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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Hales cans another Adams flunky

Bully for him. Get some of the unqualified hangers-on off the city payroll. There are plenty more where that came from.

Posted at 5:27 PM | Permalink

Comments (17)

This may be a benefit of Portlanders electing a mayor from out of town: he can reorganize city hall with a much freer hand.

Posted by Isaac Laquedem | January 3, 2013 5:44 PM

hahah.. I feel like I want a prize.. she was my guess when I read the bojack headline on Facebook.

Posted by a different michelle | January 3, 2013 6:07 PM

Your blog is an amalgamation that is at its core, independent. You, without direct affiliation, garner a read from the full spectrum Portland offers: right, left, tight, might, car and bike.

We all will see if this act is pandering, of if Mr. Hales is something no one predicted.

Posted by Z | January 3, 2013 7:24 PM

He'll have his own flunkies, but maybe some of them will be wise, adult, and not arrogant.

Posted by Jack Bog | January 3, 2013 7:30 PM

Ruiz had nice 4 yrs doing???????

Posted by jimbo | January 3, 2013 7:35 PM

Maybe she can apply to be an extra on Portlandia.
Of course that might require her to get out of bed at some time during a 24 hour period and do something besides tweet.

Posted by Portland Native | January 3, 2013 7:40 PM

So far, I'm really liking Charlie. If he keeps the mayoral staff to half of what Adams had and chips away at a lot of the CoP deadwood - permanently - then we may have a worthwhile mayor on our hands for a change.

I won't hold my breath.

Posted by PD | January 3, 2013 8:43 PM

A few more and you'll going to have to call him "Dirty Char-lie."

Posted by HMLA-267 | January 3, 2013 9:10 PM

The City's loss. Amy is fantastic.
Albert Kaufman 01.03.2013 at 08:27

Oh yeah, I'm sure someone, somewhere will feel the loss somehow. Or not, because there is no loss.

Posted by Cynical for good | January 3, 2013 9:55 PM

Is there hope!

Posted by jk | January 3, 2013 10:52 PM

Now, maybe, we'll hear the full story of Sammmy.

Thanks
JK

Posted by jim karlock | January 4, 2013 1:47 AM

Darn. And here I was, arguing that it was possible for Mercury staffers to get work elsewhere. Please note that I didn't say "gainful employment".

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 4, 2013 7:15 AM

Jim, I doubt it. In fact, I suspect that if we ever learn the real story, it'll be leaked by Sam himself. I give him three months before he discovers that the only reason anybody ever gave him the time of day was because they thought they could get something off him, and he has a spectacular blowout in a desperate bid for attention.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 4, 2013 7:20 AM

I still think he wanted that Sustainable Institute building so that he could be the director of it. That way he could be in our faces on an ongoing basis and continue the "attention."

Posted by clinamen | January 4, 2013 8:01 AM

Matt Davis' comment on the WW article is interesting. Good for him. I gave up on the Mercury after that episode.

Posted by Neil Anderson | January 4, 2013 8:48 AM

As the saying goes; “another one bites the dust.” Now Charlie needs to look at some of the various City committees and commissions – such as the planning commission - ridding them of the Sammyboy cronies, suck ups and yes people. Diversity from all sides and opinions need to be represented.

Posted by TR | January 4, 2013 10:22 AM

TR, that may be a challenge. Of course, any good exterminator will tell you that you can bomb and spray and nuke, and you'll never get rid of all of the roaches. You just want to get rid of the ones who dance on the kitchen countertop and give you the finger from atop the toilet seat.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 4, 2013 11:43 AM

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