It's hard to wrap our mind around the fact that come January, we may have both Steve Novick and Jefferson Smith on the Portland City Council. After the current four-year collective nervous breakdown, it will be like switching over to a Batman movie.
But that was before he became BFF with Fireman Randy, who gave him the inside track on the City Council gig, and gushed all over Facebook about what a great leader Saltzman is. No thanks.
The funny thing about Novick is that he has been begging for a job on the public dime for years now. But now that he finally landed his dream job, there just isn't much money left for him to give away.
Giving away money is Novick's solution to every problem. Without tons of money to hand, he has nothing.
Jack, all you have to do is run against Novick as a write-in in November. You'd win and we'd win with many interesting debates and jabs if you happened to lose.
Not original, and, perhaps, not a productive sentiment, but, when I saw it, here, from another reader, I chuckled.
But, for me, it expresses the idea that Portland politics isn't rational, you can't make sense of it, and, above all, it's tragic.
It's also a result of incestuous behavior, tied into self-dealing power politics.
You won't get the big contributions, but surely, small and medium sized business people must be getting tired of it all.
Even, may I suggest, so are a major portion of Portland registered voters. What with 28% voter participation, that implies over half of Portland voters didn't feel the crop of high profile candidates didn't offer a choice worthy of voting.
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
The Occasional Book
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: 32
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 (15)
But your not surprised, either am I
Posted by al m | May 17, 2012 5:35 PM
Who of the two will play Catwoman?
Posted by Abe | May 17, 2012 6:22 PM
Portland ALWAYS gets what they want! ... and deserves!!
I promise I won't gloat unless Hales loses, and SamRand morphs into Jeffarlie.
Posted by Harry | May 17, 2012 6:32 PM
Aw, Jack, that's funny. And two new nicknames for them: "Biff!" & "Bam!"
As Portland takes it on the chin....again.
Posted by Mojo | May 17, 2012 7:40 PM
Nurse Amanda or ..Union Maid Nolan will play Cat Woman....
Posted by tankfixer | May 17, 2012 8:31 PM
Nolan more like Poison Ivy.
Posted by Mojo | May 17, 2012 8:46 PM
Who of the two will play Catwoman?
Sam dressed as Vera?
Posted by Lc Scott | May 18, 2012 1:27 AM
Portland taxpayers are so screwed.
Posted by Mister Tee | May 18, 2012 4:14 AM
Too bad Streetcar Smith isn't also on the ballot, y'all could get a three-fer.
Just when you thought you'd seen it all - bang, up pops a bigger, better brand of idiots. Portland, you voted them in, enjoy!
Posted by Native Oregonian | May 18, 2012 4:27 AM
It wasn't that long ago Jack that you were all about "The Hook".
Posted by Stevie | May 18, 2012 5:06 AM
Yeah, against Gordon Smith.
But that was before he became BFF with Fireman Randy, who gave him the inside track on the City Council gig, and gushed all over Facebook about what a great leader Saltzman is. No thanks.
Posted by Jack Bog | May 18, 2012 6:04 AM
The funny thing about Novick is that he has been begging for a job on the public dime for years now. But now that he finally landed his dream job, there just isn't much money left for him to give away.
Giving away money is Novick's solution to every problem. Without tons of money to hand, he has nothing.
Posted by Andy | May 18, 2012 8:46 AM
"Giving away money is Novick's solution to every problem."
Disagree - Beggin' Kitz for money for med insur and jails and putting up parking meters is also high on his agenda.
God, talk about a paper-thin plan for Portland's economy. Another idiot.
Posted by Steve | May 18, 2012 11:05 AM
Jack, all you have to do is run against Novick as a write-in in November. You'd win and we'd win with many interesting debates and jabs if you happened to lose.
Posted by Lee | May 18, 2012 12:35 PM
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
Not original, and, perhaps, not a productive sentiment, but, when I saw it, here, from another reader, I chuckled.
But, for me, it expresses the idea that Portland politics isn't rational, you can't make sense of it, and, above all, it's tragic.
It's also a result of incestuous behavior, tied into self-dealing power politics.
You won't get the big contributions, but surely, small and medium sized business people must be getting tired of it all.
Even, may I suggest, so are a major portion of Portland registered voters. What with 28% voter participation, that implies over half of Portland voters didn't feel the crop of high profile candidates didn't offer a choice worthy of voting.
What next, sheep running around city hall?
Posted by Jim Evans | May 19, 2012 7:19 AM