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[POLITICS, SHUT UP & VOTE]

What do you see in the picture?


WW’s weekly election feature—designed to scare the hell out of City Hall candidates.

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BY COREY PEIN | 503-243-2122

[May 7th, 2008]

This week’s question, emailed to the candidates for ex-Commissioner Erik Sten’s seat:

What do you see in the picture?

NICK FISH : “Bud Clark’s beard.”

ED GARREN : “Being a ‘shrink’ by profession, I’m the wrong guy to ask this. I see black blots on a white background.”

JIM MIDDAUGH : “It looks like a group of voters who miss substantive coverage of important local elections.”

FRED STEWART : “Now, that photo would make a cool T-shirt.”

HAROLD WILLIAMS TWO: No reply.












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Andy from Beaverton  writes on May 11th, 2008 10:10am

It's a CAT scan of the non-functioning parts of the brain of a Portland city council member.

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