19 year old elected mayor of a town of 40,000 people!


	19 year old elected mayor of a town of 40,000 people!

reimers

5-15-2008 12:54 AM

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reimers says:

Maybe they are smoking marijuana in Muskogee.

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5-15-2008 1:44 AM

alanocu

I've been to Muskogee before - it's a decent size town.

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