http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874372,00.html
The cast of the scandal in Portland, Ore., has a certain ring to it: Sam Adams. Bob Ball. Beau Breedlove and his dog Lolita … “Everyone has porn names!” says Mark Wiener with a laugh. “Until yesterday, it had never occurred to me that the worst offending name was mine.” Wiener (pronounced Wee-ner) is one of Oregon’s most influential political consultants and a former — and now disheartened — campaign adviser to the protagonist in this political soap opera. That would be Sam Adams, the new mayor of Portland and the first openly gay man to lead a major American city. Then there’s Bob Ball, an openly gay local real estate developer who once had mayoral ambitions himself. In 2007, Ball hinted that Adams’ mentoring relationship with a former legislative intern, Beau Breedlove (now 21), was, in fact, a sexual one that had begun when the young man was just 17. (See the top 10 scandals of 2008.)
Adams, a city commissioner at the time, denied the charges vigorously, and his supporters, including Wiener, rallied to his support. Ball’s charges were shouted down as “sleazy” and a “smear.” Then Adams effectively won the mayor’s office with a landslide victory in the primaries last May, making the liberal city of Portland even prouder of its liberalism.