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Posts Tagged ‘mayors’

FOX NEWS

Monday, January 7th, 2008

SORRY SHE’S NOT HOTTER! The mayor of some little town somewhere in Oregon had a bra-and-panties pic up on her MySpace page. It’s a scandal! But all we can find is this headshot, so let’s just forget the whole thing. [FOX News]


SCANDALS

But What Do Homosexuals Think About SF Mayor’s Affair?

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Watch out! He'll fuck all y'all's wives! - Wonkette
Approximately 1,200 Wonkette readers sent us angry e-mails about our lack of Gavin Newsom coverage. Who’s Gavin Newsom? See, that’s why we ignored this story. Nobody outside of San Francisco knows or cares about Gavin Newsom — that’s because he’s the mayor of San Francisco. His scandal is dull, too: single man has heterosexual affair with colleague’s wife. Yes, he is a crappy friend, but he’s a politician so he doesn’t have real friends, anyway. MORE »


LOUISIANA

Louisiana Politics: New Black Mayor Shot To Death

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

He always said Louisana, was where he felt at home - WonketteThe Louisiana town of Westlake got its first new mayor in 24 years and first-ever black mayor in November, but he was found shot dead Saturday night. MORE »


METRO SECTION

Metro Section: If This Executive Washroom Is A Rockin’ Don’t Come A Knockin’

Friday, August 18th, 2006
  • Surfing the net and being able to “rub one out” are the soothing remedies used by workers of all levels. [Rock Creek Rambler]

  • Once again, DC is screwed by the suburbs. [Carrie Broadshoulders]
  • DC dude-bloggers’ tips on how to run your “Hoo Ha beautification regimen.” [First Date DC]
  • Finally something to distinguish the mayoral candidates! Vincent Orange hates the gays, Cropp loves ‘em. [Cut DC Taxes; DCist]

METRO SECTION

Metro Section: It’s Easy To Get Laid If You Have A Job

Thursday, August 17th, 2006
  • Washington reporters use the “indirect occupational status mack technique” because deep-inside, they hate themselves. [Brunch Bird]

  • “DC’s mentality regarding the relationship between sex and status, perfectly encapsulated in a ten second exchange.” [The DC Universe]
  • You’ve made parodies of it’s title for weeks now, you know you wanna see it - Snakes on Plane premieres tonight! [Metroblogging DC]
  • Cropp and Fenty agree to debate, Post refers to it as a showdown - we bet no one shows up. [WaPo]

ELECTIONS

Not Quite the Happiest Place On Earth

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

So we don’t have too much of a stake in the New Orleans Mayoral elections and it’s a bit (or a lot) out of our usual purview, but someone sent us this tip that we just can’t pass up. We don’t know much about candidate Kimberly Williamson Butler, but we have been to New Orleans, and, uh, this picture doesn’t quite look right to us:
orleansmayor.jpg
On the left, the header image of Butler’s campaign website. On the right, a picture of New Orleans Square in Disneyland. And, uh, we’re not sayin’, we’re just sayin’… frankly, we don’t remember what the trash cans looked like in the French Quarter, but the cleanliness of the street and the presence of fannypackin’ middle-Americans has us a wee bit suspicious. MORE »