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Thursday, June 19, 2008

News Bet You $50 Randy Leonard Gets The Police Bureau

Posted by Matt Davis on Thu, Jun 19 at 5:07 PM

Randy Leonard has been reticent about whether Sam Adams is going to give him the police bureau to manage in January. Adams, too, says such decisions are a long way off. But I will bet you $50, anybody, that Leonard gets it in January. Just email me and we’ll seal the deal. It’s the biggest open secret ever. I mean, it’s obscenely open. Everyone I know is saying, “Oh, yeah, that’s been the rumor for months now.” And they’re pretending it’s still under consideration. Why?

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Randy's wife is a former psychologist for the PPB and knows some of the dark secrets of that brotherhood. If I was a PPB officer I would be concerned.

Posted by Allen Poe | June 19, 2008 5:24 PM

totally

Posted by paul | June 19, 2008 6:55 PM

Plus, the Fire Dept isn't terribly different. Same attitude, different game.

Randy would be great at the job! Amongst the current group of commissioners, who else has the balls to stand up to Robert King and Co? Fritz/Lewis aren't tough enough and have talent needed in other areas, Fish is kinda a softy too, Sam isn't interested, Saltzman is a joke in any venue... Leaves it for Randy's taking!

Posted by Pimla | June 19, 2008 7:06 PM

reckon Rosie will be shown the door when
Tom takes the hike? surely Randy can find
someone better suited for the job with an
actual capacity to manage such an outfit.
wish him well and hope he can pull it off
and turn Portland's Bad Boys around.

Posted by a Randy fan | June 19, 2008 9:52 PM

Anyone who would take Matt up on this bet is not a smart person.

Get this, Sizer is going to retire in November and Asst. Chief Martinik (sp?) will be named chief. He's a decent guy with a ton of experience.

Posted by Duh | June 20, 2008 1:00 AM

"Sizer is going to retire in November and Asst. Chief Martinik (sp?) will be named chief. He's a decent guy with a ton of experience."

Rosie is by all accounts a "decent gal" with "ton of experience" but that didn't make her in the least bit effective as a viable manager of a large unruly bureaucratic organization. SO, what's your point?

Posted by don't get it! | June 20, 2008 6:39 AM

Sizer is retiring? Rumors. Nice...we'll follow up!

Posted by Matt Davis | June 20, 2008 7:35 AM

Was your secret source on this yesterday morning's Tribune?

Posted by Otis | June 20, 2008 9:15 AM

Leonard will be good for the police bureau.

Posted by al m | June 20, 2008 10:37 AM

I'll take Matt's bet. This would be a huge political capitulation by Sam who has at this moment a mandate to open city government, to take the lead, to take charge. The PPB is, I think, the city's largest bureau, it's most complicated, and most likely to bite the mayor in the ass if he doesn't have direct supervision of the chief.

Sam's a political animal. He just fought to win this prize. It's illogical he would give it up.

On the QT - two other recent city council candidates told me that Sam told them they could have the PPB if they won. Neither did.

Posted by cicolini | June 20, 2008 10:56 AM