According to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s booking log, ASPSU President Adam Rahmlow spent three days in Multnomah County Jail last week. Records indicate that Rahmlow was arrested at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, booked into custody at 4:57 p.m. that same day, and released on Friday, Nov. 11.
The arrest was the result of a probation violation, stemming from unauthorized travel, according to Rahmlow.
According to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s booking log, ASPSU President Adam Rahmlow spent three days in Multnomah County Jail last week. Records indicate that Rahmlow was arrested at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, booked into custody at 4:57 p.m. that same day, and released on Friday, Nov. 11.
Rahmlow stated on Sunday, Nov. 13, that the arrest was the result of unauthorized out-of-state travel.
“When you’re on probation you need to get written permission to travel, ahead of time,” Rahmlow said. “I didn’t follow the correct procedure—I messed up.”
Yesterday, Rahmlow again spoke to the Vanguard, amending his statement.
“Part of my probation violation was due to a dishonest statement that I made,” Rahmlow said.
According to Rahmlow, he had indicated to the court that he “realized too long after the trip was planned that I needed your permission to leave the State of Oregon.”
“The dishonesty lies in the fact that I knew I needed permission,” Rahmlow said.
Rahmlow was sentenced by a Multnomah County Judge to serve four days in jail, but was released one day early.
“They can’t release on weekends is the way I understand it,” Rahmlow said. “The judge also told me that I have to read the book River of Doubt and write a report on it.” The book is a biography of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Rahmlow’s probation was the result of a prior conviction for resisting arrest, as reported in the Vanguard on May 20, 2011. The story was investigated based on an anonymous tip received shortly after Rahmlow was elected ASPSU president. The incident in question occurred during the summer of 2010, when Rahmlow, then an ASPSU senator, was ordered by a bouncer to leave the Dixie Tavern, where he and friends had been drinking. Rahmlow attempted to re-enter the establishment, and when Portland Police officers tried to remove him, an altercation ensued.
What an embarrassment. This is our student representative to the administration. I guess politics is corrupt at every level.
Someone please explain to me how forgetting a term of parole is an example of corruption.
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How do we get an impeachment started?
This is completely ridiculous and am embarrassment to the school.
A google search produced this document, which I guess is supposed to be the “constitution” of ASPSU. But the entire section on impeachment and recall is completely convoluted. It looks like they created a complicated system for romoval so they can all keep their jobs. So even if the student body President literally can’t fulfill his duties because, oh I don’t know, he’s in jail, his job is still safe.
If an athlete gets arrested twice, they get kicked off the team. Why is our student government any different?
I’m not sure how hard it would be, really. We’d need a pretty well organized effort, but I don’t think it’s completely out of the realm of possibility (except maybe getting the president to call a special election… that might be kind of tough).
Students are organizing a recall right now:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Recall-Adam-Rahmlow/323123384371478
If his peers are too coward to impeach then it’s time for a RECALL.
You say this like PSU students vote or something.
Fraternities vote. Sororities vote. And they are the reason why this guy is the president. He broke the rules when running even.
He was on probation from the city as well as the student government. RED FLAGS WERE OUT.
I am not in the Greeks and I voted too, and certainly not for Rahmlow. He sent my skeeze bells off months before the election. Get him out of there!
@Adam
It seems like it might be time to begin defending yourself based on your record. I have not heard of many occasions where someone in civic government has had multiple incidents in violation of the legal system and has been allowed to continue service. You seem to have a pretty strong and outwardly vocal defender in Nick Rowe, and maybe he can corroborate your value to the student body and the school. But you need to express why your ability to perform for the student body outweighs your inability to perform within the boundaries of the law. This world needs more transparency, not less, and any attempt to retreat publicly from this incident will only reflect more poorly on you, for those who have been made aware.
I agree that this is not a good example for student representation. I mean, yes, forgetting a term of parole isn’t the hugest ordeal, but he is supposed to represent students and therefore should have been far more cautious.
On another note, I’ve seen some of the work ASPSU has been doing this year, and I think they have made progress compared to past years. Whether that’s due to this guy’s leadership, who knows…
Let’s remember that Rahmlow didn’t forget his parole, he knowingly violated it and then LIED to a court of law about it. Not to mention he lied to the Vanguard too until they found out the truth and got the weasel to confess. What a crook.
The Vanguard article is not clear whether Rahmlow approached the Vanguard of his own volition to amend his statement or if the Vanguard, as Jon editorialized, “found out the truth and got the weasel to confess.” I’m not condoning Adam’s conduct or lack of good judgment, however, I think it is only fair that the discussion avoid speculation and remain focused on the facts.
Is Nick Rowe in love with Adam or something? Does Adam hold his legs while he does keg stands at frat parties? Did Adam help him lose his virginity or something?
I guess there is a Cheney for every Bush. Can’t believe these guys live in Portland and are representatives of the largest school in one of the most liberal cities.
Rahmlow lied. He got arrestes. Pretty black and white.
Clinton lied and got impeached. Nixon broke the law and resigned. These are just basic elements of history. Rahmlow needs to step down.
I supported Adam Rahmlow. But, I found out later that he lied to me about his legal troubles. This latest arrest put the lid on the can. We MUST recall Adam Rahmlow. He has failed in providing good, quality leadership. PSU deserves better!
This sorry excuse for a news story is a perfect example of what is wrong with journalism these days. It’s hastily written by someone that clearly has an agenda based more in sensationalism than the objective pursuit of truth, and the fact that the author is the editor-in-chief makes this even more disturbing. Clean up your act Vanguard. Mud slinging does nothing but get everybody dirty.
Please explain how the newspaper reporting on the arrest and jail time of the primary student representative is mudslinging. It makes me sad that your standard for representation is so low.
We don’t accept this kind of behavior from our athletes, why do we accept it from out student body president?
These are a bunch of sore losers. I am delighted that Adam is ASPSU’s president, he carries himself with much more virtue and integrity than any of you, some of these comments are absolutely unbelievable!
Please keep the facts straight and focus on the core issue here: He asked for permission to visit his grandma a little later than the judge would have preferred him to, in doing so mixed up his words (something people do on a daily basis), probably due to nervousness knowing it was last minute. I’m not going to base my entire opinion of his character or ability to do his job based on this one instance.
Those of you who are making these aggressive, attacking comments would do well to look within yourselves, I’m sure you’ll find a wealth of personal mistakes.
lol yeah because people most people get arrested on a daily basis too?
and leslie I won’t just base my judgement on him on this one instance either, I’ll also base it on the time he got arrested before this for fighting a cop while drunk, lying to court, lying to students, and breaking elections rules. someone’s getting desperate!
If he refuses to step down and the Senate is too spineless to impeach him, the students will have no choice but to impeach him.
oh, and most people don’t mix up their words to a judge in an intentional act of deceit under the oath of a court on a daily basis. rahmlow does lie to people on a daily basis though.
This is just downright embarrassing. It reflects really badly on PSU.
“If an athlete gets arrested twice, they get kicked off the team. Why is our student government any different?”
I definitely agree.
Leslie,
Jail time does not equal “virtue and integrity.” He violated his probation, then lied under oath in an attempt to cover it up. I have a ton of personal mistakes, but none of them put the students of Portland State in danger of losing their student representative. What happens if he’s in jail when they try to increase our tuition?
He told us once already that it wouldn’t happen again. Fool me once, as they say.
Rahmlow himself said, “judge me by my actions.” We are holding him to the standard he set.
People are wrongfully put in jail every single day. Does it necessarily mean it’s right, or justified, just because it happened?? Personally I think the sentence was pretty harsh for the circumstances.
FACT: The incident that occurred outside of the bar, happened LONG BEFORE Adam was elected ASPSU President. I guess that pretty much cancels out all of the comments about ” two arrests while serving as student body president, if he were an athlete he’d be kicked off the team”.
If there were a “Like” button, I would “Like” Cacoethes Carpendi’s comment…
WRONG: The incident occurred at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Then, at 4:57 p.m., he was booked into custody and spent the rest of the week in jail. President Rahmlow was not “wrongfully put in jail” after he violated the terms of his probation, neither was he “wrongfully” arrested after a drunken bar fight which ended with Rahmlow assaulting a female police officer. Both of these events occurred while he was serving as a student representative (the first as Senator, and now as President).
Adam Rahmlow should step down immediately. His behavior is an embarrassment to this school.
Leslie,
What is you favorite kind of kool-aid?
Since Adams job is to work within ASPSU and acting as an aggregate voice of the students, then why is something as simple as breaking probation enough of a reason to begin an impeachment process? Breaking the law in a way that showed Adam has compromised his ability to be the agent of the students would be adequate reason to impeach him. If a bank teller fraudulently took money, you would fire him. If a bank teller got a speeding ticket, would you fire him? No because it doesn’t show his job has been compromised. Unauthorized travel, in the case of Adam, does not give adequate reason to say his ability to perform his duties has been compromised. Some might say that being in jail hinders his ability to perform his duties, and it does, but only for the reason that it was a consequence of breaking the law, not how/why he broke the law.
So people leave him alone, this is hardly buzzworthy.
Take Adam down!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recall-Adam-Rahmlow/323123384371478?sk=wall