Political Skinny: Dog who ran for mayor of Fairhope enters New Orleans mayor’s race By Press-Register staff November 09, 2009, 9:02AM Willie Bean, seen here in 2008, “announced” via his web site that he will be running for mayor of New Orleans.Willie Bean, the canine candidate who made an unsuccessful bid for mayor of Fairhope [...]
Turner initially made 24 T-shirts for Willie Bean’s campaign; she said they sold in a day. Willie Bean has received letters from international fans and was a topic on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” A Willie Bean Web site has been launched and scores of campaign souvenirs have been sold, many at Saturday’s game.
How else to explain the sensation surrounding Willie, whose improbable run for mayor of this Alabama coastal town has become a national phenomenon? The candidate took the publicity in stride, napping on the kitchen floor and later chasing a tennis ball in his backyard. Willie Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane is a 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever.
The buzz around Fairhope (and beyond) is the mayoral campaign of Willie Bean, the big yeller dog owned by Tress Turner at the Coffee Loft. As Vince Kilborn said in the Press-Register story by Virginia Bridges, “He doesn’t have any skeletons in his closet. He’s eaten them all.” I wonder if any of the other 7 candidates can claim as much?
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