The mayoress of Arlington, OR, Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, lost her job for posing in her underwear on one of the firetrucks.
We brought you this story a while back and I was surprised to see how many hits it got. While no one left any comments, I have to say that I am dismayed by this turn of events. I am actually looking into moving to Oregon and one of the main reasons I am considering such a long-distance move is because I want to get the hell away from small-minded Decatur County, TN and these hypocritical Puritans. This particular ordeal makes me question whether or not Oregon is any better than here!
The problem with such Puritanical, now referred to most often as "Conservative," beliefs is that they are impossible to achieve, let alone uphold! While I agree that the mayor's actions were a bit on the wild side, no one got hurt, and if the people in Arlington, OR were busier minding their own business, none of this would have been an issue to begin with!
Dear Arlington, OR residents: if you have nothing better to do than MySpace-out all day long, then you don't need a competent mayor, you need a better cable infrastructure.
The mayor said the pictures, taken before she was elected, were actually for use in a fitness promotional, but a relative posted them in hopes of revving-up her single social life. Residents of Arlington, OR were horrified and insisted that they depicted a wanton, lustful mayor which gave their town a bad name. Not to mention that Carmen Kontur-Gronquist's political opponents disagreed with her views on water and golf courses.
Funny how these small-town Conservative values and outright corruption always seem to go hand-in-hand, isn't it?
Later this month, Arlington, OR residents will vote on a motion that requires all sexual relations be performed only in the missionary position and any participant caught enjoying him or herself be put to death.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
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