Ring! Ring! Mayor Creepy calling.
An adult reader writes:
I am so. Ticked. Off.Just got a robocall that started out with maybe a full minute of stupid rap music.
Then a recorded voice came on inviting me to access website www.portlandonline/listenlocal.
The link referenced in the call didn’t work, so I phoned ONI (823-4000) and was informed it's our trusty mayor "supporting local musicians and artists."
A further search revealed this.
"Grace" at the mayor’s office thanked me for sharing my displeasure with her, claiming she wasn’t aware that robocalls on the subject matter were going out.
What is this idiot so-called mayor trying to prove?
Life is mysterious, reader. We can't know.
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Comments (11)
Well the link is sorta funny, and the bands good. It would have better acoustics in the men's room and have a teen boys choir for the chubby mayor to slither and slime though.
Posted by dman | September 29, 2011 6:28 PM
The band sounds like any other group of whiny white people playing guitars.
Oh well, you know what's worse than a bad breakup? Picking up a guitar and singing about it.
Posted by Steve | September 29, 2011 6:44 PM
Curious as to what the reader has signed up for that makes him/her a target of creepy's affections?
Posted by teresa | September 29, 2011 7:59 PM
But it's okay because Seattle and Austin do Listen Local too.
Posted by Michelle | September 29, 2011 9:49 PM
The local music while on hold thing has been in effect since he was a commissioner
Posted by Sigma | September 29, 2011 10:13 PM
How much does this crap cost the tax payers?
Oh yes and some one to Tweet about it too probably!
Posted by Portland Native | September 30, 2011 6:54 AM
Looks like someone else doesn't like the hold music.
Posted by Garage Wine | September 30, 2011 7:32 AM
I had the misfortune to have to call Development Services this week. Naturally, I got shuffled into voice mails each time, without ever getting a response.
This crap was the hold music while you waited for them to put down the coffee cup and pick up the phone.
Posted by T | September 30, 2011 7:39 AM
Anyone who thinks the stuff on the hold music thing is "hardcore rap" (to quote the person on Twitter linked to above) has absolutely never heard actual hardcore rap in his/her life.
Posted by Dave J. | September 30, 2011 8:56 AM
Garbage Wine: Checked out your twitter link to find another of the Mayor's baby flunkies, "Cary Clarke" who looks all of about 16 years old.
I don't want to think about how much he's making, "administering" this phone thing.
Posted by NW Portlander | September 30, 2011 10:00 AM
What's the difference between a singer/songwriter and a puppy? The puppy eventually grows up.
Posted by umpire | September 30, 2011 2:31 PM