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In?another edition of “At Least?They’re Not Your Legislator,” we bring you Federal Heights (Westminster/Thornton area) Mayor Dale Sparks, who is also a bouncer at a strip club. From 9News.com: A metro area mayor, who works as a bouncer at a strip club, got caught up in a police sting over the weekend. Federal Heights Mayor […]

Feeling frustrated with Colorado’s crop of gubernatorial candidates? Well, it could be worse. In another edition of “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators,” we head to Minnesota: Yesterday I added the name of Jonathon Sharkey to the lengthy list of candidates running for Minnesota Governor in 2006. Sharkey — the candidate of the Vampyres, Witches […]

We probably shouldn’t say that, though, since maybe former FEMA Director Michael Brown is. Or about to be. As you’ve all heard by know, he’s opened an office in Boulder to “scare straight” well-placed incompetents everywhere. Contrary to the view of some people, we really do think his new role as a walking, talking cautionary […]

For another edition of “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators,” we head to Cairo, where we are really glad they aren’t OUR public officials. We’re too delicate for prison. From the Associated Press: Libya has sent to prison for 18 months a blogger who criticized the government on the Internet, Human Rights Watch says in […]

The hits keep on coming in our ongoing feature, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators.” From the Associated Press: The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television. “In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous […]

We’ve got a rare treat for you this week with another good story for our ongoing feature, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators.” In Puerto Rico, Lajas Mayor Marcos Irizarry is supporting a local farmer’s efforts to build a UFO landing strip on his property, which has not made folks in America’s 51st state very […]

We’ve got another good entry for our ongoing feature, “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators.” This story comes from the fine state of Georgia. State Rep. David Graves, charged with drunken driving for a second time, was denied by a judge Tuesday in his contention that his position as lawmaker means he cannot break the […]

For another edition of our running series “At Least They’re Not Your Legislators,” we take you to Swaziland, Africa, where King Mswati III is seeking a 13th wife (when he should be seeking another vowel). From Reuters News Service: More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the king of Swaziland’s 13th wife Monday in […]