Friday, February 27, 2009

City of Portland stonewalls on Sam "If you're 18, you can get an" Adams case: to charge $1.5 MILLION on records request.

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Pure, unadulterated, corruption.

It's this kind of despicable behavior of lies and deceit that got close-to-pedophile Sam Adams into hot water in the first place.

The local ABC affiliate, KATU TV has documented where the City of Portland has demanded $1.5 MILLION dollars to respond to KATU's public record request.

Here's the article on their website. Even if Adams hadn't been a lying scumbag over his sexual activities with a teenager, that he would countenance this kind of usurious charge for public records is reason enough to kick his lying ass out of office as it is.





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Story Published: Feb 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM PST
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$1.5 million for Adams' public records? Huh?
By Thom Jensen KATU News and KATU.com Staff

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PORTLAND, Ore. - In Oregon, public records are open to everyone and in many cases are free.

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Oregon's public record laws are supposed to be some of the most open in the country. The costs have to be reasonable and should be waived when there is a great public interest in the documents. _______________________________________________________________

So when KATU received a quote of $1.5 million from the city to pull public records from Mayor Sam Adams' office, you can imagine the sticker shock.

It all started weeks ago when the mayor issued a public apology over the scandal involving his relationship with a young intern. During the press conference, KATU requested Adams' phone, calendar and e-mail records from the spring of 2005, when the then city commissioner was developing a relationship with 17-year-old Beau Breedlove.

"I think the Willamette Week and the Oregonian have asked for those already, so they're around already," Adams said.

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