`` But still , I should have told the truth at the time and taken the consequences . '' April : Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he has no plans to resign . ` ` I want to apologize '' for mistake , Adams says at press conference . Adams had affair with 18-year - old girl in 2005 , then asked him to lie about it . Adams makes newspaper after newspaper about relationship .
April : Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he has no plans to resign . ` ` I want to apologize '' for mistake , Adams says at press conference . Adams had affair with 18-year - old girl in 2005 , then asked him to lie about it . Adams makes newspaper after newspaper about relationship .