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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Election 2008 Endorsements and Cupcakes

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Thu, May 1 at 2:02 PM

I was out of the office all day yesterday, but came in today to find a half-eaten pile of cupcakes. It seems one candidate took our list of suggestions semi-seriously (more like in good fun), and dropped them off yesterday.

But it was too late for Jim Middaugh to make a sugar-induced difference. We’d already endorsed him, and Jeff Bissonnette, and Sam Adams (plus a bunch of other people—see below). The endorsements hit the streets last night, and are posted here, if you haven’t seen them yet. (I’d say it’s hard to miss Sam Adams’ face plastered on the cover, though.)

The bribery attempt had us debating whether or not to recind Jim Middaugh’s endorsement. Then the sugar coma kicked in, and we forgot what we were talking about.

Here’s our entire slate. If you don’t want to take our advice, remember to come down to the Someday Lounge on Tuesday night at 7 pm for Candidate Speed Date, where you can meet the candidates for yourself and make up your own damn mind.

President: Barack Obama
US Senate: Steve Novick

Secretary of State: Kate Brown

Attorney General: John Kroger

Oregon Senate District 23: Jackie Dingfelder

Oregon House District 38: Chris Garrett

Oregon House District 42: Regan Gray

Oregon House District 45: Cyreena Boston

Oregon House District 49: Nick Kahl

Portland Mayor: Sam Adams

Portland City Commissioner Position 1: Jeff Bissonnette

Portland City Commissioner Position 2: Jim Middaugh

Portland City Commissioner Position 4: Randy Leonard

Multnomah County Commisioner District 1: Deborah Kafoury

Multnomah County Commisioner District 3: Rob Milesnick

Multnomah County Commisioner District 4: Carla Piluso

(Confession: I straight up stole that list from BlueOregon. Thanks for typing it out for us!)

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Comments

Thank you for the cupcakes!

Posted by mercury employee | May 1, 2008 4:33 PM

Endorsing Jim Middaugh as a break from the status quo???? Wow! Status quo be damned, huh? Is that really what you think you endorsed!? Endorsing a chief of staff of a current council member is defying the status quo!? If so, Mercury, you just sunk your teeth in to the biggest flaming pile of fertilizer I've ever heard of, hook, line and sinker.
Middaugh a break from the status quo, now that's funny!

Posted by leftier than you | May 1, 2008 9:15 PM

"We're excited about the picture of a future Portland that Middaugh paints—one that keeps an eye on the bottom line while also exploring and expanding on what makes our city great. Not only does he remind us of why we moved here in the first place, but he makes us want to stick around and turn this city into an even more amazing place. Middaugh deserves your vote." [-Editorial Staff]
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Well, I know that I live in Portland so that city hall insiders can qualify to take my hard earned money (public financing- VOE), use their boss' supporter lists (for free) and cheat the system by knowing about a position opening before anyone else and somehow no one else was able to qualify for public financing! (by the way just in case you're that dense, that was sarcasm)
This laying on of hands and passing the torch of democracy to whomever the elected official deems worthy; and your endorsement of it makes the entire notion of public financing a f-ing joke. I am embarrassed for you, Mercury Editorial Staff.

Best wishes in your future endorsements, hopefully you can actually fulfill what you are setting out (or at least claiming) to do.
Leftier
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ps- and btw, your shameless link to jim's campaign page and note of his trying to bribe you with cupcakes seems re-dick-oulus, even in jest

Posted by leftier than you | May 1, 2008 9:45 PM

Hey, if the candidate doesn't live in the Pearl I'm voting for him!

Posted by kungfu | May 2, 2008 12:43 PM