Occupy Portland Floats Candidate for Mayor

January 19, 2012

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Cameron Whitten, a 20 year old Occupy Portland camper claims to have filed paper work to run for Mayor of Portland. He claims to have better leadership qualities than Sam Adams. Not that it would be hard to do that or anything.

Cameron Whitten, 20, an Occupy Wall Street activist has entered his name into the race for Mayor of Portland. Whitten gathered the papers to register on November 14th, the day after the Occupy Portland demonstration was evicted from Lownsdale and Chapman parks. He convinced staff to give him access into City Hall, although current Mayor Sam Adams ordered the entire building to be under lockdown.


Wow, sneaking into City Hall after they closed it to the public because of the violent protesters. Apparently that’s a big qualification for Mayor of Portland.
Says Cameron:

“We are in a state of crisis, both locally and globally. We have been deceived by career politicians who answer to their paycheck before listening to the people. We must influence the culture of our government, and embrace the standards of direct democracy in order to empower our community for our own survival. I run as a candidate of the People, for the People. In office, I will reduce my own salary to Portland’s minimum wage, because public office is not a profession, it’s a civil service. The People need to make more demands of their politicians and reject their private agendas.”

 I’ll bet he’s a registered Democrat, if he’s registered at all. I’ll ask him when he comes on the program.

One thing: I certainly hope they don’t plan to use their new HQ at St. Francis as Cameron’s election office. I know there’s a nest of lefty political groups housed here, but you’re really not supposed to house political candidates in churches. Just a thought, you know, transparency and all. Good luck running for Mayor with no money! 

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