A few days ago, I posted the picture below with a promise to write about why Matthew McConaughey should be the mayor of Austin.
photo by Rick Kern for Getty Images
And I’m not talking about in the future. McConaughey should be mayor now. I’m encouraging everyone in Austin to write in Mr. McConaughey come election time on November 4th (or Steven Adler, if you’re not writing in). If anyone would like to join my McConaughey for Mayor campaign, let me know. You get to wear this t-shirt:
via Just Keep Livin
He’s the best guy for the job, and here are twelve reasons why.
And as my online friend Dannette pointed out, he will definitely keep Austin weird.
1.) He’s a native Texan, he went to the University of Texas at Austin and he lives in Austin.
But most important– he winks.
2.) He’s his own hero.
It’s important that your mayor believes in himself. It’s absolutely vital that your mayor will one day build a statue of himself dancing with a Lone Star can in front of the State Capitol (more…)