Saturday September 04, 2004

Just Like They Do It In Florida

While I’ve got my mind on my old Kentucky home, I’ll mention that Rabbit Hash, Ky. — a quirky river town that went professional with its quirkiness a few years ago — is trying to elect a new mayor. The town-cum-tourist-trap has been without a head of state since the previous mayor — Goofy, a dog — died. So far, the race is between a mini-donkey and a pot-bellied pig. “Each vote costs $1. You can vote as many times as you’d like between Saturday and Nov. 2. Bribing is legal and there will be plenty of beer around the polls.” As one Rabbit Hashian tells the Cincinnati Enquirer, “It’s a true mercenary election.”