Why I Am Not Voting For Barry Beard for Richmond City Council
Barry C. Beard is running for Richmond City Council. He is 67 years old, claims to be SVP of Moody Bank, and votes in very Republican primary. If you have money, don’t give it to Barry. I’m fixing to tell you why.
Here is a picture of Barry. This was the best picture he had of himself to put on his mailer asking me to vote for him. He looks like a turtle that just woke up from a nap, saying, “Hey, hey, is that some lettuce you got there?”
Thelma says that to her he looks like a guy at the David Copperfield show in Vegas asking, “How’s that little guy do that? Is he a wizard or something?”
In Texas, we passed a law in the last legislative session, thanks Glen Maxey!, that if you register to vote by mail because you’re 65 or older, the registration is good for a full year and you automatically get a mail ballot for every election that year. I did that.
I got a ballot to vote for the new Richmond City Councilman two weeks ago. It’s been marked and mailed back in, thanks to the new Texas law. Thank you Sweet Jesus, I did not vote for Barry.
Here’s why I am thanking Sweet Jesus.
Barry sent me some mail. It got here at 5:15 pm on Saturday, April 2nd. It’s a handy request for a ballot by mail for the Richmond City Council election. No, wait. Barry sent me two mailers, exactly alike. This does not make me feel like Barry likes me better than he likes everybody else. Instead, it makes me feel that Barry thinks money grow on trees. These mailers ain’t free.
Then there’s this. I got this on Saturday. It would have to be filled out and in the election administrator’s office by April 7th. That’s this Thursday. So if I mail it back tomorrow, I gotta just pray they get it by Thursday. Nothing like a guy who cuts deadlines that close running your city. Plus, if he had mailed them earlier, he could have used a bulk rate and saved a ton of money.
Here’s what I’m wondering. If Barry doesn’t respect his campaign account enough to not send me two mail ballot requests at the last minute when public records reveal that I already have mail ballots sent to my house, how can I expect him to respect my money when he’s on city council?
I can’t.
He’s either too damn dumb or too damn extravagant to handle my tax money.
I think I want to elect a good planner who squeezes every penny of tax money in hopes it will go twice as far for half the money. That right there is three strikes and Barry’s out.
Why does it say May 7th on the front of the envelope? Is he hoping to register people or fake them out so they register too late?
1He looks like he enjoys being a codger or an old coot too damn much to be an effective councilman.
“No, we don’t need road repairs now. There’s still asphalt on most of the roads,” or “Street lights? What’s wrong with moonlight?”
2Okay, I’m a little slow, but I eventually figured it out.
3Inasmuch as guys like this never turn a hand a the boiler room level of campaign work (at least), I am betting that he has a lazy, hazy campaign staff. I am also betting that he has no idea that the buck stops with him and that he should know that and be on top of his damn situation. That alone would make it impossible for me to vote for him if I was a constituent. Let me simplify that: he hasn’t a clue.
4“May 7th”?? Sure looks like voter fraud to me. Must be a Rethuglican.
5I vote for “too dumb”. Barry, stay home and watch Fox News.
6It’s the secretary! There’s two reasons for secretaries. One is, they do all the work for a fraction of the cost. The other one is you can blame them if something goes wrong.
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