You don’t have to be intelligent, open-minded, progressive or even tactful to be a mayor. You just have to put up enough signs on people’s lawns and stand at enough intersections stupidly waving so the 3 people who actually vote choose you. Janice Daniels is the mayor of Troy, Michigan. Before her election, Jan was unhappy when New York finally okayed same-sex marriage. She was so unhappy that she took to her Facebook wall (normally reserved for forwarding links about scrapbooking and proclaiming the pussy soaks over Patrick Wilson and Gerard Butler) and wrote the following:
“I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there.”
Uh huh. After Janice was made mayor, her shithead status post was brought up and she had this to say:
“I was not even considering running for mayor when I posted that. I probably shouldn’t have used that kind of language, but… I was thinking for myself. My personal belief is that marriage is between one man and one woman… They are my personal comments and I posted them. I am not going to change my opinion… But… As mayor, I represent all members of the community, and I am honored to have been elected… I love all people and will continue to work towards promoting a vibrant City of Troy.
“The groups that despise me are digging deep to try to find something to worry about. They probably should start worrying about how they can best work with a new Mayor who believes that we live in a free country and we all have first amendment rights to speak our minds on any and all issues that are before us. BTW, I am still carrying my I Love New York bag.”
Well, that’s good news about the tote. Apologies – you’re doing it wrong, Jan. Last night, Mayor Daniels faced city council, local high school students, and Troy citizens who gathered to inform her ass that she’s a fucking bigoted idiot. Here’s my favorite from Councilman Dane Slater:
“I’m gonna be the first to let you know that you are not the victim here. You sent me a memo apologizing but it gave me the sense that you think you’re the victim here, and you are not the victim. The city is the victim.”
Well said. It was voted that the meeting will be continued, with Daniels’ status as mayor up in the air. Hopefully she will be packing her office belongings into her kitschy I Love New York tote and waddling out of there very soon.
p.s. This is painting in wide strokes but have you noticed that when a women has a problem with the gays, her hair is always jacked up? Seriously. You know why? Cuz’ she’s not letting the really skilled hair burners (WHO ARE GAY) near her head. She’s sacrificing her appearance for her bigotry. SO fucked up.
– J. Harvey (via Towleroad)
Janice won Keith Olbermann’s Worst Person In The World segment (2:28). Check out the vid after the JUMP:
What a dumb cunt.
‘I love all people and will continue to work towards promoting a vibrant City of Troy.’
Dread to think what vibrant means in this context.
How can she hate us? She looks like a tranny herself!
Perhaps she does her on hair…that would give her freedom of speech. BTW…gay do other things besides burn hair.
I wasn’t aware. Thank you for being such a wonderful resource for information about job opportunities in the gay community.
YES! We need to use “cunt” more often around here!
GAYS CAN DO HAIR!!?!?!?!? That’s it I’m shaving my head bald and throwing my I Love Pixie cuts tote away.
LOL. Her defense is so great.
She”probably” shouldn’t have used that language but she was thinking for herself? If that’s what she thinks about a portion of her constituants, then she clearly needs to go. And if that’s her thinking “for her own chubby self”, then she also clearly needs to go.
FYI- she’s a Century 21 Realtor. Wonder how Century 21 and the Board of Realtors feels about all this? I googled her and found her company and then wrote and asked her manager/broker. Haven’t heard back from him yet. Stay tuned.
Sorry for the typo…
stupid fat cunt
Yeah! Hometown! yeah!
So long Ms. Daniels..we hardly knew ya.
The last time I checked, she’s right, she has the right to post whatever she thinks on her own fb page. You’re attack just takes you down her level. All you’ve managed to do here, is highlight poor judgement, by using poor judgement. That’s too bad.
Bob, you’re right, she has the right to post whatever she wants on her PUBLIC Facebook site. Pointing out the homophobic comments on a public forum, of a public official, is not “going down to her level.” It would be no different than if she had said the words in an open forum. People need to remember, just because it has your name on the page, it is not private communication!
She can say what she said in a public forum too. You know, we don’t aquire rights by taking rights away from others. Real freedom of expression, means freedom for everyone.
True, but just because you have the right doesn’t make you exempt from the consequences of your actions/thoughts/words/etc.
I don’t mean to defend her to everyone, I don’t even remotely agree with her, however, how can we really expect tolerance when we’re not willing to provide it? My point is that the author of this story, is slandering this woman, for one reason, she made a disparaging comment on her fb page. It wasn’t becoming of her, and it wasn’t becoming to the author of this article. They’re equal when it comes to rude commentary. For me it’s disappointing. I’d like to see better from people who come from a community that know all to well, the sting that these types of comments bare.
Alright, give her a break. She’s a fat, ugly, hair-challenged bag that no man wants. It’s bad enough she has to go in competition with women to get a man, but now she has to go up against men who’d take her man. It’s tough being at the top and being lonely.
Yeah, she’s a bigot, and bigot = dumb, but I agree with her response to the call-out. I’d much rather deal with a politician that’s straightforward, than with one that toes the politically correct line in public and supports human rights violations in private.
Since when is saying “queer” bigoted? I know im in the minority but she can whatever she wants, just like you guys are free to refer to her as a cunt, bitch, etc…she can whatever she wants about us.