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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

News Recall Recall Office Opens In City Building—Have Reportedly Now Hired Mannix's Sig Firm

Posted by Matt Davis on Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:05 PM

TOTAL RECALL RECALL: STILL AMAZING
  • TOTAL RECALL RECALL: STILL AMAZING
The second campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams appears to be using some of its meager contributions to rent an office on the corner of SW 10th and Morrison. Ironically, the office is in a Smart Park building owned by the City of Portland.
RECALL SAM ADAMS OFFICE: SW 10TH AND MORRISON
  • RECALL SAM ADAMS OFFICE: SW 10TH AND MORRISON

Nobody appears to be staffing the office just yet, but we've got a call in to the city and to Recall Recall Spokeswoman Avel Gordly to find out more about the arrangement—how much it's costing, and so on.

Update, 3:22pm:

"The actual tenant is VOTE Oregon," says Cheryl Kuck, spokesperson for the city's Bureau of Transportation, which owns the building. "They, actually, have been renting the space since August 14th of 2009, when they were marketing the Vote No on 66/67 measures."

Booooooo. Hissssssss.

"Then, when they finished working for the measures, they've been hired by the recall effort," says Kuck.

VOTE Oregon, for the record, is the signature gathering firm owned by uber right-winger Kevin Mannix. You can read more about VOTE's connection with the second recall effort in last week's paper:

At the same time, she denied having signed a contract with Voice of the Electorate (VOTE)—a signature-gathering firm owned by right-winger Kevin Mannix—to gather signatures for the effort.

Mannix, whose long-term strategist Jack Kane has been involved in meetings over the new recall effort, has been an outspoken opponent of gay rights over the years.

Meanwhile VOTE spokesperson Ross Day told the Mercury last week that he is eager to begin collecting signatures for the effort, for a contract expected to be worth between $150,000 to $300,000 ["See Ya at Da Party, Richter," News, Jan 21].

"I have not talked with Ross Day, I have never met the man," said Gordly, adding later that the second recall campaign is "not about Kevin Mannix and what he supports or does not support."


Kuck says a manager at one of the Smart Park garages told her about the contract between VOTE and the recall effort. Day, meanwhile, is yet to return a call for comment.

Is it embarrassing for the city to be taking money from a campaign that aims to unseat the mayor?

"Who hires VOTE Oregon isn't relevant to the tenant agreement," says Kuck. "VOTE Oregon met the requirements as a tenant when they hired the space in August, and they have continued to do so. They're paying $845 a month, on a month to month lease."

 

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Wow, that seems like a really cheap lease! $845 a month? Could I open sandwich and soup cafe there? Possibly with bikini baristas?
Posted by Reymont on February 3, 2010 at 3:36 PM · Report
2
Probably not. But why not give it a go and find out?

The city was actually giving many of those tenants a break on their rent for a while there. Sho Dozono's Busch Garden gaff, for example. They got a sweet deal.
Posted by Matt Davis on February 3, 2010 at 3:41 PM · Report
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Some would call Busch Garden's political assignation by Adams on Sho Dozono.

What was the end result, was Dozono not paying rent or withholding rent due to a breach of contract with the city?
Posted by A turd by another name on February 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM · Report
4
Will poke around and find out.
Posted by Matt Davis on February 3, 2010 at 4:01 PM · Report
5
Not paying. He claims otherwise, but the facts aren't on his side. If there was a breach of contract, he have had an escrow account with the rent in it, had certified letters to back it up, and wouldn't have paid the rent up current without saying anything the minute it hit the press.

At least VOTE is paying the rent...
Posted by Matthew D on February 3, 2010 at 4:50 PM · Report
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sounds like Avel Gordly is the one with the integrity problem having muddied the truth about working with paid signature firms in order to continue promoting the recall as grass roots... Glass houses Avel, glass houses...
Posted by econoline on February 3, 2010 at 4:57 PM · Report
7
OMG! Avel Gordly has lied to the people of Portland!!

Help protect the city's integrity!
Recall Avel Gordly!


:o/
Posted by blownspeakers on February 3, 2010 at 5:28 PM · Report
8
so Kevin Mannix foists M11 on Oregon, which is bankrupting the state & imprisoning (here as elsewhere in the USA) a disproportionate number of minority people. many of whom Avel Gordly represented at one time. now she's rewarding Mannix for his political know-how by paying him to make happen what a volunteer, grassroots effort failed to do.

what.the.effing.crap.
Posted by tabarnhart on February 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM · Report
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Has the recall group reported either 1) an expenditure to VOTE Oregon to cover their rent, or 2) an in-kind donation of the space from VOTE Oregon? One way or another, something needs to be reported. I'm not up to speed on the disclosure deadlines, but bet they have 30 days, max, to report things like this. How long have they been in the space?
Posted by Full Disclosure on February 3, 2010 at 10:35 PM · Report
10
I guess tweakers and the smell of urine really do wonders for property values. I had my motorcycle stolen from that parking garage.
Posted by Andy Mesa on February 4, 2010 at 1:17 AM · Report

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