After reading about the accomplishments of these 15 mayors, I realized that Adams really hasnt done anything really "green" other than a lot of talk. Streetcar, ok, technically green but its more of a ego-stroking project for him.
Adams really is more of a "green poser". Seeing him in his huge GMC pickup kind of killed the image for me.
What's pathetic is that so many well-meaning young Portlanders buy his line of hype. I'm convinced that 1/2 of his support against the recall is uncritical young people who think he's green. Like, his over-paid "sustainability adviser" is an admittedly unqualified reporter who got the goods on his lies and pedophilia! What a joke. You could laugh if you didn't have to cry.
Was in Davis, CA, recently. What a contrast. There isn't anything they're doing that we couldn't do. Awesome.
It's not just the city. The state has also been resting on its laurels for decades. Oregon was a leader in the 70's but has been outpaced by other states over the last decade or so. Our AG's office doesn't even have a team to investigate and prosecute environmental polluters. How green is that?
I don't like lists, but this falls in line to a post I made several months ago about how an eco executive of a large eco-firm in Houston almost laughed when asked how Portland measures up in eco-credibility back in D.C. where she spent much of her time. Not really kind words- "Portland and Oregon knows how to spend eco-money per person, but little, real eco results".
A bit off topic: Maybe it's the 4 million Styrofoam trays that end up in area landfills each year thanks to the Portland Public School District, because the city leadership doesn't fully enforce the Styrofoam ban that's been in place for almost 20 years.
Portland: all smoke and no fire. Rather, go where the $$$ is....light rail...streetcars.....trams. The "green theme" is as empty as the rumpled suit (with unzipped trousers) Creepy wears.
Here is a little more information regarding this list from Jeff Mapes:
"...However, it wasn't quite clear why those 15 mayors were selected. Looking further, I found references indicating that the list actually came from Grist, a well-known environmental news and commentary site.
And it turns out that Grist has a whole different spin on the list, which it describes as 15 "green-leaning mayors" who are "just a few of the municipal leaders who have worked to take our collective future into their own hands." Kind of puts a whole new spin on it.
Plus, as it happens, Grist in 2007 listed Portland as No. 2 on a list of 15 green cities worldwide that "deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness." ..."
Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
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Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Road Work
Miles run year to date: 29
At this date last year: 66
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (11)
You realize this means we need to take even more money from schools, potholes and police to move ourselves up this list, don't you?
This is why I dislike these lists since they never tell you exactly what your are measuring.
Posted by Steve | May 18, 2009 8:55 AM
After reading about the accomplishments of these 15 mayors, I realized that Adams really hasnt done anything really "green" other than a lot of talk. Streetcar, ok, technically green but its more of a ego-stroking project for him.
Adams really is more of a "green poser". Seeing him in his huge GMC pickup kind of killed the image for me.
Posted by mj | May 18, 2009 9:05 AM
What's pathetic is that so many well-meaning young Portlanders buy his line of hype. I'm convinced that 1/2 of his support against the recall is uncritical young people who think he's green. Like, his over-paid "sustainability adviser" is an admittedly unqualified reporter who got the goods on his lies and pedophilia! What a joke. You could laugh if you didn't have to cry.
Was in Davis, CA, recently. What a contrast. There isn't anything they're doing that we couldn't do. Awesome.
Posted by dyspeptic | May 18, 2009 9:48 AM
It's not just the city. The state has also been resting on its laurels for decades. Oregon was a leader in the 70's but has been outpaced by other states over the last decade or so. Our AG's office doesn't even have a team to investigate and prosecute environmental polluters. How green is that?
Posted by A Hopeful | May 18, 2009 10:00 AM
I don't like lists, but this falls in line to a post I made several months ago about how an eco executive of a large eco-firm in Houston almost laughed when asked how Portland measures up in eco-credibility back in D.C. where she spent much of her time. Not really kind words- "Portland and Oregon knows how to spend eco-money per person, but little, real eco results".
Posted by lw | May 18, 2009 10:16 AM
Oregon "We're really just eco posers."
Posted by mp97303 | May 18, 2009 1:04 PM
A bit off topic: Maybe it's the 4 million Styrofoam trays that end up in area landfills each year thanks to the Portland Public School District, because the city leadership doesn't fully enforce the Styrofoam ban that's been in place for almost 20 years.
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Posted by pdxpam | May 18, 2009 2:58 PM
Portland: all smoke and no fire. Rather, go where the $$$ is....light rail...streetcars.....trams. The "green theme" is as empty as the rumpled suit (with unzipped trousers) Creepy wears.
Posted by veiledorchid | May 18, 2009 3:12 PM
maybe it is like india's growing economy? Jersey City had a lot further to go just to get to average.
Posted by peteonthebeach | May 18, 2009 4:40 PM
Here is a little more information regarding this list from Jeff Mapes:
"...However, it wasn't quite clear why those 15 mayors were selected. Looking further, I found references indicating that the list actually came from Grist, a well-known environmental news and commentary site.
And it turns out that Grist has a whole different spin on the list, which it describes as 15 "green-leaning mayors" who are "just a few of the municipal leaders who have worked to take our collective future into their own hands." Kind of puts a whole new spin on it.
Plus, as it happens, Grist in 2007 listed Portland as No. 2 on a list of 15 green cities worldwide that "deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness." ..."
Posted by Scott | May 18, 2009 4:48 PM
"We're really just eco posers."
How about eco-poseurs, to match eco-charettes?
Posted by A Hopeful | May 18, 2009 4:54 PM