Adams' Nah-Eves

Paranoia grows in the us v. them Mayor Scandal camps. At some anti-mayor websites, false usernames are encouraged because the mayor, they say, is vindictive. And a recall the mayor site is bombarded with pornography uploads. Some anti-mayor folks are calling the pro-mayor folks "the SS," the Sam supporters.

And it's six months before we can have a recall election! Once upon a time, "civil war" in Portland seemed outrageous to suggest. But I suspect this will continue to get more ugly until, if we are lucky, the Attorney General charges the mayor with an actual crime, in which case maybe our spineless city commissioners will say something more than "let's wait for the investigation." As if the mayor hadn't already admitted enough to prove a violation of the city's Code of Ethics!

At any rate, I will not call the mayor's supporters the SS. I'll give them a break. They are well meaning. They somehow just don't get it. They are nah-sayers (nah, he's not a crook). They are naive.

So I will call the mayor's supporters ... ADAMS' NAH-EVES.