Portland City Council goes postal
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Comments (12)
Jack, would you please fix the typo: "UPSP" on the mayors' website?
Posted by dhughes609 | October 12, 2011 10:01 AM
Mybe he furgot hes not rnunnin fer reelcshun.
Or this is just a union vote grab for the other 4 signatories.
Posted by Mister Tee | October 12, 2011 10:05 AM
UPS...UPS of Pakistan? UPS of Paraguay? I didn't know the UPS had a Postmaster General, and why does Sam Adams care about UPS service in other countries?
UPS of Portland?
Maybe this is an attempt to redevelop Swan Island and force UPS to move to Troutdale, or Vancouver, or Tualatin...?
Posted by Erik H. | October 12, 2011 10:20 AM
These guys are a couple of steps away from going postal anyway, so...
Essentially they are saying, we ain't got any serious, sustainable jobs program so government jobs are about the only idea we have left.
Trouble is that boat is sinking under the weight of debt. 30-40 years of two-party spending beyond our means, means collapse.
Posted by Ralph Woods | October 12, 2011 10:59 AM
They sure have a painfully labored way of saying everything, don't they? When did "equity" become buzzword number one? I think the whole business would fall under Orwell's sins of "pretentious diction" and "meaningless words." I doubt there is anything else there.
Posted by Sally | October 12, 2011 11:04 AM
Is it just me, or does this blog have more influence on Sam than we thought? Take a look: that old phallic symbol in the middle of Sam's header illustration is gone. We've got a homeless person on a bicycle, but still...
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | October 12, 2011 1:18 PM
It's almost as if the teacher assigned the children to write an essay...busy work to occupy them while they dither away their real responsibilities.
Posted by veiledorchid | October 12, 2011 2:03 PM
Hey, TTR, the bushy base is still there. I guess we just have to use our imaginations. I noticed that they put a bird(s) on it to fill the empty space.
Posted by NW Portlander | October 12, 2011 3:25 PM
NW, thank you. Of course Sam had someone put a bird on it. (As an aside, my wife was showing jewelry at an art show this last weekend, and I had the opportunity to talk to many of our neighboring vendors. Every last one of them was either VERY familiar with "put a bird on it", or understood exactly what it meant without ever having heard it before. Much like the term "Cat Piss Man" in science fiction fandom, the phrase fills a desperate need in the arts that nobody really realized was still empty.)
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | October 12, 2011 3:35 PM
UPSP -- Underaged Patrons of Sam's Pants?
Posted by Old Zeb | October 12, 2011 5:42 PM
Hope this doesn't tarnish Clay Neal's standing to join the ranks of the Rescue Aids.
Posted by Newleaf | October 12, 2011 6:02 PM
Hey, the unions bought this crowd at City Hall fair and square and they intend to use them to their full advantage...
Posted by tankfixer | October 12, 2011 7:02 PM