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06-02-07, 06:43 AM
Elvis Mayor Wants Nudity And Drugs.
An Elvis impersonator who wants to turn his town square into a nudist pool and grow marijuana has been elected councillor in a Spanish town.
Ariel Santamaria, 51, has promised to turn up to council meetings in the northern Spanish town of Reus with his blue suede shoes, Las Vegas white coat and full Elvis sideburns.
The former postman stood for a small independent party and last weekend stunned everyone by winning enough votes to give him a seat on the council in the town near Barcelona.
His bizarre manifesto, which includes painting the town hall pink and planting marijuana plants in the park, swept him to power.
His other suggestions include giving police officers global positioning systems so they can find people who are rolling a joint - not to arrest them but in case they need a light.
Mr Santamaria has already attended official functions wearing his full Elvis costumes, to the delight of the 100,000 people who live in the northern Spanish town.
During one videotaped address, he wore a yellow builder's hat while a dark-haired woman wearing a revealing top sat on his knee and another supporter dressed as a doctor in green surgical uniform sat next to him.
Locals are eagerly waiting to see what stunts he will pull at the next council meetings in the Catalan town.
Updated: 15:46, Friday June 01, 2007
Thanks Sky.:P
An Elvis impersonator who wants to turn his town square into a nudist pool and grow marijuana has been elected councillor in a Spanish town.
Ariel Santamaria, 51, has promised to turn up to council meetings in the northern Spanish town of Reus with his blue suede shoes, Las Vegas white coat and full Elvis sideburns.
The former postman stood for a small independent party and last weekend stunned everyone by winning enough votes to give him a seat on the council in the town near Barcelona.
His bizarre manifesto, which includes painting the town hall pink and planting marijuana plants in the park, swept him to power.
His other suggestions include giving police officers global positioning systems so they can find people who are rolling a joint - not to arrest them but in case they need a light.
Mr Santamaria has already attended official functions wearing his full Elvis costumes, to the delight of the 100,000 people who live in the northern Spanish town.
During one videotaped address, he wore a yellow builder's hat while a dark-haired woman wearing a revealing top sat on his knee and another supporter dressed as a doctor in green surgical uniform sat next to him.
Locals are eagerly waiting to see what stunts he will pull at the next council meetings in the Catalan town.
Updated: 15:46, Friday June 01, 2007
Thanks Sky.:P