The Salt Lake Tribune
Monday, August 25, 2008
Spooky Bramble campfire tales
The Brambo vs. the Pizza Girl story has barely run its course, when along comes another blogger reporting boorish behavior on the part of Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble. This time it's before a bigger audience at the Sandy balloon festival, where Bramble was flying his balloon. (Spare me the hot air jokes.)

"A random John" recounts his close encounter with Bramblemania:
His son was helping take down the balloon and Senator Bramble starts screaming at him in a way that I thought was very inappropriate given the facts that he’s surrounded by people and he’s just told us how great of a leader he is. . . .

Now Senator Bramble has someone produce his dog for him. . . . He then commands the dog to “get ‘em” and takes the leash off. The dog races across the park and begins chasing his dutiful son.


What’s wrong with this, aside from the screaming? Well, I’m sure that the dog is a gentle giant, but the park is clearly labeled as only allowing dogs on leash. Here’s the highest ranking lawmaker in the state blatantly ignoring the law because it suits him in front of the mayor and several police officers.

5 Comments:

At August 25, 2008 3:22 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watch Sen. Bramble a year ago at the same festival. It was very windy and only a couple of balloons went up untethered - most were tethered and only went up 30 or 40 feet. Bramble showed up about 2 hours late, arrogantly ordered everyone around that was with him to get his balloon up and did so without much regard to the wind. He untethered it too early, the basket dragged across the grass scattering people, dragged through a small tree, then just missed a portable outhouse, before taking off to the northeast at breakneck speed. I have no idea how he could ever have controlled a descent in that wind. But of course he had to show everyone that he could do it, even if it meant endangering the safety of the crown and others including himself.

 
At August 25, 2008 9:42 PM , Blogger Georgia said...

I liked the original posting, outpointing the lady and her frustrations. But don't you think you and Rolly are now kicking a dead horse?

I, like you, loved her account about the pizza payment. It was quite good and showed some writing talent.

Then Rolly hops on to steal the stage, then you pop back.

Give it a rest guys. She and you have shed light on a scumbag. Now, let it go. Get on with something else, something more entertaining, like Dean Singleton and how he screws journalists and journalism.

To say nothing about newspapers.

 
At August 25, 2008 11:08 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

...must fight back...head will explode...demonize opponents...deny wrongdoing...call Cantrell -- make him do it...berate liberal media...get pizza money from Rogers and Jolley...aaarrgghh...I can't stand it. DON'T THEY KNOW WHO I AM?!?!!

 
At August 26, 2008 2:44 PM , Blogger Arizona6 said...

I have a suggestion. With Bramble in Utah County and Greg Curtis in Salt Lake County, we have them blow of all their hot air at appointed times each day and clear the smog from the air. Just blue sky's forever. And a big plus is during the winter with as much hot air as these two have, we could have warm balmy day forever.

 
At August 27, 2008 3:59 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

What ever happened to last year's Float Gate, by the way? Wasn't Bramble involved in that, too?

 

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