Yes, Sam is clueless and everything shiny in this town should be credited to him, and years of disinvestment in infrastructure is also his fault. Never mind urban renewal in Portland began before Mr. Adams was born. Never mind that urban renewal kept our downtown vibrant while many went bust. Brought us MAX, redeveloped the Pearl, took away the waterfront highway, increased shovel ready industrial land, allowed lower income people to move into the core, close by where they work, granted hundred of thousands in small business storefront improvements...etc.etc. If Sam brought us all that, then he has a pretty strong platform for mayor.

Unfortunately for him, and fortunately for the rest of us, during the 20th century Portland has had a series of leaders with vision that have brought Portland into the livable city we have today.