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Mayor Tom Leppert: "Perhaps One of Our Greatest United States Leaders." Who Knew?

By Sam Merten, Saturday, May. 16 2009 @ 4:29PM
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Only $19.99 plus shipping, and, as the ad says, "They will not last long."
Since becoming mayor less than two years ago, few have enjoyed the success of Tom Leppert. First a key victory in the Trinity River toll road campaign, then two more big wins last week after defeating two charter amendments, and now his very own commemorative ceramic tile.

Even though we're always on the lookout for a way to pay homage to Mayor Tom, imagine our surprise when we stumbled on this item posted to eBay by Edison Clay Company of Fort Myers, Florida.

We've sent an e-mail to the seller to find out how Leppert's fame made its way to Fort Myers. In the meantime, pick up as many as you can because there are only 1,000 available and I plan to buy enough to tile Schutze's bathroom.

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GuiltyBystander says:

What, Unfair Park, no reaction yet from the DMN front page story Saturday about how the city withheld key economic study info about the convention center hotel. C'mon, guys, it's a wide-open layup. Don't miss it.

Posted On: Saturday, May. 16 2009 @ 4:33PM
religion of bacon says:

I see that the same seller also has auctions for tiles featuring Bernie Madoff, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, L Ron Hubbard, Monica Lewinsky, Gerard Damiano, and other great men and women of history.

If only he had some Marion Barry tiles -- that would make a nice alternating pattern with the Leppert tiles...

Posted On: Saturday, May. 16 2009 @ 5:09PM
Mike Orren says:

Hey Sam:

In case he doesn't reply, here's what the tilemaker told me:

http://www.pegasusnews.com/blogs/pegasusnewsblog/2009/may/15/lepperttile/

Posted On: Saturday, May. 16 2009 @ 6:50PM
mark perez says:

great way to remember a guy once he is in jail for defrauding the public. Of course serves the idiots of Dallas right for electing Miller before this con artist.

Posted On: Saturday, May. 16 2009 @ 8:18PM
ChrisU says:

a commemorative bobblehead might have been sufficient.

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 11:41AM
Don Abbott says:

I'm actually much more jazzed about the inevitable "Look before you Leppert" t-shirt or the speakers mounted along the Trinity freeway that will play Zep's "When the Levee Breaks" 24/7.

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 12:00PM
dcg says:

Can't find a Laura Miller commemorative ashtray...

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 1:37PM
Rawlins in Blunderland says:

The Back Story:

This silk screen picture of now Mayor Tom Leppert was actually made when he was with the Stellar Student Modeling Agency while attending college. It was cropped before being made into tiles because, according to the once pre-Mayor’s unofficial spokesperson (now representing a Ft. Myers string of ‘family friendly strip clubs’ named Joy Stick) ‘just before the flash photo was consummated, a wind blew open the then-student Tom’s beach robe revealing ‘a spectrum of pectoral solidity’ not seeming ‘appropriate’ for ‘broader decorative usage in the decorating community’.

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 1:58PM
Rawlins in Blunderland says:

If the DO photo above is accurate, they matched the Mayor's skin tone exactly! Uncanny.

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 3:16PM
Larry says:

I never cease to be amazed by the appetite of the public for liars who sell out for a pittance.

Posted On: Sunday, May. 17 2009 @ 4:56PM
Daniel says:

He looks a little like the young Dustin Hoffman.

Posted On: Monday, May. 18 2009 @ 11:16AM
GeorgeT says:

I guess they "won't last long" because they are cheap quality since apparently the guy is making them upon order.

Posted On: Monday, May. 18 2009 @ 3:47PM
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