Posted June 6, 201510 yr Ok, now this is getting surreal... Akron Mayor Garry Moneypenny admits to inappropriate behavior http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/akron/2015/06/05/akron-mayor-garry-moneypenny-will-not-run-for-election/28531537/ @PhilTrexler: BREAKING: Ex Mayor Don Plusquellic mulling run for job amid today's debacle in Akron. Has yet to pull petitions. Filing deadline Wednesday. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 6, 201510 yr @PhilTrexler: BREAKING: Ex Mayor Don Plusquellic mulling run for job amid today's debacle in Akron. Has yet to pull petitions. Filing deadline Wednesday. You're. Kidding.
June 6, 201510 yr I'm just surprised the man's name is "Garry Moneypenny." Wowzers. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 8, 201510 yr What a circus... @fox8news #BREAKING Akron Mayor Garry Moneypenny announces resignation http://t.co/r2pZppsAR9 http://t.co/f3socj2AUH "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 8, 201510 yr ^what did he actually do? And why did the previous mayor resign so abruptly after being in power for so long---making him unable to complete his current term?
June 9, 201510 yr ^#1 may be true, but there's gotta be far more to #2 than what you wrote (and what he is saying publicly).
June 9, 201510 yr ^#1 may be true, but there's gotta be far more to #2 than what you wrote (and what he is saying publicly). Agreed. It's intriguing. Maybe Scene will get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, it will just be another ridiculous event with Akron politics that the general public never hears about.
June 9, 201510 yr John Harper @JC_HARP 8m8 minutes ago County Councilman Frank Comunale: "tomorrow I will submit my petitions to be the 62nd mayor of Akron." "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 10, 201510 yr I'm just surprised the man's name is "Garry Moneypenny." Wowzers. I do love his name!
June 16, 201510 yr Akron is looking less and less like a midsize American city and more like an ungovernable 'banana republic'. This is complete madness, and its starting to get national attention.
June 16, 201510 yr I'm just surprised the man's name is "Garry Moneypenny." Wowzers. Tell me about it... That name alone makes me suspicious of him.
August 13, 20159 yr This thread needs to be renamed with a more generic title.... Dan Horrigan will be the next mayor of Akron, according to Dan Horrigan. http://t.co/3brWyzlRqw "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 27, 20159 yr Don Plusquellic was caught peeing on a tree at the University of Akron on Wednesday night, police report. http://t.co/iknzGGmAgh "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 27, 20159 yr Don Plusquellic was caught peeing on a tree at the University of Akron on Wednesday night, police report. http://t.co/iknzGGmAgh They should have tased him.
August 27, 20159 yr Don Plusquellic was caught peeing on a tree at the University of Akron on Wednesday night, police report. http://t.co/iknzGGmAgh They should have tased him. Which would have converted the situation from a drunk old man against a tree with his fly down to an unconscious old man lying on the ground without the tree blocking the view of anything, still with his fly down.
