Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

glennbeckwannabe

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » Places » Colorado Donate to DU
 
madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 03:00 PM
Original message
glennbeckwannabe
Our local mayor has been the subject of a couple of posts here. Briefly, he's a school security guard with delusions of knowing stuff. He's a chum (or chump, depending on who you're talking to) of our DA and sheriff, both of whom have some issues with the ACLU's recent successful prosecution of a nasty case against them. His campaign violated some laws, including plaigiarism and illegal use of mail boxes, and he was funded largely out of the Dobsonite community in the southern part of the state. His placement in the mayor's seat came about as retaliation against the former mayor who had brazenly suggested that we ought to be humane in our policies toward immigrants. Prior to his election he was castigated for drawing a gun on some highschool students in a car, claiming that they 'looked like' gang members (they weren't). After his election he objected to the noise from a scooter being driven by a teenager, so he yanked the kid off the bike and threw him to the ground to 'hold' him for the police. During last year's campaign season he was 'guarding' at an elementary school and showed the students a $3 bill with a picture of Obama wearing a turban.

He said he wasn't going to run for re-election, and blamed the local paper for giving him a bad reputation and opined that said paper should go out of business (nevermind the 200+ jobs that would be lost were that to happen). Then he changed his mind and filed to be a write-in candidate. Then he changed his mind back.

So, yeah, I about shot coffee out my nose when this little gem appeared in this morning's newspaper:

"Greeley Mayor Ed Clark will be the guest speaker at the Greeley 9.12 Project's 2009 Mayoral Candidate Forum on Saturday."




Xpost from GD
Refresh | +1 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Home » Discuss » Places » Colorado Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC