Just in time for her appeals hearing on the city auditor’s ruling that she misused city campaign funds, Emilie Boyles has issued a tirade about Mayor Potter’s smackdown of the FBI. The Mayor “should be welcoming the help of the FBI to dispel rumors of corruption in his administration and deter the further blemishing of Portland’s name,” Boyles writes, just after implicating Bruce Broussard, Bob Durston (Erik Sten’s campaign manager), and Vera Katz, among others, in organized crime.

Her lead piece of evidence: The Oregonian “reported” (it was actually in an opinion column by the paper’s city hall writer, not “reporting”) that testimony is frequently given “unnecessarily” on ordinances in which the commissioners have already made up their minds.

At the end of her rant, she makes mention of a new “watchdog advocacy group” named after her campaign slogan, “For the Good of Portland.”

Check it and the hilarious comments here.

And in case you forgot, Boyles’ hearing is tomorrow morning. Here’s the info:

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:00 AM
Portland State Office Building
WCB Hearings Division
800 NE Oregon Street Suite 340
Hearing Room H
Portland OR 97232

BTW, make sure you pay a visit to her updated website, in which she rips Broussard—her former co-host on Oregon Voter Digest—to shreds. See topic #9.