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| 9.10.13 02:43 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #24: JAMES "JIMMY" L. STROUD, JR. (THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE) Well, he filed on 8/12 and he lives in Willard-Hay. And THAT'S ALL I GOT. No, just kidding. But he didn't make it easy! Only five of the 35 candidates opted to not fill out a questionnaire for the Star Tribune voters' guide, and Stroud was one of them. (The others include the previously profiled Mr. Everett and Mr. Gould.) He DOES have a campaign page on Facebook and 84 Likes. (If he had had more Likes than me, I probably would have given up on the spot.) His photos include "with glasses" and "without glasses" and a what appear to be some "VOTE JIMMY" sign prototypes, none of which actually say "Vote Jimmy" but are described as such. They ALSO tantalized me with a website domain, but it returned the GoDaddy "parked" page. I guess he's still got four weeks to get it set up? The Facebook page has an extensive bio hidden behind the "About" link - a few decades back, Stroud was a "Stand-up Comedian/Impressionist/Actor and Playwright" and boasts an impressive list of stage-sharing appearances. He's originally from Washington, DC, but we won't hold that against him. I DID find a personal Facebook page, but it's been updated only once in the past year, but what an update! It's a four minute YouTube slide show video which will probably not affect you to vote for or against him in any way but it comes with a pretty funky groove (which YouTube tells me is "We the People" by Soul Searchers) as well as a lot of handshakes and the occasional outstanding outfit. It had only been viewed 13 times before I watched it. You should go watch it! Go ahead...http://youtu.be/SME6VHbiQP8. I'll still be here when you get back and you can help me figure out WHY wasn't this linked from his campaign's Facebook page. He also says he was in the class of 1976 in high school, which would probably make him 55. He's also on LinkedIn! Over THERE they have a Wordpress link which DOES work, but only has one entry with most of the same photos and a link back to the Facebook page. (I may now have done more work promoting Jimmy online than he has.) Also via LinkedIn, he currently lists two careers in addition to candidate: Career Transition Specialist at Hubert Humphrey Job Corps and Investigator at Legal Rights Center. He also has a few bylines at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder ("the voice of the Twin Cities African-American Community") which get crossposted at the Twin Cities Daily Planet. On the Facebook page of MSR, they list The Original 7ven (the latest incarnation of The Time) as one of their Likes. Common ground! He doesn't come out and say what "The People's Choice" means, so I'll leave the speculation to you. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I feel like I might be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: One of the favored candidates - but not by Naomi! |