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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Politics Remember Emilie Boyles?

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Sat, Mar 1 at 9:55 AM

Ah, Emilie Boyles. She was one of the first candidates I interviewed in the 2006 election. She was later tossed out of the public financing program for a whole host of issues, like committing to a lease that extended past the primary, and eventually landed in Montana.

I was wondering what she’s up to, and checked out her site today.

From emilieboyles.com, where she runs a sort of political platfom called “For the Good of America”:

For the Good of America Is Now calling for applications for the position of CAMPAIGN MANAGER.
We are currently recruiting for managers for campaigns within the Cities of Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL, and Redding, CA. Applications for the City of Portland position are now closed. Successful applicants will work with a national team of advisors, primarily retired military officers to promote candidate, ( to be identified during the interview process after signing non-disclosure statements) and goals of For the Good of America.

Minimum Requirements:

* Must be within Federal Poverty Guidelines OR
* Current SSI/SSDI/Welfare/TANF/VA/RailRoad disability or retirement beneficiary OR
* Current Recipient of long-term disability insurance from private insurer
* OR Stay-at-home parent with no outside income for five or more years
* US Citizen
* Resident of the City in which you are applying
* Able to work comfortably with US Military Personell and Law Enforcement Officers
* Able to work comfortably with all major political parties
* Must have effective written and oral communication skills
* Preference given to former military personell.

Resumes and letters of interest can be emailed to info@emilieboyles.com.

The bold is mine. Has she hired a minion to get involved in politics in Portland?

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Comments

The notice for one first went up last September. The WW asked her about it and she said: "Why worry about it?"

Posted by b!X | March 1, 2008 1:07 PM

Never mind that. Did you see the side bar?

Pay Back Portland

Keep Emilie from returning to Portland and being a burden on the welfare system, the homeless services system, the disability system, the food programs, and making more issues for Portland politicos.

If you don't want her back walking among you, then send a donation to
:
City of Portland
Auditor's Office
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 140
Portland, OR 97204

Also, you've got a typo in the link.

Posted by Kyle Burris | March 1, 2008 1:55 PM

One might ask... wouldn't it be discriminatory to post a job with the minimum requirements being that you've made more than X dollars the last 5 years?

I don't know that economic standing is a protected class under the civil rights act, but it sure seems fishy to me.

Posted by Bob | March 1, 2008 1:55 PM

Re: the pay back bit (seriously, there isn't anything about Oy that I haven't written about, heh), I once asked the Auditor is anyone had taken her up on it. No one had.

Posted by b!X | March 1, 2008 2:08 PM

Well, it is a bit of awkward, rather unfunny humor, isn't it?

I mean, if we don't pay for her mistake she'll come back to a town where if the city figures out she's local again they'll be all over her like scavengers on roadkill?

Whatever it is, it's not funny, or ironic:

Emilie, if you're reading this; I bet I speak for a lot of people when I say we don't give two Arby's French Dips whether or not you ever come back to Portland. The only thing you're a threat to is our tax dollars, and I doubt they'll let you up at the VOE bar ever again. Just pay back what you owe.

And whatever you do, find some other gig. Seriously. Activism and satire don't actually seem to be in your skill set, no matter what you think about what you've been doing.

Posted by Samuel John Klein | March 1, 2008 6:25 PM

Note to Amy:

You'll want to fix the Boyles website address in the discourse above. There's an extra "s" between "emilie" and "boyles".

Posted by Samuel John Klein | March 1, 2008 6:28 PM

Emilie Boyles.

In 1964, when Goldwater challenged Johnson for the presidency, Goldwater's campaign camp up with the slogan "In your heart, you know he's right",

The Johnson camp's response was "in your guts you know he's nuts".

I stood next to Emilie Boyles at the podium at the city club debate in 2006. Boyles had been certified for public financing, later to be determined to be fraudulent. I wasn't considered viable.

I fought my way into the debate and, when Emilie opened her mouth, "in your guts you knew she was nuts".

'Nuff said.

What a worthless waste of protoplasm.

Posted by Dave Lister | March 1, 2008 7:11 PM

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