On January 20, during an interview with the mayor's chief of staff, Tom Miller, and his sustainability and planning policy adviser, former Mercury news editor, Amy Ruiz, Miller mentioned a list of applicants for Ruiz's job, which had been prepared, in rough form, by a mayoral staffer. The list showed all the applicants for the job, and their qualifications. Miller encouraged the Mercury to file a public records request with the city attorney's office, in response to a request for a copy of the list.

Yesterday afternoon, the city's office of management and finance furnished the list, albeit with the names and some other identifying details of the other applicants redacted. You can download it as a pdf by clicking here. It should be stressed that this list represents the perspective of one mayoral staffer. It's not necessarily an indication of what Miller was actually looking for when hiring for the position. When advertising the job, Miller specified a preference, although not a requirement, for a masters degree or bachelor's degree and two years' experience in the following fields:

Applicants with a Master's degree or a Bachelor's degree, with 2 years related work experience in urban planning, political science, public administration, public policy or a closely related field are strongly preferred.

Also: Both Miller and Ruiz have declined further comment on Ruiz's recruitment pending investigation of Adams' conduct related to the Breedlove scandal by Attorney General John Kroger. So we can't get their response to the contents of this latest document. In addition, Adams' new spokesman, Roy Kaufmann, has been unreachable for comment so far this morning.
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LIST OF APPLICANTS: Barely legible, but includes some new detail...

The list, which is difficult to read because of all the redactions, shows a variety of experience among the potential applicants, from undergraduates with only interning experience, through recent graduates to people with law degrees who have served for two years as Associate Directors. One applicant graduated with a "Masters in Community and Regional Planning from University of Oregon," wrote the mayoral staffer. "For the last three years has worked with [redacted]. She has served as a planner and/or facilitator for several projects. Very impressive list of awards and achievements."

Apart from whether or not the applicants had masters degrees, there's not much further comment, apart from their experience, on their qualifications for the post. Another applicant's name was redacted, but the staffer wrote: "(Eli's input: It's not every day you get to hire someone named [redacted]."

Meanwhile, Ruiz received the following two lines.

"Amy Ruiz (Y)—Amy is the News Editor for the Portland Mercury," reads the document. "A post she has served for two years."

As previously reported in "The Ruiz Questions, Part 3":

"Amy emerged, finally, as the strongest candidate for this position," said [Tom] Miller, "and I shared my view with Sam, and he was surprised, but he had very good things to say about Amy, given her proven record as somebody who worked extremely hard, asked difficult questions, and above all had a clear passion for the wellbeing of the city."

More to come.