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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Politics Steve Novick Feels Guilty For Trashing Lents Stadium

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:21 PM

As I posted about an hour ago, politico Steve Novick took the stage last night at an anti-stadium-deal event in Lents Park and cajoled the audience to immediately inform Commissioner Dan Saltzman he should kill the $50 million proposal.

Well, looks like Novick is feeling a little morning-after regret. Not for speaking out against the deal, but for not doing anything else to help Lents.

Novick writes on Blue Oregon, "One of the drawbacks of being politically active, relatively gregarious, and Jewish in a small state is that I am in a more or less constant state of guilt." In addition to apologizing (sort of) for ripping into House Speaker Dave Hunt's road-heavy, environmentally-weak transportation package, Novick adds:

If I’m going to diss Randy’s idea for how to help Lents — which I’m convinced won’t work at all — I should try to do something else for Lents. I hereby promise to go out to dinner in Lents at least four times a year, or as often as I go to a Portland Beavers game, whichever number is higher, thus making a small contribution to the Lents economy. Anyone want to join me?

 

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Is Novick looking for dinner dates in Lents? God, I'd totally love to have dinner with Novick.

Why couldn't we get a boy-genius-pirate-hobbit to be our Senator? Instead we just get some generic dude.
Posted by Graham on June 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM · Report
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> thus making a small contribution to the Lents economy.

come on. One tater tot and the guy is probably full. how much good can that really do?
Posted by mr. voluptuous on June 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM · Report
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@mr. voluptuous A wise, ancient, Chinese fellow once said, "A journey of a thousand potatoes begins with a single tot."
Posted by Will Radik on June 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM · Report
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Mr. Novac I would prefer if you used your mind to help Lents. Suggesting receipes for grilled LTCURC members might be a good start.
Posted by Dan Newth on June 4, 2009 at 9:33 PM · Report
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Dan, threatening the members of the LTCURAC is really not the most effective form of community organizing. It just makes you look like a kook at best, and a criminal at worst.
Posted by Psymonetta Isnoful on June 5, 2009 at 9:40 AM · Report
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Cora makes a good point. And inexplicably manages to do so without coming off as a pedantic, condescending, arrogant, smug know-it-all.
Posted by wally on June 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM · Report

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