The former legislative intern at the center of the controversy involving Portland Mayor Sam Adams says Adams kissed him twice when he was 17 and that their relationship had "crossed the line" toward romance earlier than Adams has acknowledged.
Beau Breedlove, now 21, told The Oregonian on Saturday that Adams kissed him on the lips on two occasions before he turned 18 -- once in Adams' car and the other in the second-floor men's room in City Hall after a party that Adams, then a city commissioner, had in his office.
Now a kiss is a small thing, to be sure ... but it shows that the mayor still isn't telling it right. And the fact that one episode happened in City Hall isn't going to win the mayor any friends -- well, that's not right, some liberal ideologues will defend him to the end.
But this isn't news the mayor wanted to become public. Hopefully it's the kick in the butt he needs to resign so the city can get its act together.
And the compromise proposal has been withdrawn by RecallSamAdams.com, who finds the minute-long romantic kiss with the 17-year-old in the City Hall john to be, well, behavior not fitting for a mayor.
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