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News While Commissioner Randy Leonard has committed to voting against the Major League Soccer deal going forward now that Beavers/Timbers owner Merritt Paulson announced he's done with the baseball stadium proposal in Lents, Mayor Sam Adams announced this afternoon that "the City's mission is clear: focus our energies on guaranteeing that Portland is the new home of a Major League Soccer team." While ...   More

News Commissioner Dan Saltzman said this afternoon that he still plans to vote for the Major League Soccer deal going forward in a revamped PGE Park, despite Beavers/Timbers owner Merritt Paulson's announcement that he's pulling out of the deal's other piece — moving the minor-league baseball Beavers to a proposed stadium in Lents. Saltzman says he's not a soccer fan but thinks there's a buzz ...   More

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News Here are some highlights of the report (PDF) by Attorney General John Kroger finding no sufficient credible evidence to justify criminal prosecution of Mayor Sam Adams. The investigation interviewed 57 witnesses and sorted through other records to answer what investigators called these key questions: 1) Did Adams have sexual intercourse with Breedlove before he turned 18? The report: Adams ...   More

News Sgt. Scott Westerman, head of the Portland police union, says Adams' lies are unacceptable despite the announcement today by Attorney General John Kroger that he will not prosecute the mayor. "We don't accept a police officer lying in the course of their duties," Westerman says. "I'm not understanding why we should accept it from our politicians." The police union called for Adams to resign ...   More

News A spokesman for the campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams says the Attorney General's report today clearing the mayor of criminal prosecution will not affect the recall effort's plans to start July 7. Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster says the Attorney General can only hold Adams accountable for legal statutes statues, but that Portland voters should hold him accountable for what Wurster calls civic and ...   More

News After Attorney General John Kroger released his report yesterday on Mayor Sam Adams, we went out to ask a few Portlanders what they made of the report and Adams' actions with Beau Breedlove. Here's what the people we spoke with had to say: Niko Kerhulas Messenger "In this incidence I don't think he should be tossed out of office. But he has compromised himself." Willie Black Self-Employed "If ...   More

News We've just received the interview reports from Attorney General John Kroger's investigation into Mayor Sam Adams. While we're poring through them, you can too. They're all PDFs and the links are below. First, download a guide to the interviews here. Interviews number 1-10 are here. 11-20 are here. 21-30 are here. 31-40 are here. 41-50 are here. 51-60 are here. 61-70 are ...   More

News The following is a response from Mayor Sam Adams to the results of Attorney General John Kroger's report today. The Attorney General's office released the results of its five-month investigation today, clearing me of wrong-doing. I made mistakes in my personal life that led to this investigation. As a result, the city I love was put through an ordeal. I am gratified the investigation has ...   More