Reader Mail: Dizzy Mayor?
09
May
5/9/2008:
Here’s a short and sweet email from a Hoboken411 reader:
Is our Mayor dizzy?
“Hey, 411- I saw your post on the lead problems at Sinatra Park, and noticed the picture of David Roberts. The first thing I thought of was Dizzy Gillespie. But I’m not sure if he’s blowing hot air or a musical instrument!!”
Do you see the resemblance?”
Not sure about you, but it’ll take a couple million milligrams of sodium before Davey gets like that!!
PS, I’m not all about publishing letters like this. If you have anything nice to say about Mayor Dave Roberts, then please send it in! I’ll publish right away!
Hoboken, Mayor Dave Roberts, Dizzy Gillespie, Bloated, Fat
1. Sandwich | May 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Great, now I’m going to have nightmares of the Ken Burns Jazz series…
2. HansBrix | May 9th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I had the mumps when I was four. I have a vague memory of looking in the mirror. What I remember looks a lot like the pic on the left.
3. eam144 | May 9th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Ok - this post has just crossed the line. I am all for bashing the mayor when warranted but who among us is so perfect that we can talk about the mayor’s face? I don’t find this funny just pretty f-ing petty. Why not stick to news worthy items and the occasional rant? I saw the disclaimer 411 but still - really - did you need to post this?
4. matt_72 | May 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Funny pic but has nothing to do with the incompetence of the mayor. If he were a “good” mayor, he would just be a normal guy w/ a few extra pounds. Just look at some of the college football coaches out there. Does anyone care how heavy a coach is when he wins? But when he loses…….boy do the insults fly! So can we elect some big fat dude who is competent? HA HA.
5. bornandrazedinhobo | May 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I heard that Augustus Gloop is really Dave Roberts and he changed his name for security reasons after the Wonka Factory incident.
images.google.com/images?sourceid=n...0gloop&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Roberts looks like he has successfully pumped rich choclaty nuget into his face and neck over the years!
6. strand tramp | May 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
eam144, when it comes to the mayor or the council members there are NO lines that cannot be crossed. THEIR actions have demonstrated that fact.
7. Kaiser Sosay | May 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
its a reader mail..some people want to make jokes about the mayor,y not he has done a pretty good job of making people look like fools in his tenure.
8. Reformerus_Gianticus | May 12th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
As one who has packed on a quite a few extra pounds over the last few years, I have to take umbrage at this. If it was was done to parody a statement Roberts had made about cutting the fat in the city budget then that would be fair game under the guise of political satire (i.e. have him cut his own fat first). A Supreme Court decision involving Larry Flynt vs. Gerry Falwell ruled that satire is indeed protected free speech. Thus, those in power thus better develop a thick skin and hopefully not a double chin.
Look, I’m so fat that when I wear a Malcolm X T-shirt helicopters try to land on me. It’s ok for me to make fun of myself. It is also ok for this site to use satire to poke fun of the Mayor and his policies because they really suck. Obesity is a serious issue in this country and about the only thing I have in common with this Mayor is a penchant for overindulgence. Maybe its time for some shock therapy!!!! I hear that is a big hit at our publicy funded yet secret in its finances Hoboken University Hospital (anyone smell an Enron?).
This site does a discredit to itself when a resorts to petty fat jokes that utlize no creativity in their formation. So please, don’t resort to petty fat jokes without any creativity or I just might have to sit on you!
Stick to his policies and you will still have tons of material.
If you want to use weight as an issue ask the following question posted by one of your readers:
Where did the million dollars in missing Parking Authority quarters go?
Answer- under Perry Belfiore’s chins.
Now there is a political fat joke that almost works!
9. Sandwich | May 12th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I wouldn’t let it bother you too much, most of the wealth and power in the city belong to heavier folks…
10. winesnob | May 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
im phat….and proud of it
11. Reformerus_Gianticus | May 12th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Sandwich wrote:
I do think the post could have been more clever and tied in to a specific issue but it did not bother me too much. People who know me well know I was making a point but with a high degree of farce.
Sandwich - Not to sound like a cannibal or anything, but you do have the most apetizing logon name!