Let me address the Dopey issue.....

Some people don't want to forget the past. Sure, I've known Dopey forever. Sure, he pimps me out every four years. Did I know what Dopey, Jim, Cathy, & Fred were doing? No way! You have to believe me. I know those of you that have run into Dopey at the Plumbers Pub, or whatever that bar in East Gadsden is called now may have heard differently, but TRUST ME. I knew NOTHING about this. I promise.

Pay no attention to the link below....

Jail Birds

Yours until Tuesday evening,

FSM

The tangled web......

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."- Sir Walter Scott

Some among us would say that I'm being a bit deceptive in my advertisements about the Chief of Police and the Firefighter's union.

Would I lie to you?

I will admit that I can't stand the police chief myself. I'd suspend him if I had the opportunity. I pretty much think he's worthless, but he's a means to a political end.

As for the firefighters........listen, I ain't giving them a 7.5% raise. Everyone with a functioning brain KNOWS that, but it secured their endorsement, and really that's all I was after. I did agree to let them work 15 hours and get paid for 60 though. That's a good tradeoff in my glorious opinion.

Now, the third prong of this alleged deception is Dopey. Sure he's been campaigning for me on the "down low"......we certainly don't want that to get into the paper or on some website. I really don't trust him. He is from Alabama City after all. The admonition I gave during the last race still stands: WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE FROM ALABAMA CITY? Really folks, think about it. Only Country Club/Clubview folks named Means should run the City of Steve.

Supposedly, the fourth prong of this web of deceit is yours truly. The talk is that I will say anything or do anything to get elected. My response: I plead the fifth (and not a fifth of bourbon either). An example provided by my detractors is my ad from the other day where I say I will STOP charging folks from Gadsden to go to the Falls. I fully realize that I'm the one that STARTED charging, but I hope you will forget that.

Keep drinking,

FSM

Did anyone get the tag of that Mack Truck?

I feel like crap now. I feel like I've been run over by a Mack Truck. And it has little to do with alcohol..(SURPRISE).. Robert Avery just slapped the taste out of my mouth and made me like it.

Why did Floyd let him come on his show? WHY?

Pay no attention to his diatribe. Riley, Karen, the Police Chief, Dopey, and the some chick that works in Glencoe are working HARD to come up with something......ANYTHING...that will make you forget his facts.

Cheers,

FSM

Victory or Delusion: You decide.....

Dopey and I can almost taste the power that this victory will provide.....

So many things will change in the City of Steve....excuse me, Gadsden.....

East Gadsden, Alabama City, North Gadsden, The Mountain, & South Gadsden will be SOL.....

We will stop bidding out contracts to get the lowest price for the taxpayer.......

As I said in one of my ads, I LOVE using taxpayer money!

Remember, please use the word "INVEST" when talking with your friends and neighbors. It is much less controversial than the term "spend like there is no tomorrow"........

Again, we are so close. I demand that you return me to my rightful perch on the banks of the Coosa. If I have to unsuccessfully sell real estate for the next four years, I may take up drinking. *Cough*

FSM

Steve Feeds the World!

Every four years I undertake the chore of feeding everyone in town. I do this so that people that haven't seen me since the last election day can get a glimpse of this gorgeous mug.

A few weeks ago it was the GCHS band. I took the opportunity to feed them pizza and bash the current mayor, even though they can't vote. Pretty classy of me if you want to know the truth.

More recently, I fed the cheerleaders. Pay no attention to the video on my campaign website that makes me look like a weirdo.

Monday, I fed the residents of the Holy Comforter some delicious Connie's Coneys. I've heard talk that this could be considered elder abuse. That is not true.

Today, I force fed doughnuts to city workers. Of course they were from Cothran's. Thanks M.N. for the suggestion!

Tomorrow, who knows?...I'm thinking Krystal burgers for somebody.

Eat, Drink (Yes indeed), and be merry!

FSM

Do you believe in miracles?

I can answer this in one word: Maybe

A miracle is not suffering the same fate that Dopey did, even though a betting man would have wagered his house that I was next on the G-Men's list.....

A miracle is me selling a house...any house.....

A miracle is me getting a vote in East Gadsden...

A miracle is me successfully bobbing and weaving when asked where my son went to school on Floyd's show......

A miracle is me showing up at a Saturday night function stone cold sober.....

Finally, a miracle would be me winning on August 24th.....

So, do I believe in miracles? I have to, it's all I have left.....

Blah,

FSM

Just got off Floyd's show....

I was in RARE form.

The part about my parents raising me to be color blind is rich. Riley and I worked on that line all night.

Pay no attention to this article from 2002 which seems to refute my statement about being color blind.

Mayor's race takes a nasty turn

Wednesday, September 25, 2002
By Staff
Bob Ingram, Alabama Scene
MONTGOMERY–It looked like the troubling times of the 1960s were being re-visited last week in a heated race for mayor of the city of Gadsden.
Incumbent Mayor Steve Means, opposed by City Councilman Robert Avery, who is black, warned in a full page ad that Avery's election could result in Gadsden becoming "another Birmingham."
Avery called it the most racist ad he had seen in years. It was hard to argue with his assessment.
The ad said in part: "We can't afford a future where our homes lose value, our schools suffer, crime increases and businesses and residents pack up and leave. That's what happened in Birmingham and we can't let it happen in Gadsden."
Means, who won reelection by re-election by a 59 percent-41 percent margin, insisted the ad was not racist. but only a warning of what could happen if a "radical coalition" took control of the city.

Racially Motivated?

I realize that the phrase "turning Gadsden into another Birmingham," and the word "radical" all seems to be racial....Not true.

You can trust me.

Just don't ask anyone from East Gadsden or the Central-Carver/Tuscaloosa Avenue area to do the same....

FSM