NEW : Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he has no plans to resign . `` I want to apologize '' for mistake , Adams says at news conference . TL;DR The mayor of Portland, Oregon, is under fire after a video surfaced showing him making racist comments about black people. Asked if he had thought he could get away with lying , Adams responded : `` I think that 's going to be up to my colleagues and the people of Portland . '' Adams makes admission after newspaper reports relationship .
NEW : Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he has no plans to resign . `` I want to apologize '' for mistake , Adams says at news conference . TL;DR The mayor of Portland, Oregon, is under fire after a video surfaced showing him making racist comments about black people. Adams makes admission after newspaper reports relationship .