Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Cyber-bullying from my first campaign - March 2007

The following poems and messages appeared on the former Lake Worth Talk message board the week before the 2007 election.  The vote spread in that election was 180 votes with Jo Ann Golden winning.  Here they are:

BULLDOZER-HAPPY WES, YES HE IS A MESS!

In or out of a dress,
Our bulldozer-happy Wes,
Yes he is a total mess.

He has no care for small town charm,
Bulldozer-happy Wes causes too much harm.

Keep Wes far away from making decisions for our town,
If you elect Wes, he will tear all historic structures down.

Jo-Ann is what the real people of Lake Worth truly desire,
Our bulldozer-happy Wes has proven to be way too much of a liar.

ON MARCH 27TH, VOTE FOR JO-ANN & MARC. SAVE LAKE WORTH!
Even I must confess,
That candidate Wes Blackman,
He is indeed a complete and total mess.

He can sing a fine tune in an "alternative" bar,
But as for working honestly in government,
Our dear Wes cannot get very far.

He is in love with concrete mixers and bulldozers too,
Having approved so many historic demotlitions,
Wes wants even more torn down before he is through.

Town after town in America has been greedily overbuilt,
Lake Worth is one of the only survivors,
But not if you elect someone with no concience or sense of guilt.

We can keep Wes from continuing to do so much destruction,
Only if we vote for Jo-Ann Golden,
Will we be able to say no to all the ugly new construction.

The sweet little town of Lake Worth,
Entering a special time of its re-birth.
Most want to keep its historic charm and style,
Whilst others are determined to demolish it mile by mile.

A war between righteousness and greed,
Developers' buddies want to hold public office indeed.
The creative, bohemian, friendly new faces arrive each day,
Ah, but the good 'ol boys here want to push them away.

Jeff & Wes epitomize what wholesome people do detest,
Demolition, overdevelopment, and use for highest and best.
So many in our neighborhoods want progress done with care,
But Jeff & Wes aren't concerned with what is right and fair.

So my dear friends the choice is yours in a week plus a day,
Do you want this jewel to be polished and enhanced the right way?
For if you elect Jeff & Wes to guide our city's course,
What you can look forward to is KFC and Payless Shoe Source!

National chains plus shades of beige everywhere,
Tall buildings will make seeing the blue sky very rare.
Most Florida towns have succumb to this awful fate,
Please vote for Marc & Jo-Ann to keep Lake Worth special and great!

Do you know anything about this guy's personal life and past history?

He is a problem waiting to happen. We don't want the scandals he will bring to our image. Please keep We$ out of our government.

He is not all there in many many ways. 
let's just say that if Wes becomes commissioner, he won't be in office for his full term if his true colors are shown. Save us the scandal please.

"I watched the debate thanks to Jim and his sponsors via the web. I thought Wes did an excellent job. JoAnn seemed a bit off. I voted for her the first time but a supporter of hers came to my door this week and told me Wes was gay. I already knew that. Isn't she a lesbian?
It turned me off to JoAnn and I plan to vote Wes this Tuesday. I am sick of the dirty games they play in this town!"