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LOL, can’t wait for the cartoon about Smith coming on various online outlets praising himself and his buddy Bothwell with the Mckibbon deal, yet refusing to answer any follow up questions lulz. But who am I fooling? You don’t have the guts.
Gordon doesn’t have that ridiculous perm, or that maniacal grin. Chad is comedy gold.
Chad! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
LOL, but the arrogance of Smith’s coming online and posting self masturbatory congrats to himself isn’t lulz? The guy is literally an example of what’s wrong with council simply because he is unsupervised by the media and is not exposed for the fraud he really is. Only a real clown like him will pose in Greenlife and talk about food desserts and not comprehend how stupid he is LOL. Or post online and then disappear when people ask legitimate questions LOL. Truly a piece of work.
Lulz – I got an XPress notification that you had tried to respond, but: A) You must be on moderation (you scamp), and B) Your keyboard Tourette’s Syndrome (“lulz” “LOL” “LOL” “lulz” “LOL” “lulz” “lulz”) must have spat out an obscenity or something. Don’t feel bad – we know you can’t help it.
LOL and lulz.
What’s worse, Nesbitt running or the clown show known as Smith and Bothwell already there LOL? I guess it’s balanced in some way but it ain’t good lulz.
There you go, Lulz. Those who know do not answer; those who answer do not know. The yin and yang are balanced as the cartoon foretold.
Bothwell is a much worse zoner than Smith and is driving up rents far more. though I would never have known it until they got voting records. They are NOT birds of a feather.
I don’t think Chad realizes he has a very, very, very small following and stands zero chance of being elected – especially in Buncombe County. A lot of his antics in years past seemed to have been orchestrated by Don Yelton who finally, I think, got the message and stopped running for office.
Chad is far more theocratic than Don, or Miranda, his primary opponent who I gave 2 grand to because I saw her antizoning voting record which would be reducing homelessness if her votes had won.
I don’t know which is my favorite Chad moment – it might be publicly praying to God that a sitting City Councilman contract syphilis… or getting elected chairman of the BCGOP, by pledging to hold a telethon that would raise $250,000, but then coming up with $0.
https://mountainx.com/news/community-news/040710askville/
I hope Miranda Debruhl can save my 2 grand for her fight against Brownie and that beating a theocrat like Chad doesn’t cost her too much. Ironically, I helped Brownie once, before I realized he would prioritize zoning over contraception funding.