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Portland mayor Sam Adams job is safe- for now. But the man behind the petition drive to recall Adams is itching to start a second one. My advice to Jay: LET IT GO! LEAVE IT ALONE, DUDE!

As we all know by now, Sam Adams- who became the first openly gay mayor of an American city with a population of 500,000 or more on January 1- confessed on Inauguration Day (of all fucking days!) that he had a relationship with legislative intern (of anti-gay representative Kim Thatcher...BITCH!) Beau Breedlove. A subsequent criminal investigation found that Adams did nothing wrong in having any relationship with Breedlove (Adams could have faced misdemeanor charges for having sex with Beau when Beau was 17. Lucky Sam waited until Beau turned 18...). A petition drive took place between July 7 and today, and the drive has failed to gather the minimum number of signatures- 32,000- to force a recall. Had it succeeded, Adams wouyld have five days to call it quits, or explain why he shouldn't leave 1221 SW 4th Avenue (location of City Hall. The MAX light rail now stops in its back door...but that's neither here nor there...).

But the man behind the original petition drive, Jasun Wurster, just won't let it quit. He's planning a second petition drive to drive Adams out of office. Why doesn't Wurster just wait two years, then file the paper work with the Secretary of State, and run for mayor if he feels that Adams is such a fink. Okay, so Sam lied about his relationship with that little media whore (who used this scandal as a stepping stone to show off his shortcomings in a gay porn magazine) while city commissioner. SO FUCKING WHAT! The majority of the people- including this blogger who happened to vote for Adams (over business owner Sho Dozono)- still think that Adams is a good mayor, in spite of- or probably because of- this scandal (and the subsequent news that one of his homes is in foreclosure, and that he's not exactly the best driver in town).

Jasun, get over yourself.

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