The Portland Mercury has the story of how Thomas Lauderdale - a big Sam Adams backer after the mayor's scandal broke - has now turned on his one time friend.
But when Thomas and company were out rallying the troops for Mayor Adams there were at least a few people saying in public that the mayor should resign. I was one of them.
Lauderdale now says:
"Right now, people are unfortunately scared to oppose the mayor, because they might want something from him, still," said Lauderdale. "They're scared that he'll stay in power and that he'll punish them.
Sam Adams has become Portland's Richard Nixon. But I'm not scared of of the mayor. I never have been.
However, I am worried about the direction our wounded mayor is taking the city in. The City Council is fractured and leaderless and people I know within local government say no one takes the mayor's word and that during the worst of economic times we have a mayor that is almost powerless and when he uses what little influence he has left the policies he advocates are off course.
The message to Sam Adams from me is still the same as it was in January: resign.
The only difference between then and now is that I've lost what little respect I had left for Adams. He doesn't have the integrity or the vision to be the mayor of this great city.