News Column

Potter needs his vision checked

On the Town

By phil stanford

The Portland Tribune, Jun 15, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (21 Reader comments)

Under the best of circumstances it’s hard to take what goes on at City Hall very seriously. And I’m not just talking about the great duct-tape debate, either, although that’ll certainly do for starters.

Should the bustling metropolis of P-town pass a law forbidding the use of tape to reserve sidewalk space for the Grand Floral Parade?

It’s a toughie, all right. But I’m confident that after due deliberation the City Council will come up with a just solution to this urgent problem.

But wait.

Shouldn’t the question first be presented to the mayor’s Community Vision Project, which has been set up to figure out what the city should be doing on matters of such vital interest?

It seems only fair, although to be perfectly honest about it, what are the chances that the massive effort – already overdue and over its $1.1 million budget – will ever deliver anything besides a few familiar platitudes?

Are the people of Portland for or against justice for all?

Let’s make that a “for,” Tom.

And how about the equal distribution of wealth?

Think maybe we should take another poll? Well, why not folks? We’ve got nothing but time.

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Pardon the irreverence, folks, but the last two and a half years that Potter’s been in office have been just a little strange.

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