Tag: Sam Adams

Elsewhere in Occupy for December 15th through December 18th

Here’s what The Occupier thinks you should be reading: The First Zuccotti Park: Hooverville – Justice Department faults Seattle police use of force – latimes.com – Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich, The Fall of the "Liberal Elite" | TomDispatch – Another Occupy Portland Sitdown with Mayor Sam Adams | Blogtown, PDX – Occupy the…

Stand Up or Stand Down: An Open Letter to Mayor Sam Adams

AN OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR SAM ADAMS (read before City Council on December 14, 2011) Mr. Mayor, I voted for you and have supported and believed in you. Recently though, I have questioned your actions in regards to the Occupy movement. You are lucky to be mayor of such a fine city. Portlanders have flair,…

Mayor and Police Chief Lied about Crime

A conversation with Ted Clark and James Schwartz Ted Clark doesn’t believe all he hears. When he read reports that one of the reasons why Sam Adams decided to evict Occupy Portland from its encampment was that the City of Portland and its Police Bureau claimed Occupy had sparked an “increase of crime,” he didn’t…