Let them eat light rail
Portland Mayor Vera Katz was unhappy when she heard both leading City Council candidates, Nick Fish and Sam Adams, criticize her record as mayor in the City Club debate the other day.
"I think it hurts the public's trust in government by having candidates who should know better run against government," she is quoted as saying in yesterday's O.
Oh, they know better, Your Honor. They're not running against government. They're running against your government, with its truly twisted priorities and breathtaking insensitivity to public sentiment. There's quite a difference.
It's good to see Adams having to defend himself after 10 years as Katz's "chief of staff" and "economic development coordinator." Now he goes out of his way to distance himself from much of what the mayor has "accomplished." He's no fool. From here on out, any affiliation with her is an albatross around any politician's neck.
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Comments (2)
[Great minds department]
Both candidates, Katz said after the debate, are "bereft of ideas..."
Actually, they're not bereft of ideas. Rather, they have the impertinence to disagree with her ideas. This is Vera's biggest failing. One has the sense that policy initiatives are more about Vera than they are about the city.
--From yesterday's Oregon Blog.
Posted by Jeff | March 28, 2004 7:47 AM
I could not believe today's editorial in The O, which essentially seconded Vera's dismay about lack of vision (referring to all of the candidates, not just the council race.)
Can we deal with the basics first, then add vision on, please?
Posted by Betsy | March 28, 2004 8:33 PM