Sam I Am

Sam has decided to stay (Photo from NYT).


We think his decision is the right one as long as Beau Breedlove was of age when the sex began. At this point, this seems to be the case.

While not condoning the decision to lie during the campaign, the fact of the matter is, Sam's private life should be a private matter and none of our business.

Whether or not Sam can remain effective has yet to be determined.

Gawker has a rather humorous take on Beau here and this is where I got the Beau photo above.

Bad Sam

Well this broke yesterday during all the Obama fanfare. This does not look good for Portland and this could get uglier if the liaison proves to have been with a minor.

"I've not made my mind up," Adams said, sounding discouraged and deflated. "I still haven't determined whether it's in the city's best interest for me to stay or go." - Samuel Adams

So much for the earlier post we had regarding his achievement as a top 30 cities gay first.

Cudos to Oregon!

Are we living in the most progressive state in the country? Most would say not quite but, we do have these highlights to point to that arguably could make the case.

Portland's Mayor, Samuel Adams (named after a beer for God's sake, or maybe a historical figure), was sworn in at 12:01am on the 1st of January. He is the first openly gay mayor of a top 30 city in the nation.

Silverton, Susan's hometown, elected the first ever transgender mayor in the country. We have many friends in Silverton and they were all overly supportive of Stu Rasmussen. I recommend watching the embedded video clip in the attached link and you can see Stu for yourself.

Ashland opened the MAda Shell Gallery on January 2nd and had a interactive Bush shoe toss as the center piece. You could dip shoes into red paint and toss them at a large picture of W on the wall.

I don't know. Judge for yourselves.