Elections for 2008 underway?

It looks as though Sam Adams is already planning on running for mayor in 2008, having been proclaimed as running a permeate campaign from his entering office as commissioner for public utilities. The reasoning behind this proclamation however, are the actions he’s taking on topics outside his own. I feel that this does not show any miss-doings like the attitude of the tribune’s article. I think it’s been lost on people that these people aren’t just there because we voted for them based on six-months in action; we expect that they continue to work for the betterment of the community for the duration of their employment as government officials. I think it’s great that Sam Adams is working to bring more jobs to Portland and that he’s willing to step in where the Mayor himself won’t. In his recent firing of Vic Rhodes, I stated that what he had done was wrong. Since then I’ve thought about it and have changed my opinion. What Adams did was for the betterment of the community and the tram project. Officials who intentionally withhold information from others that they know could be important need to be ousted. To give an example of why this is absolute, imagine there’s a company; let’s say they make candy canes. The manager there has been working the job almost all his life, and it looks like he’s always done a good job. Then one day some information is uncovered, and it turns out he’s been shipping broken candy canes for years, and hiding all the complaints from customers. It is the owners right, and in the owner’s best interest, to fire this manager, regardless of the fact that he’s worked there all his life.

One thing that did hurt Admas next Campiagn, was that Vic Rhodes was supported by Homer Williams, who was also Adams main Financier for his previous campaign. However I would argue that with a better reputation Adams won't need Homer Williams anyways. I for one will support Sam Adams come the day he runs for election, and will continue to report on my findings in these and other matters.