Baker Act
Seriously, he needs to cut $14M from the budget and has graciously offered a piece of his salary. At least I think that is what he said. What a sweet guy.
It’s like someone dropped a gay bomb around here - not that there could ever be such a thing . . . oh wait, I stand corrected. It’s true, though. June is pride month in St. Pete, and I for one am feeling at least two percentage points more ambiguously heterosexual as we move toward the big parade on the 30th. I’ve mentioned this before, and I’d recommend you go to the St. Pete Pride 2007 website for event info, but be warned that you’ll probably suffer some retinal damage. I had to spend the last hour looking at Rothkos just to recalibrate my aesthetic sensibilities. The goggles, they did nothing.
The press coverage thus far on pride stuff has seemed kind of lukewarm, but there are a few gems out there. For example, just in case you missed it, Mayor Baker has continued his standing tradition of not signing the city council’s resolution naming June St. Pete Pride month. Seriously, what gives, Dick? I know you’ve made cryptic remarks about disagreeing with the pride “agenda,” but I can’t for the life of me figure out what that might be. You mean the agenda where those horrible gays come in and spend money locally, stimulate cultural and economic growth, and raise property values? Yeah, that would suck I guess.
When the hell is Mayor Baker going to admit he is a goddamn Disney? Come on dude, you aren’t fooling us.
Check him out pointing to a map, and compare it to Walt pointing to a map. I mean, come on, they are both pointing to maps. Maps of FLORIDA. Who the fuck points to maps of Florida? That’s right, DISNEYS.
Another gem from St. Pete for Peace. There is something so endearing about amateur design work. Untethered from the constraints of design principles, the would be designer’s impulses flourish in Microsoft Paint and a few minutes later they’ve created a masterpiece. Well, at least in their eyes.
…and apparently he is fucking PISSED, or at least that is what our friends at St. Pete for Peace thought.
On Sunday, January 7, 2007, approximately 70 people took to the street in front of Mayor Rick Baker’s church to protest the mayor’s decision to shut down “Coming Up” Tent City.
The handling of the entire Tent City debacle was a shame, and it certainly looks like Baker had a lot to do with it, which sucks some serious balls. But, I can’t help but think Jesus is chilling in some paradise right now thinking “stupid assholes, you don’t picket a guy at his place of worship, haven’t you been listening to anything my Dad has been saying?!”
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