The Hutaree Are Taking Over!

A late dose of election news.

Back in August I noted the news that Michael Meeks, formerly of the infamous Hutaree militia, had become the Republican candidate for constable in Bridgewater Township, Michigan. I'm a little embarrassed that it didn't occur to me til last night to check back and see how he did in the general election.

He won:

Michael Meeks last week won the job of constable in Bridgewater Township, near Manchester. The former member of the Hutaree militia was unopposed and got 631 votes in the election.

Meeks says his duties in the unpaid job still are unclear, although he might get involved in enforcing zoning issues.

In other Election News It Took Me A While To Notice, voters in Storey County, Nevada, have elected a brothel owner county commissioner. He describes himself as a "Republican who loves American values."

Comments

[Way Of The Crane]

Meeks says his duties in the unpaid job still are unclear, although he might get involved in enforcing zoning issues.

From the Wikipedia link on the Hutaree militia:

The Hutaree claim "we see the end of the age coming quickly, and with it some very rough times ahead, as foretold by God's word." According to some sources the group is described as practicing survivalism.

So he's gone from "hey I think the world might be ending" to "hey you can't build that tree-house in your front yard without a permit"?

[Pro Libertate]

What's wrong with an orderly Apocalypse?

[RBS]

Maybe he's just a Walking Dead fan and setting himself up to be like The Governor when all the shit goes down.

[Chris Mallory]

In Kentucky, constables are the first line of defense against distempered mules and rabid dogs. Mostly they just help the sheriff's department serve papers.

[Way Of The Crane]

In Kentucky, constables are the first line of defense against distempered mules and rabid dogs.

What? People in Kentucky don't own guns?

[SugarFree]

We do, but we also granted rights to the damn mules and they are taking over.

[SIV]

robc
SugarFree
Chris Mallory

all from Kentucky?

This rhyming is all too coincidental.
I fear we have a puppet outbreak.

[SugarFree]

mad libertarian guyee is from Kentucky as well.

[SIV]

I can't find the thread earlier this week where you and robc posted the exact same comment word-for-word. That was spooky because it was a good-sized sentence and not a movie/TV quote.

[Scarcity]

Scarcity - also from Kentucky (though now a Chicago resident)

[mr simple]

Don't forget me.

-mr simply

[Chris Mallory]

Those are two of the few powers a constable has by statute. They earn $1 for each "mad dog" they shoot and $3 for each "distempered horse, ass, or mule" they "kill and bury".

[Way Of The Crane]

and $3 for each "distempered horse, ass, or mule" they "kill and bury".

They could make a fortune here in Fairfax County, VA; we seem to have a never ending supply of asses.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Nothing wrong with a nice ass.

[Scarecrow Repair]

Can we point them in the general direction of Congress and clean 'er out for just $3 * 535?

Cheap at half the price!

[NoTalentAssclown]

THIS is why I'm really excited for Patton Oswalt's role in the upcoming season of "Justified".

[R C Dean]

he might get involved in enforcing zoning issues.

I'm thinking his involvement is likely to be more along the lines of "Need a variance? No prob."

[Lyle]

When ever they start IED'ing the roads though... it'll be on.