Who ever said bloggers aren’t reporters? While driving along 72nd Street today, a bus bench caught my eye. Luckily for me (and our loyal readers), I had my camera with me. This intriguing bus bench is for Omaha City Councilman Jim Vokal and it is located at the corner of 72nd and Jones St.
I don’t mean to pat myself on the back, but I’ve done more groundbreaking investigative journalism in ten minutes than the UNO Gateway has done all year.
Actually, the bus bench above is not the only peculiar Jim Vokal bus bench in the city…
Courtesy of the Omaha World-Herald
So, how about we have some fun at the expense of a Republican?
Introducing the “JIM VOKAL SLOGAN CONTEST”
Do you have a funny, offensive, or clever saying that you think would look good in place of “narcotics anonymous” on a Jim Vokal bus bench? If so, post a comment with that saying. The person that posts the best slogan will win some free anti-Bush buttons.
Here are some samples:
Jim Vokal for City Council… I’m not as bad as you think
Jim Vokal for City Council… I didn’t inhale
Jim Vokal for City Council… You know what they say about tall people
living in D3, i think i have concluded that he has bought the advertising space on every bench in the district, they are all over my neighborhood! luckily i got my anne boyle sign yesterday!
Here’s my slogan: “Jim Vokal: Not Just for Sissys Anymore”
Jim Vokal for City Council…The Opium of the People.
Jim Vokal for City Council… I can’t even see the front of the closet.
oooh. and
Jim Vokal for City Council… At Least I’m Not Franklin Thompson
For all the insiders here (especially Jeff):
“Jim Vokal…dangerously cheezy”
Jim Vokal…..the other white meat
Jim Vokal…Trix are for kids!
Till wins. Give up guys.
I have to post this, i just thought of it today.
Jim Vokal…If you were running for City Council he’d vote for you.
Jim Vokal…. if your black and you vote for me, I won’t hate.
(this is a pun off of the comments he had made about Ernie Chambers and black people)
***this message is not intended to insult or offend anyone of color.
Jim Vokal… Beef. It’s what’s for dinner.
oh god amanda i was waiting for someone to make a remark so I could post mine. Since I am African American I thought it was funny and so did my mom. So here it goes
JIM Vokal… I’m not racist I have lots of black help I mean friends.
Jim Vokal….I eat puppies.
Simple, yet effective.
I wrote under the name of Vestrum Escrucibo (through Omaha Pulp and Omaha Reader) up until giving up my satirical Politics as Usual column 1.5 years ago. Having sent Vokal an email asking about rumors of drugs and his…er…less than conservative lifestyle, Omaha detective Steve Henthorn showed up at my house asking for a set of fingerprints from me. Seems that Vokal had been experiencing harrassment…ie., vegetables being left on his lawn, a postcard sent to his house with an orifice pictured, and alternative lifestyle mags being delivered to city hall. I directed the officer to start his investigation down at the Joy Club. Since then I’ve tried repeatedly for a copy of the police report yet none exist. I’m convinced I was the victim of a shakedown.
Do you know the story about the Police officer sent to ticket the guy who wrote “abstain” on the pavement in side walk chalk after Vokal abstained from voting on the Field Club issue?
For all intents and purposes that was a shakedown as well.
But in that case there was a police report, the guy won a law suit against the city, and Vokal’s been tagged for it since. Still, it’s not a story that got out too far, partially because, creepy as Vokal looks, he doesn’t have the look of a guy who would send cops to your door at the drop of a hat.
He’s dangerous, guys. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get out there and VOTE for Anne Boyle on the 10th. These web postings are funny, etc. but to get him out of there, we have to VOTE him out! VOTE VOTE VOTE for Anne Boyle if you live in District 3!
If you’re going to criticize the Gateway, why don’t you write for them?
Actually, Sarah I did.
Well, first of all: I forgot how hilarious this post was, so thanks for bumping it back up!
Second, I’m not sure where the criticism of the Gateway in this particular thread is, though we have criticized the Gateway in the past.
Third, both Chief and John have written for the Gateway.
Okay - I’m slow today, sorry, yes there is a jab at the Gateway in the post, and Chief beat me to the whole “well, actually I did write for the Gateway” thing. But this is still a hilarious post. I think we need something similar for Lee Terry in the near future.