Lajitas' Beer Drinking Mayor
By Mark Tumarkin

Now, you may think that a beer drinking mayor isn't unusual enough to command much (if any) attention in this whacky political world. Think again, this one's a goat. That's right, a goat. I was tipped off by the following post from Tom Schlafly, St Louis brewer and organizer of the Beer Drinkers Party··..

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The following was taken from the Homebrew Digest.
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From: Tom Schlafly tschlafly@Blackwellsanders.com 
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Beer Drinking Mayor

Regular readers of The Forum are familiar with my advocacy 
on behalf of The Beer Drinkers Party.  

As I learned from The New York Times of August 5, 2002,
some folks in Texas are way ahead of me. At this point, I must 
issue Dave Barry's favorite disclaimer:  I am not making this up. 

The town of Lajitas, Texas elected as mayor a goat named 
Clay Henry III, whose principal qualification for office is a 
fondness for beer.  A political dissident, however, apparently 
took offense to "wasting" beer on a goat and committed an 
act of political terrorism, the description of which might offend 
squeamish readers of  The Forum.  According to Sheriff Dodson, 
an assassin named Hargrove castrated the mayor. Surely no 
one has ever paid more dearly for his fondness for beer than 
Clay Henry, III, the mayor of Lajitas, Texas.  

Tom Schlafly 
The Saint Louis Brewery 
St. Louis, MO

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After reading this, a little web-surfing turned up the following link to the original article in the NY Times-

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/national/05GOAT.html

And if that isn't more than enough information, check out the following as well -

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/TXLAJgoat.html

Just goes to show, Dubbya ain't the be-all or end-all of Texas politicians; they do have some class acts in the Lone Star State.

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