Willie Bean Roscoe P Coltrane is ayellow labrador retriever who has been the focus of several political satires during 2008, and is also the first dog who ran for mayor ofFairhope, Alabama.[1][2][3] Tress Turner is the owner and director of the Willie Bean for Mayor[4] and Willie Bean for President campaigns.
Received the ceremonial first catch before theMobile BayBears Braves game.[5]
Icon for Baldwin Animal Rescue Center (BARC), aHumane society group, and Fairhope Dog Park Coalition, in an attempt to increase donations for a Fairhope Dog Park.[6] As of November 16, 2008, Willie Bean has helped raise almost 2,000 dollars towards the cause.
Willie Bean was mentioned in an act on theLate Show with David Letterman in a satire attempt to elect Muffins the Turtle.[7]
Willie Bean was also selected as one of the Creatures Small and Great of 2008 by AOL News.[8]
Similar events in 2004 inRabbit Hash,Kentucky, elected Junior Cochran, a black Lab, as mayor. It was the second canine elected to lead the small Northern Kentucky town, according to the town's Web site.
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