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Monday, August 24, 2009

$$$ / Fashion Mayor Adams Courts Fire-Conjuring Chinese

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:34 PM

Part of Mayor Adams' "Green Jobs for Everyone!" economic plan is to attract a major sportswear retailer to Portland within five years. Via Twitter, Adams mentioned this afternoon that he's got his eyes set on a this Chinese company:

sam adams twitter

I don't know anything about this Li Ning Company Limited but I deeply crave the skills they will bring Portlanders. Not shoe-stitching or sweat-wicking-jersey-making skills but their apparently superhuman abilities to control and commune with fire. On their website, calm athletes hande basketballs of fire, tennis balls of fire and even fly through fire with nothing but the help of inspiration slogans.

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Bring this man to PDX!
  • Bring this man to PDX!

 

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Fuck the guy in the pictures. Bring their graphic designer here.
Posted by Will Radik on August 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM · Report
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So the Mayor's economic development plan is to spend public dollars recruiting and subsidizing a Chinese company to move here and compete against the State's biggest most successful company, Nike?

Exactly how is this a good idea?
Posted by Anonymous503 on August 24, 2009 at 5:11 PM · Report
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@will PDX does not need any more graphic designers. It needs more unicorns and werewolves.
Posted by Graham on August 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM · Report
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It's "handle", Mirk. I've learned to love your "It's OK cuz the spell-check said so" typos, but "hande" is beyond the pale.
Posted by A CAT, probably on August 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM · Report
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I misread that headline earlier (while sober) to mean that he was courting fire (as in something bad/dangerous) by conjuring the Chinese. While still unclear about how the mayor might be able to conjure Chinese, I am disappointed that was not the intended meaning.
Posted by luckymike on August 25, 2009 at 1:11 AM · Report
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THIS!!!

"So the Mayor's economic development plan is to spend public dollars recruiting and subsidizing a Chinese company to move here and compete against the State's biggest most successful company, Nike?

Exactly how is this a good idea?"
Posted by Kris on August 25, 2009 at 7:35 AM · Report
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People have to get tired of working at Nike sometime. I hope they have good snacks.
Posted by Annie on August 25, 2009 at 8:54 AM · Report
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Li Ning is the real deal, one of the great gymnasts of the past 20 years. He has, if you review the video, superhuman abilities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTgDi0sEOe0

Posted by J_Renaud on August 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM · Report
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We used to have one. They were called Columbia Sportswear. Vera Katz ran them out of town with the help of her chief of staff, Sam Adams.
Posted by Dave Lister on August 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM · Report
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How would competition hurt Portland? Nike's about as worldwide as you can get, dumbass. And if you recall, they're very much already in bed with China.

I'm sure Li Ning can sweet-talk some laid-off "creative class" out of their barista gigs. Boom! Jobs created.
Posted by Chunty McHutchence on August 25, 2009 at 9:48 AM · Report
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I think Shaq has a big shoe deal with them, if it means anything. Probably not.
Posted by el cubano on August 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM · Report
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Before the discussion gets too heated. "Pitched PDX as possible 1st USA STORE", as in retaaail. "Can I help you, sir?" is about as creative as anyone will need to be. So yes, Chunty, with a little retraining, I'm sure baristas will qualify to work at this outlet store, along with any Al Bundy wannabes out there.
Posted by orgengine on August 25, 2009 at 10:11 AM · Report
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Ummm.. they've already been here for more than a year...
http://blog.oregonlive.com/washingtoncount…
Posted by divebarwife on August 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM · Report

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