The Oregonian ran a big interview with Mayor Tom Potter this weekend, and this lighthearted section caught my eye.

On introducing his new chief of staff to the commissioners, and opening up communication:

Potter: On my part is [sic] was. We had people going around to the offices, but I didn’t go, and I didn’t talk to the commissioners as much as I should have. I did on a number of areas, but I need to do more of that. That was really the basis of the discussion when I took Austin around was more communication and, quiet [sic] frankly, I bribed them all.

The O: What did it take? That’s a question everyone wants to know.

Potter: Actually, I think it was Moonstruck chocolate.

The O: Good to know. Local product.

Potter: A good local product, yeah. Not grapefruit like one of the other commissioners got from out of state.

The O: I heard about Commissioner Saltzman.

Potter: I’m not mentioning any names. They were out of state. We’ll let the voters decide on that.

Two of Saltzman’s grapefruits are still sitting on Scott’s desk. He scored ‘em from a Saltzman staffer around new year’s. (Does it count as bribery if Scott hasn’t eaten them, and probably never will? P.P.S.—how long before holiday grapefruits go bad and start to stink up our office?)

A closer look reveals their origin.