From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: dxmm{at}albury.nospam.net.au
Subject: Re: Klingon elected!  [Link]

Bast wrote:
> Gary Perkins wrote:
>>   To: Bast
>> 09 Nov 13 18:50, from Bast -> All
>>
>> Ba> Have you ever noticed how many DEAD PEOPLE are being elected to
>> public Ba>  office ? I recall there is even a town that has had a cat
>> for mayor,
>> Ba> and it keeps getting elected.
>>
>> I don't know about dead people, but the cat in question is Stubbs the
>> Cat.  He lives in an unincorporated town in Alaska, and his mayorship
>> is honorary. Wikipedia has a decent article on him and a few cute
>> stories.
>>
>
>
>
> Honorary or not,...the fact is the cat probably does a better job than
> 99.9999999% of mayors in any other city, and costs the taxpayers a lot less
> to support.
>
>
Is that some sort of bigotry you're suggesting, Bast??  ;-) Reducing the 
Mayors salary, just because it's a cat!! Especially if it's doing/did 
such a bang up job!! ;-)

Daniel

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