"Fool me twice...uhh a fooled man can't be fooled again" - GWB.

The two times I've had conversations with Sir Jefferson, I walked away muttering to myself, "That dude is coked up."

Now I know it's just ADHD.

And they both look creepy from those mug shots you used.

ADHD Self Assessment Tools and Information -- NYU Med Ctr.
http://psych.med.nyu.edu/patient-care/adult-adhd-screening-test

I know we're not supposed to pick on people with disabilities, but is ADHD something we want in a mayor. If Cheney's heart was fair game, why not Jefferson's ADHD?

Portland is so goofed up mostly because young voters mostly in-the-still-learning-mode at PSU and the predominance of folks in various government jobs vote for intrusive government solutions, sometimes to made up problems or marginal problems.

There's no hope from any of the jokers now running for Mayor or the other open city council positions. This Brady character sounds like she is arrogant, and kind of feeding off her husband's efforts at New Seasons. Hales pushes the useless streetcars and light rail junk (yeah, riding a slow moving train through North Portland sure is a bust when comes to individual productivity), and even in his so called private business days it was actually dependent on the same government hand outs to over priced commuter train projects.

There's only one solution for stump town, and that is, to flee from it.

Jack, I believe what you're looking for is Proverbs 26:11. From political situations to buying the new Star Wars Blu-Ray, it covers everything.

CharLie Hales may be the biggest liar oregon has ever produced.

His campaign is nearly entirely based upon the years of his tall tales told around the county.

He's now back in town telling whoppers as if no one knows any better.

How is it that anyone with brain supports him.

Hey gals, you need intervention.

"On Wednesday night, a crowd of nearly 300 packed themselves into Rejuvenation Hardware on Grand Avenue for what could be viewed as the unofficial kick-off for Charlie Hales' mayoral campaign. The event was organized and hosted by 34 prominent Portland women who hailed from all sectors of the city, including private, public, and non-profit sectors along with a few self-described "neighborhood rabble rousers." Despite their disparate backgrounds, the one commonality for all these women was their shared belief that Charlie Hales was the most qualified candidate to serve as Portland's next mayor."

Well this is just freakin awesome Jeff. Way to go.

Is it a wonder I usually try to avoid telling people about my ADHD (just one reason I use a pseudonym in blog posts), because I don't want people's stereotypes about it to affect their opinion or judgement of me. There are numerous highly intelligent, creative and very successful people who have somehow learned to managed their disability effectively instead of using it as an excuse for a lack of accountability.

For God's sake man, take your meds, learn to use the alarm and calendar functions on your smartphone, ask your wife (or maybe Daddy's secretary) to help you, put up post-it notes, tie a freaking string around your finger, or do whatever is necessary to deal with the details of your life. The Internet is rife with websites loaded with information and aides to help in whatever way ADHD hinders you.

But I realized as I was typing this that ADHD or his lack of resources in dealing with it, is not Jeffy's problem. It seems he has resources-a-plenty. Someone's always bailed him out and he's not had to pay a dear enough price yet for his transgressions. It'd be a real hardship for a lot of people (like me) to pay to retrieve my car from being towed. Therefore, I pay traffic tickets (the two I've had in the past 15 years) on time.

Thanks a lot Jeff. You've made all of us look like incompetent twits.

34 prominent Portland women, do they all believe what Hales tells them?
Think they need a bit of history about his past actions.
Why did he get the name Chainsaw Charlie?
Perhaps these women have been too busy with important positions and feel good social events than to be watchdogs.

Ex-bartender:...he's not had to pay a dear enough price yet for his transgressions...

It is very possible that the ultimate price is being paid now, a dear price as all this coming out may close doors to his political career.

Thank you Ex-bartender, for providing information for those who may not know much about ADHD.

Ben -

I like your nickname for CharLIE Hales.

However I do think that several pols lead in the race for the biggest liar title -

Mike Burton

Wes Cooley

There are some others, too.

"you can't get fooled again." :)

At least we'd be spared the clunky pseudo-intellectual specs. I don't think I could take another four years of looking at those.

Speaking of not paying your bills, did Sam ever get caught up on his rental house mortgages?

Not if he had to take more envelopes of cash down to city hall desk.

It is very possible that the ultimate price is being paid now, a dear price as all this coming out may close doors to his political career.

We can only hope, eh Clinaman?

I guess the thing that I'm trying to stress here - other than defending myself and other capable folks with ADHD - is what almost every resource for learning to deal with the disorder states: use your diagnosis as an explanation, not an excuse. And it's an explanation mainly for yourself, not to parade out to anyone who'll listen to your woes.

That is, as one website aptly put it, it should be an explanation to help "understand how their ADHD brain wiring causes them to do things or process information in certain ways. With this understanding, they are in a better position to come up with new ways of doing things that will work for them. By contrast, using ADHD as an excuse lowers the bar for what can be expected of that person." As several comments here demonstrate.

To me, Smith's b.s. about his ADHD would be like Steve Novick saying he couldn't mail in his vote because he doesn't have a hand.