March 03, 2004

Ideas, ideas, ideas

Gay marriage -- damn, why didn't I think of that? It's so simple. Oregon law says that marriage is between men and women. It doesn't say one of each!

Well, good for Diane. She'll get back some votes with this. She's going to need them. I know I appreciate all the gay voters who support me. I even let them believe I'm gay, if that's what they think.

It's been a rough week. That Rose Garden bankruptcy deal is really sticking in my craw. Here I had another one of my brainstorms -- there's no "off" position on the genius switch -- and it's being derailed. My idea for the Coliseum? Get the Salvation Army to use all that Kroc money it got for community recreation centers to help us turn it into a giant rock-climbing, Pilates, hot yoga gym.

Well, there's no way we can go forward with that if the Rose Garden's in bankruptcy. What is up with that Paul Allen guy? He's just another big shot raining on my parade. Kind of like Neil with the PGE deal. Pick on someone your own size!

Hey, how about this for the next campaign? A David and Goliath theme.

Oh well, now that Portland is a hub of gay marriage, it would have been quite a stretch for the Salvation Army anyway, even if the Blazers didn't go Chapter 11 with their building.

So it's back to the drawing board for the Coliseum. I still like my idea of filling it with drinking water and using it as a reservoir. It's already covered. Must remember to talk to what's-his-name about that.

Posted by Erik at March 3, 2004 01:50 PM
Comments

Oh Eric, I'm really worried about you, are you suffering from early-onset alzheimer's??? I refer, of course, to your little grab for Kroc funds for the MARC. Why Eric, it was only a few short weeks ago that you and your pals on the council and La Mayor voted to give those poor people in the South East their very own community center. With the accompanying caveat that there is no money to build it, of course. But suddenly you and Dame Vera are wanting to issue 45-50 million dollars in bonds for your precious little MARC project?? This just doesn't compute, Eric. I mean, if you guys can issue bonds for your pet projects, then why oh why can't you issue them for a worthy project like the Inner South East Community Cneter?? Give those poor people a pool, for christ's sake!!

Posted by: jinx deville at March 13, 2004 01:02 PM