Former Mayor Bud Clark. (WW archive) The mustachioed publican led Portland into a new era. By Nigel Jaquiss February 01, 2022 at 4:57 pm PST Former Portland Mayor John Elwood “Bud” Clark, Jr., a publican turned politician who personified this city’s iconoclastic streak, died Feb. 1 at age 90. KATU reported Clark died from congestive heart failure, according to his daughter. Clark and his wife, Sigrid, opened the Goose Hollow Inn in Southwest Portland in 1967. Known for his handlebar mustache and a 1978 poster in which Clark opened his trench coast to “expose himself to art,” Clark ran a longshot campaign for mayor in 1984. He shocked the city and incumbent Frank Ivancie, the last bastion of the city’s conservative past, winning outright in the May primary. Clark, a first-time candidate, creditably served two terms, leading the development of the Oregon Convention Center and implementing community policing. When his tenure ended, he returned to Goose Hollow Inn, which his family still owns and operates. He was an enthusiastic cyclist, raconteur and above all, a staunch supporter of Portland, who enlivened conversations with his trademark verbal punctuation, “Whoop, whoop!" https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/02/01/former-portland-mayor-bud-clark-dies-at-90/
He bought his home of many years from my parents. It's the home I lived in from the seventh grade through my first year in college and my first year in the Army. When I was working at Boeing I posted the poster of Bud exposing himself to art at my workplace. My boss got angry and made me take it down. I could have won a very important court case if I had appealed high enough. RIP Bud, this Bud's for you.
He was quite a character. Not a bad mayor. In fact, even now he’d be better than the current schmuck. RIP
Bud use to have a sign next to his record player in the place I use to frequent, Goose Hollow Inn right on the blue line light rail as you come out of the tunnel East bound. The sign said, "Requests $50" this was more like about $1,000 today. You'd better like classical most of the time. The rest of the time I believe he had a Jukebox. You could find the local news media, the Oregonian and local TV, in there and strike up an intelligent conversation with a stranger either next to you at the bar or at a table next to your table. Loved that place. Years later, after a Blazer sponsored soccer game, I stopped by, because it was close, with some Blazer buddies of mine and met the new owners, younger relatives of Bud.
My sister was a close friend of Bud's. She was part of an awesome and close group of friends who hung out at Bud's joint, Goose Hollow Pub (I think he had sold it since). Much like a Cheers kind of vibe. Anyway, she texted me last night. He lived a long, good life. Was loved by so many. Also, I'll never forget his "Expose Yourself to Art" campaign. Leave it to Bud to be the main character on the poster. LOL.
