And that means Jimmy Weekly, Democrat, a long time commission member and three time mayor ran a terrible campaign, took lots of money from the wrong people and couldn't get past the fact that in his time he hired and backed the most oily, corrupt city manager that could ever be inflicted on a city. And the voters, 7,117 of the 13,000 eligible to vote in the city (I'm not one of them), declined to forget his abysmal record to avoid inflicting a buffoon on themselves again.
The hulking McPherson was"almost" speechless according to the paper when it was announced he's doubled his lead this time by winning with 56 spare votes. Yet it is well known that the mayor is in a permanent state of speechlessness, he is so inarticulate he'd be better off speaking publicly in pig Latin in Pidgin English. Furthermore his "good friend" the county Mayor came out of the shadows to greet his winning mayoral mate. The county Mayor is an uneducated neo-Fascist with about as much grasp of democratic lawmaking as a toad might have. Plus he supports a goat for county Adminstrator, a man with a record of shadowy dealings in his last job "up North" who has shown he can't administer a sock drawer without causing controversy division and massive budget deficits. What a crowd!
Arrgh! Fidel is right when he mocks our democracy and points out that elections are hopeless when the quality of candidates is so horribly low you'd rather vote for the man in the moon than either of these bozos. Oh well, I have a beard already, perhaps I'd better take up smoking cigars.
On a happier note hurricane season is over, I accidentally dipped a toe in the canal and the water is freezing, which is not surprising as a proper cold front has been basting the keys with north to northeast winds, bringing daytime highs down around 80 under crisp sunny skies and night time lows are below 75, all accompanied by fresh cooling winds. Its utterly delightful.
As long as you forget the politics.
