Rooney Tunes

James Rooney worked at the White House under two Presidents. He has a picture of himself with Paul Simon and another famous politician. He thinks Carbondale should follow the Marion model of economic development. He speaks of the people of Carbondale as "sons and daughters of coal miners." He's lived in Carbondale for a year. He wants to put up police kiosks on the street. His vote-for-me card has an American flag on it.

Apparently, he's liked more by women voters than by men, who are turned off by his glib generalities and lack of concrete details.

So I took the liberty of making up an ad for James Rooney.

While in other news...

Brad Lives!

Finally heard from mayoral candidate Brad Cole and he's alive and well, none the worse for having lost an $80,000/yr job to the vagaries of party politics. His new COLE FOR MAYOR tee-shirts are Saluki maroon and grey, in contrast with his opponent's "Fighting Irish" green and white array.

And speaking of Salukis...