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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Coming of age

I think it's high time that I stopped calling Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten by the nickname "Opie." He's not a kid any more. He's all grown up -- isn't he around 40?

But hey, the youngsters all still look up to him. And so from here on out, I think we ought to go with this. Whaddya think?

Posted at 11:33 AM | Bookmark and Share

Comments (14)

What? Fonzie was a fictional character?

Posted by PMG | May 15, 2007 12:33 PM

No way! Fonzie was cool. Fonzie always got the girl. Fonzie was a badass when he needed to be. None of those things sync with Sten.

Posted by Larry K | May 15, 2007 1:06 PM

And it sets up the inevitable "jumped the shark" comment.

Posted by b!X | May 15, 2007 1:11 PM

Sten is 40 by chronological time, but in real time he is hovering around 10.

Posted by KISS | May 15, 2007 2:04 PM

He reminds more of a Farkle family member than Opie. Maybe a long lost cousin, from the less freckled branch of the family.

Posted by Bark Munster | May 15, 2007 2:14 PM

More like Potsie.....

Posted by thaddeus | May 15, 2007 3:25 PM

You can stop calling him Opie after he has his first colonoscopy.

Posted by Frank | May 15, 2007 4:56 PM

Defacto is the operative word here. Fits.

Posted by got logic? | May 15, 2007 5:27 PM

How much affordable housing could we have built for the money spent on the water bill fiasco, the PGE 'deal', and the tram?

I think they could have covered the entire South Waterfront with affordable housing.

Posted by butch | May 15, 2007 7:23 PM

With those teeth he could eat a baby's butt thru a park bench.

Posted by todd | May 15, 2007 7:26 PM

Is he really that old? Seriously, I thought he was only in his early 30s.

Posted by Jon | May 15, 2007 11:34 PM

He has been on the city council for 11 years. I thought he was 28 or 29 when first elected. He graduated college in 1989. That would likely put his year of birth at 1967 or '68.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 16, 2007 1:40 AM

He's Sten E. Coyote - constantly coming up with ideas and inventions that backfire violently in his face.

The young socialists of Portland feel empathy for Stenney as he embarks on endless taxpayer-funded missions to capture roadrunners.

The older taxpayers are slowly becoming aware of the giant balance carried on the ACME credit line.

Posted by PanchoPdx | May 16, 2007 10:45 AM

He's still Opie. Definitely not the Fonz.

Posted by Himself | May 17, 2007 3:46 PM




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