Oregon Public Broadcasting

Hi All, We will not be using any paid signature gathers. We are all volunteer and need your help. There will be a Meet and Greet this Wednesday June the 17th at Coffee Lovers ( 4144 SE 60th Ave. ) from 3:00PM to 7:00PM where the public is welcome to stop by to ask any questions you have about the Recall of Sam Addams. Together we will make our government better, RecallSamAdams.com Jasun Wurster

— Posted by RecallSamAdams

OPB: I usually respect your news judgement. But you have run so many articles about every detail of this recall effort ... are you promoting it? Or have you just been manipulated? The only new information here is that the filing of some paperwork will be delayed a few days. Is that really news? Especially after we've been hearing about this on the air every five minutes. Especially when they're so few volunteers and so little money involved? The Caeser Chavez petitioners have a much bigger effort going on, but they don't get nearly the same amount of coverage. They're more important issues right now. Please focus on news that is relevant and important.

— Posted by EdwardEdward

PORTLAND, OREGON - without doubt, my favourite US city. Civilised, urbane, gentle, tolerant and 'aware'. A city where any European (like this Brit) can feel at home, valued, considered and welcome. Why, even your 'street people' are generally nice and well-mannered...do you know how lucky you are? the only criticism I have is that occasionally the garishly dressed younger women who ride the MAX can be a little too loud, for my taste. I don't need to know that this one dissed you or that one is a motherf...er. All the foregoing is what I have felt and thought for quite a few years, now, but - what is this? -am I seeing a worm in the apple? It now seems as though there are some in Portland who, under the guise of righteous indignation at the idea of a public official having LIED, are really out to get Sam (unknown to me, let me say, since we have never had any contact) and pull him down, destroying him politically. Forgive an outsider's making so bold as to express a view, but it begins to seem a tad homophobic to me....not at all Portland behaviour, really. This seems to me not so much an attempt to cleanse City Hall of a liar (a very debatable term in this case, at best) but more likely a convenient way of unseating the gay Mayor. Some of you truly are more interested in the Mayor's sexual activities than you are in whether he broke the law or lied about kissing Beau Breedlove. For those that are, both their morality and the decent majority of Portland would be better served by their fessing up and being honest about their true motivations.

— Posted by ARCHIESDADDY

Edward~ Funny you mention that. I've actually been in touch with the Chavez Boulevard committee pretty recently, and yes, we are planning some coverage for next week. If you take our stories about the recall in context of all the other city news we report, I don't think you'll find it out of balance. Thanks for writing, April Baer

— Posted by April Baer