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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
News / Politics Wurster: Won't Tell How Many Recall Signatures
Posted by Matt Davis on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Recall Sam Adams spokesman Jasun Wurster addressed council this morning with a handful of his allies in the audience—one gentleman wore a pair of sunglasses and a Stars and Stripes shirt, another a baseball cap with a placard attached, reading "LIAR." I couldn't take a photograph, I'm afraid, because my camera broke. Wurster told council he has 12 days left until the October 5 deadline, and has "distributed petitions for the potential for over 100,000 signatures."
But how many signatures has he actually got? "We don't want to get into saying how many we've got," Wurster told the Mercury. "Because the number will be too high for some people and too low for others. There were two possible wins for this campaign. One was to get Adams out of office, the other was to get people involved in the the political process, and that's already been achieved." "We've also got some big things planned for the next 12 days," he said.
Back in August, the Mercury found that the recall needed to gather 768 signatures a day to reach its goal of 50,000 signatures by the deadline.
Wurster had some harsh words for Sam Adams this morning. "It's not about you being a punchline, rather than a leader when dealing with critical youth issues," he said. "This recall is about our fair city, and the unfairness by which you stole an election. It is about your lies, cover-up and abuse of power in your desperation to stay employed."
Wurster also asked City Commissioner Randy Leonard, in relation to Leonard's recent run-in with a Leverage production crew member outside city hall: "Really, do you want to be known as Commissioner Randy 'F-BOMB' Leonard? Really, do you kiss your wife with that mouth?"
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Grow up, Jason. You sound like a prude. And your failure is showing.
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10-15 thousand: Evens
15-20 thousand: 5:1
5-10 thousand: 2:1
Did I ever mention I once met a guy who bought his house with gambling proceeds? LIVING PROOF that it's a stable source of income, I tell ye.
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But you've already "gotten into" it by reporting your previous total.
What you're really saying is that you didn't like being "into" it, and now you want to "get out of it".
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Oh wait. Too late. I wouldn't have said this when it all began but it's time for you to fuck off, Wurster. You're a disgrace to Portland.
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I really like Randy's response in this case. The truck driver was using derogatory language and starting an altercation. It's telling that the producers of Leverage then issued an apology to Randy.
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Awesome! I can't wait to see how well this city runs when all the crabby political newbies you "got involved" are out there speaking about the important issues of the day. Maybe someone jaywalked. Or was brusk talking to an old lady. Think of the myriad bullshit possibilities!
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And Matt, my roommate my freshman year at UO spent about 8 hours a day playing online poker and made out pretty well. Maybe get some PokerStars going on in the Merc office?
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" 'This recall is about our fair city, and the unfairness by which you stole an election. It is about your lies, cover-up and abuse of power in your desperation to stay employed.'
and this:
"one gentleman wore a pair of sunglasses and a Stars and Stripes shirt, another a baseball cap with a placard attached, reading 'LIAR.'"
So...is Wurster saying it's OK for a self-admitted liar (he went so far as to put it on his hat) to stand behind the recall that's supposedly based on lies?
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Judging Wurster or his signature-gatherers homophobes is really unfair. In fact, they don't allow people who indicate that their issues with Adams are homophobic to sign that petition.
Could I be missing some ironic humor of apologists for Adams -- who unfairly smeared a gay man who raised genuine and well-founded concerns as homophobic -- endlessly labeling anyone who is critical of him as gay-bashers? And if it isn't a joke: Your guy has permanently lost that high ground!
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