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Friday, April 24, 2009
Politics Mayor Adams is a Wal-Mart Greeter. Wait… WHAT?!?
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Please, please check out this report from KATU in which Mayor Sam Adams temporarily works as a greeter in a local Wal-Mart, in order to… okay, I HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA WHY HE DID THIS. Was it because there's a huge lawsuit against the city thanks to Adams squashing the plans of a developer who wanted to sell property to Wal-Mart? Was it because he wants to steal some poor senior citizen's job? Or was it because he knew no one would recognize him and he wanted to SCREW WITH OUR BRAINS?
So confused!! HALP!!!!
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i am so confused. what happened to my bike-friendly small business supporting mayor that i voted for?
i mean, maybe he's trying to appeal to the people who live in the surrounding suburbs? maybe he's tired of people ranting at the city council meetings? what is going on?
i mean, maybe he's trying to appeal to the people who live in the surrounding suburbs? maybe he's tired of people ranting at the city council meetings? what is going on?
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This came about at Portland City Club when Sam was a speaker. Someone from the audience, who was pro-WalMart, challenged him to work as a Greeter for a day, Sam accepted.
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Also perhaps, in response to the O's recent article stating that the City of Portland, it turns out, subsidizes the payroll for Paulson's Beavers employees. The paper noted that without the city (us, taxpayers) kicking in around $3 per hour for each employee, they were paid less than folks who work at Wal-Mart, (which also covers their health insurance and provides bennies, which Paulson does not for most employees.) Not to defend Wal-Mart, here. But it was an interesting comparison, given Sam's history with the retailer.
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Okay, so what I want to know is this: Now that Sam has made good on the audience member's dare, is said audience member now going to spend a day canvassing for the Employee Free Choice Act?
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We should remember that Sam used to do this kind of thing all the time, spending a day working at various menial jobs around town. I can't remember the name for that campaign. But it's not entirely out of character.
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1/2 the shoppers at the Walmart didn't recognize the Mayor of Portland. That's some great civic involvement we got going on there.
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Smiley, you're dumb.
Tell me with numbers and facts when the recall will "happen". Then go fuck yourself. Have a nice day.
Tell me with numbers and facts when the recall will "happen". Then go fuck yourself. Have a nice day.
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The recall happens 6 months after swearing in. Unsure exactly when it takes effect.
Watch and learn.
Watch and learn.
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"i mean, maybe he's trying to appeal to the people who live in the surrounding suburbs? maybe he's tired of people ranting at the city council meetings? what is going on?"
Portland does not end at 39th. I believe it stretches to about 160th-170th or so.
Oh that's right, only people from "the suburbs" shop at wal-mart.
Portland does not end at 39th. I believe it stretches to about 160th-170th or so.
Oh that's right, only people from "the suburbs" shop at wal-mart.
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D, do you know how to count?
Do six months of Sam Adams term occur before June?
Before you get all high and fucking mighty about your dumb fucking recall campaign, read the fucking Oregon constitution and tell me ANY way that a recall vote could possibly occur before 08/11/2009. Please base your arguments and counter-arguments on facts and numbers.
Please go fuck yourself and have a nice day.
Do six months of Sam Adams term occur before June?
Before you get all high and fucking mighty about your dumb fucking recall campaign, read the fucking Oregon constitution and tell me ANY way that a recall vote could possibly occur before 08/11/2009. Please base your arguments and counter-arguments on facts and numbers.
Please go fuck yourself and have a nice day.
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At the end of June, he'll have been in office 6 months when the signatures can be filed to call for a vote.
I'm trying to make a joke.
About Sam, you know, ha ... looking for a job ... at WalMart ... rimshot.
And it's not my recall campaign.
Crybaby.
I'm trying to make a joke.
About Sam, you know, ha ... looking for a job ... at WalMart ... rimshot.
And it's not my recall campaign.
Crybaby.
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OH SHIT. Mayor Adams' Wal-Mart-Greeter-On-A-Dare totally makes sense now. You know what? A while back I dared Sam to make out with a teenager in a City Hall bathroom and then self-righteously lie to everyone about it! I then double-dared him to abandon all of his environmental credentials by supporting a 64-lane span across the entire state of Washington. When we couldn't agree on if he fulfilled that one or not, I said "just get rid of Memorial Coliseum, take a shit on our city's finances for the sake of a sport no American gives a shit about, and we'll just call it even." So that stuff may be partially my fault.
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Colin,
where have you BEEN? I want you and another chipotle-tongued poster, annie, to get together and take TURNS, alternately posting manically about all the reasons that we wax VOLCANIC about our "mayor".
A duet poetry recall slam, if you will.
where have you BEEN? I want you and another chipotle-tongued poster, annie, to get together and take TURNS, alternately posting manically about all the reasons that we wax VOLCANIC about our "mayor".
A duet poetry recall slam, if you will.
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I am really disapointed. After fighting Wal-Mart and supporting our local smaller business' what the hell was the mayor thinking. I support Sam Adams, but this is quite odd.
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I think we need a new town slogan. "come visit Portland, the only city where you can have a Sam Adams and be under 21 years of age"...just kidding. I am jealous.
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