As you can see above, I was in rare form when doing the interview with MY paper, The Gadsden Times. It should be your paper too. Doesn't matter that it only has two sections on most days. You should read today's interview. Live it, Learn it, Love it.
Before I get started, I'd like to thank the IAFF Local 454 for their hit piece. The paper published it just I as I had written it. Looks like my effort to buy them off in 2002 worked out to my benefit yet again!
Now, about that interview....For the cognizant ones among us, how about a translation of my innermost thoughts while doing this spin job? How about that?
Let's boogie....
When I say I seek "excitement" I'm really saying that nothing screams EXCITEMENT like my last administration when we had associates going to jail.
When I say “the way we get Gadsden going again is that we get the people back into the government"....by that I mean MY people, Fred, Dopey, The Kings of Swagger, & your favorite unemployed politician, the Stevemeister.
Check out this smokin' quote by yours truly: “I think the people of Gadsden feel left out for the last four years." I really mean the people in Country Club and Clubview. After all they had gotten used to being catered to exclusively after my 28 years in office.
When I said that "it’s time for something bigger and better” -I really mean hold on to your wallets.
And then there is this gem of a quote from the greatest real estate agent on earth: I would "also like to initiate temporary public works projects to provide jobs."--CHA CHING!
I actually said the following with a straight face: I will "veto any legislation for new taxes and veto any effort to raise the salaries of the mayor and city council."--Snicker, Snort, and all that jazz.
Finally..... "I love using taxpayers’ money." Truer words have never come out of my mouth.
FSM
