Wait'll we get a load of them
It's hard to wrap our mind around the fact that come January, we may have both Steve Novick and Jefferson Smith on the Portland City Council. After the current four-year collective nervous breakdown, it will be like switching over to a Batman movie.
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Comments (15)
But your not surprised, either am I
Posted by al m | May 17, 2012 5:35 PM
Who of the two will play Catwoman?
Posted by Abe | May 17, 2012 6:22 PM
Portland ALWAYS gets what they want! ... and deserves!!
I promise I won't gloat unless Hales loses, and SamRand morphs into Jeffarlie.
Posted by Harry | May 17, 2012 6:32 PM
Aw, Jack, that's funny. And two new nicknames for them: "Biff!" & "Bam!"
As Portland takes it on the chin....again.
Posted by Mojo | May 17, 2012 7:40 PM
Nurse Amanda or ..Union Maid Nolan will play Cat Woman....
Posted by tankfixer | May 17, 2012 8:31 PM
Nolan more like Poison Ivy.
Posted by Mojo | May 17, 2012 8:46 PM
Who of the two will play Catwoman?
Sam dressed as Vera?
Posted by Lc Scott | May 18, 2012 1:27 AM
Portland taxpayers are so screwed.
Posted by Mister Tee | May 18, 2012 4:14 AM
Too bad Streetcar Smith isn't also on the ballot, y'all could get a three-fer.
Just when you thought you'd seen it all - bang, up pops a bigger, better brand of idiots. Portland, you voted them in, enjoy!
Posted by Native Oregonian | May 18, 2012 4:27 AM
It wasn't that long ago Jack that you were all about "The Hook".
Posted by Stevie | May 18, 2012 5:06 AM
Yeah, against Gordon Smith.
But that was before he became BFF with Fireman Randy, who gave him the inside track on the City Council gig, and gushed all over Facebook about what a great leader Saltzman is. No thanks.
Posted by Jack Bog | May 18, 2012 6:04 AM
The funny thing about Novick is that he has been begging for a job on the public dime for years now. But now that he finally landed his dream job, there just isn't much money left for him to give away.
Giving away money is Novick's solution to every problem. Without tons of money to hand, he has nothing.
Posted by Andy | May 18, 2012 8:46 AM
"Giving away money is Novick's solution to every problem."
Disagree - Beggin' Kitz for money for med insur and jails and putting up parking meters is also high on his agenda.
God, talk about a paper-thin plan for Portland's economy. Another idiot.
Posted by Steve | May 18, 2012 11:05 AM
Jack, all you have to do is run against Novick as a write-in in November. You'd win and we'd win with many interesting debates and jabs if you happened to lose.
Posted by Lee | May 18, 2012 12:35 PM
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
Not original, and, perhaps, not a productive sentiment, but, when I saw it, here, from another reader, I chuckled.
But, for me, it expresses the idea that Portland politics isn't rational, you can't make sense of it, and, above all, it's tragic.
It's also a result of incestuous behavior, tied into self-dealing power politics.
You won't get the big contributions, but surely, small and medium sized business people must be getting tired of it all.
Even, may I suggest, so are a major portion of Portland registered voters. What with 28% voter participation, that implies over half of Portland voters didn't feel the crop of high profile candidates didn't offer a choice worthy of voting.
What next, sheep running around city hall?
Posted by Jim Evans | May 19, 2012 7:19 AM