He's a beloved mayor, who's held the top office in Talkeetna, Alaska, for 16 years. So imagine the townfolks' shock when he was attacked.
Brutally mauled.
By a dog.
Oh, did we mention, this mayor's a cat?
Mayor Stubbs, a yellow tabby with more responsibility than your average cat, survived -- but is in bad shape.
A punctured lung. A fractured sternum. A 5-inch gash on his side.
Doctors took out a chest tube Tuesday, and he was breathing on his own for the first time since the weekend attack.
"It's a shame," said Ashley Kearns, who works at a pizza shop in the small town about 110 miles north of Anchorage. "He's the mayor, it's not a joke. I know it's ridiculous, but the town is run really well."
Well that is just horrible and I hope Mayor Stubbs makes a full recovery. (I might suggest that his first order of business when he returns to office is to make it illegal to be a dog in Talkeetna.)
I would also like to point out how unfair it is that such an easygoing, and universally beloved mayor has been attacked in such a brutal fashion.
I mean Sarah Palin was the mayor of Wasilla for six years and nobody tried to maul her!
The same goes for Anchorage's current mayor Dan Sullivan. He is despised by at least half of the citizens yet his sternum remains fracture free!
Now don't get me wrong I am not suggesting that anybody SHOULD do such a thing, I am simply pointing out how it always seems to be the innocent who suffer up here in Alaska while the guilty remain living high on the hog. (No offense to hogs.)
