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May 2008
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Portland Mayor Tom Potter announced Monday morning that he would not seek a second term, begging two questions: Who will replace him? And how will his term as Mayor be remembered? As for who's next, the coming months will see plenty of political skirmishing, but think two words: Sam Adams. Mayor Potter's legacy includes an ongoing committment to improve Portland's homeless problem, most recently with the hotly debated 24-hour City Hall restrooms and sit-lie ordinance. Potter demonstrated a willingness to stand up to the Federal government when he disagreed with U.S. policies. He told the Joint Terrorism Task Force that they were not welcome in Portland, Oregon. More recently, he came out strongly against the immigration raid at the Fresh Del Monte plant in Portland. Potter was rebuffed by voters in his push to change the city's government to a stronger-mayor format, and it's unclear how much of an impact that vote had on Potter's decision not to seek a second term. Potter's greatest challenges involved the department he once ran as chief of Police. The beating death of James Chasse led the Mayor to call for better training for all officers responding to mental illness calls. Potter also had to resolve the controversy over alleged inappropriate conduct by his Chief of Police, Derrick Foxworth. He will surely be remembered for selecting Rosie Sizer to succeed Foxworth as only the second female Portland Chief of Police. Are you disappointed Potter is not running for re-election. Click here to cast your vote or check the results of our online poll. 4 CommentsLeave a comment |
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I would like to see Tom Potter run again. Since he isn't going to, I would like to see Sam Adams run and win, at least until I see who he may run against.
A decent human being who stood up for the dissadvantaged. He had a elected council that bordered on incompetense. He will be missed by anyone who has the intelligense to see beyond their own self interests.
His beard? This is a topic of discution?You're kidding me with this? Oregon is so messed up I'm thrilled I moved out of that State.Never to look back again.
Tom Potter did little to really change anything here. I mean, really - he put us on the FBI s**tlist for withdrawing from the taskforce; he tried a bid for more mayoral power that bombed; and he opened City Hall bathrooms for everyone all night. Big Whoop. It would have been great if he had tried to cut the city's losses on that tram eyesore, or figured out how better to route traffic during the obscene amount of construction downtown, or even figured out a way to cut down on the number of cops downtown (oh my frigging god they're EVERYwhere!) doing absolutely nothing. Good riddance, who's the next poor shmuck in line?