stop when hizzoner resigns.
Posted by Mister Tee | February 7, 2009 2:01 PM
Bill, I totally missed it. Thanks for pointing that out for me.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 7, 2009 2:13 PM
We need an Oregon law change to define public records as
Any recorded content pertaining to public business created by a public official, and any created by a private party supported by public funds and pertaining to public business for which the party is paid.
Posted by dyspeptic | February 7, 2009 2:49 PM
Here's an interesting page from the commissionersam site (soon to disappear), in which "beau b" plays sock puppet (scroll down):
http://bojack.org/images/beauonadamsblog.html
When you make pages like this disappear from the internet while you're under criminal investigation for a related matter, isn't that illegal?
Posted by Jack Bog | February 7, 2009 3:18 PM
I don't know. It seems actionable and arguable. Maybe not decideable.
Ben: No.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | February 7, 2009 9:03 PM
Now those pages won't disappear. Thanks Jack. Very interesting. I think it is illegal if Sam or any of his subordinates delete. I sure hope the Attorney General is good at making intricate time lines, because it is getting complicated.
Posted by lw | February 7, 2009 9:08 PM
Complicated? I guess so, but not in an intriguing way. It's like watching a mediocre movie and realizing you don't really care about any of the characters.
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 7, 2009 9:51 PM
Well, according to Beau, Sam isn't a "tipical" "politican."
If I were buying a condo at the Wyatt in a deal facilitated by Breedlove, I'd be sure to check my contract for problematic misspellings first.
A good grasp of grammar (or ability/inclination to spell check) is apparently not among his many attractions and talents.
Beau sez, "This man is fantastic at what he does." Some would know better than others, I suppose.
Posted by NW Portlander | February 8, 2009 6:09 PM
Bill,
Do you think Beau got some good hands on experience in that position?
Posted by john | February 11, 2009 11:34 AM