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April 26, 2007

Giant Mascot Holds Press Conference

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An interesting press release arrived today from one Tommy the Loan Shark, who is holding a press conference outside City Hall at 1 p.m. today. Which means: Crap, I missed it.

Well that sorta screws up this post, doesn't it? Oh well. Let's just continue. I'm not quite sure how Tommy types with his little fins, but he does, apparently, go by "Tommie" now and not "Tommy." Here's the release (I especially dig the exclamation point after "PRESS RELEASE"):

------ Forwarded Message

From: Tommie Shark
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:13:18 -0500
To: People
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Press Conference at CITY HALL TOMORROW!

PRESS RELEASE!

FROM: TOMMIE THE LOAN SHARK

TO: ALL REPORTERS AND CITIZENS

WHERE/WHEN: CITY HALL (West Side), THURSDAY APRIL 26, 2007, 1 PM

----------------------

Tomorrow at 1 PM, Tommie the Loan Shark and his side-kick Jim Nixon will hold a press conference on the West side of City Hall and reveal NEW information about Tom Knox's sordid past of 400% interest pay-day loans. Also on the agenda, Knox's pay-to-play contracts and inside deals.

Tom Knox: Ripping off Philadelphia's poorest citizens, using political influence to get no-work insider contracts, associating with extortionists.

www.tomtheloanshark.com

Ah, I dunno, that slogan's a little wordy. Don't you think? However, I do expect to see Grump issuing a statement about his arrest any day now.

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Posted by D-Mac on April 26, 2007 02:37 PM
Posted to 2007 Mayoral Election , Mascots , Tommy The Loan Shark

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Comments

If I had to hazard a guess, I would say that this blog is 90% made up of, like, mascot, Milton Street, and Barbaro posts.

I won't lie, either -- that's why I keep coming back again and again.

Posted by: TJ at April 26, 2007 03:53 PM

Don't forget Kerri-Lee Halkett. That might bring it up to 99.99%.

Posted by: dmac at April 26, 2007 06:40 PM