Has it occurred to anyone else that Creepy wouldn't go quietly and has let people know that?

I mean there's no telling what he could spill if he faces a successful career ending recall and get pissed.

It's entirely plausible, in this naysayers opinion, that Creepy has let it be known that he better have enough support to remain, or he'll be taking down a few others and the web they enjoy as he leaves.

Some of those threatened by the idea of a Creepy loose cannon may be well connected to Kroger and others.
Easy it would be for them to pitch to Kroger the need to avoid a collapse of the stabilizing power structure during these unstable economic times.
It would then so seem like the right thing to do.
For the taxpaying public's own good.

And in this regard, maybe Creepy is too big to fail?

I think when push comes to shove people with money won't cross Adams and his defense will be much better funded than the recall effort. Sucky but true.

A government of men or laws?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYYczqJZjFg

I voted for Mr Kroger, sad to say I have lost all hope in his pursuing the mis-deeds of your mayor.

The answer might be here (scroll down to paragraph 2). Or not.

http://wweek.com/editorial/3524/12477/

Nah.

While you wait and listen to the "Jeopardy" theme play on a constant loop, for some insight read Chapter Five of "Convictions" by John Kroger: "The Human Factor"

An excerpt:

"To this day I have no idea whether or not I made the right decision in Dora's case. I will always be glad that I began my career by erring, if err I did, on the side of trust, compassion, and empathy. I am also sure, however, that if I had faced the same case years later, after hearing hundreds of defendants tell bullshit stories, I almost certainly would have indicted her.

Chicago,

You may be on to something, but I am hoping that Kroger will see that we need the web, which I once heard as a house of cards held together with crazy glue, to collapse, in order to even speak about some of the worst systematic problems in the state. I feel confident Kroger is smart enough to move beyond the role of "player" fairly quickly. I think the public will love him more as an intellectual super hero.

I think they are all tied to the Goldschmidt cabal, and he is waiting orders. Nobody gets elected to higher office in this city/state without the "gold" blessing.

Chicago-- Would that be a bad thing if he took more fools down with him? Portland politics are a complete mess and a national joke. I wouldn't mind an overhaul of City Hall.

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Lets talk reality here, Kroger nails Sam...we get Randy.

Then the nightmare continues,what a F-BOMB,for us all then..140,000 Dollar crappers, Merritt/MSL/ hotels we can't fill for maybe three years/ bigger union control...SAM HAS TO BE RECALLED, there must be a message sent or, we really then can only complain here, and never get a pothole filled on Holgate.

On OPB's "Think Out Loud" the other morning, Kroger was asked a couple of times about the investigation (at the end of the episode). After giving the usual spiel about being "tight-lipped" on criminal investigations and wanting to do a "very thorough" investigation when asked when the investigation would wrap up, the host summarized some questions about protocols on potential conflicts of interest (mentioning a shared political consultant). He said he didn't think he had a conflict.

He wouldn't even comment about whether he was directly involved in the investigation, which just seems fishy.

"He wouldn't even comment about whether he was directly involved in the investigation, which just seems fishy."

I'm not so sure. He can't very well answer some questions about the investigation and not answer others; if he does, the absence of an answer in and of itself becomes revealing.

And now for more on the story:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/04/mayor_sam_adams_beau_breedlove.html