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Fantasy Mayor 2012: Timber Joey

Timber Joey for mayor? Or are we barking up the wrong tree?

By Zach Dundas July 22, 2011 Published in the August 2011 issue of Portland Monthly

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BIO Chainsaw-wielding human symbol of the Portland Timbers soccer team (and successor to cult hero Timber Jim)

CLAIM TO FAME This Philomath-born axman (and former rodeo and rugby competitor) saws a hunk off of a log every time the Timbers score.

WHY HE SHOULD RUN THE CITYA burly avatar of Oregon’s logging heritage would toughen up our effete image and recall that not-so-distant past when Stumptown elected a bartender. Could fire up his chainsaw every time he pushed an ordinance through City Council.

THE ATTACK LINE THAT WOULD STOP HIM “I knew Timber Jim. I drank beer near Timber Jim. Joey, sir—you’re no Timber Jim.”

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