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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

News / Politics Mayor's Lawyers: "Beau Breedlove has consistently promoted the scandal..."

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM

The Attorney General's office has released a letter from Mayor Sam Adams' attorney, Robert Weaver, describing Breedlove in harsh terms.

"Despite the portrayal of himself as an innocent victim of the media frenzy, it is quite clear that Breedlove not only stoked the media frenzy in 2007, he was responsible for bringing it back to life in late 2008 and early 2009," Weaver writes. "Further, he has clearly reaped the benefit of the publicity given his "Glamour Shots" style photo shoot forThe Oregonian, the pictorial in Unzipped Magazine and his widely advertised participation in a pornographic event at Voo Doo Donuts."

You can download the letter here.

"In 2005, Sam Adams was briefly and stupidly involved sexually with an 18-year-old man," the letter concludes. "In 2007, Sam Adams' political ambition overcame his sense of responsibility and he tried to cover it up. In 2009, Sam Adams' knowledge of what it means to do the right thing, vis a vis Mr.Breedlove, was restored. Ironically, it served to lay him low at the very moment of his greatest political success. He has been publicly humiliated. He is sincere in his oft repeated apologies to friends, constituents and fellow citizens. He wants now to be the leader he was elected to be. Whether he is permitted to do so will be decided by the voters of Portland when the recall effort is launched in a few days. It is best kept in their hands. No crime was committed."

 

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I can't even read this bullshit without wanting to throw up.

Posted by Rondine on June 23, 2009 at 4:45 PM · Report
2
An unecessary last minute swipe at the kid? Classy.

I like that they claim he "benefited" from his publicity by taking part in a pornographic event at Voo Doo donuts. Yeah, that's living high on the hog. What dividends....
Posted by Blabby on June 23, 2009 at 4:47 PM · Report
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@Blabby

Exactly, thank you for articulating what I could not.

May the checks that Adams wrote them bounce.
Posted by Rondine on June 23, 2009 at 6:00 PM · Report
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You guys are right about the swipes on one hand, but you should read all the docs, many are quite unflattering to BB.
Posted by D on June 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM · Report
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Yeah, let's go get that punk kid for good now.

Never mind that if his mentor had been a 40 year old female she'd be out on her ass and he would receive lifelong therapy from the masses of people upset about such a torrid example of the exploitation of youth.

This is one more element of the heartless, mindless, ignorant way that our society and the system treat our youth.

I wish Sam Adams and his evil legal and public relations team would all find some quicksand.
Posted by gonetorio on June 23, 2009 at 7:10 PM · Report
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And so it ends. With the people who were desperate for some reason - any reason - to get rid of Sam being bitter that their best hope has failed. And saying ever-increasingly dumb comments - ranging from refuse-to-accept it, to it-must-have-been-a-fixed-investigation, to personal attacks on anyone and everyone, to random insults, to leaps of logic of a magnitude last seen on a conspiracy theory website. When you're acting disappointed that our mayor isn't a pedophile after all, it's time to reassess your priorities.

The few genuinely honorable opponents of Sam - Jasun Wurster, for example - must be shaking their heads in disbelief as their hopes are brought crashing down by events beyond their control.

What's even sadder is that by comparison with comments on some of the right-wing news sites out there (KATU etc), the comments on Blogtown have been fairly sane...
Posted by Stu on June 23, 2009 at 8:38 PM · Report
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Sam called Breedlove 40+ times on his cell phone... Sam defended Breedlove and said they were good friends and that Beau was a respectable person - as long as it served his purposes and aided in the cover up.... now Sam and his attorneys are trashing Beau to save Sam's skin, just like Sam trashed Ball to win the election... Sam is a typical, slimy sleazy politician who would throw anyone under the bus to save himself.

Sam pursued Beau and now Beau is the villain... Sam convinced Beau to lie for his selfish purposes but now Beau is the liar...

Typical political thuggery... the powerful male using his power to vanquish the the victim who can't stand up against that power.

Sam is scum. Period.
Posted by pdxrocks on June 24, 2009 at 12:41 AM · Report

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