Michael Untermeyer Fever Is Spreading

Well! It looks like Philadelphia Will Do’s little candidate that could, Michael Untermeyer, is making some noise in the race for Philadelphia sheriff.

Untermeyer, as you may remember, promised the “Rocky statue” at a campaign rally — this was back when Rocky was in the news, in case you’re wondering — but then showed up with a black dude when the Italian dude couldn’t make it. In case you’re wondering, this is the kind of candidate Philadelphia Will Do wants, nay, needs.

Well, he’s apparently doing well in the polls against sheriff incumbent John Green. Actually, I’ve never seen any polls, so who knows. Maybe he’s only going to get 25 percent of the vote. But Green is ducking a debate with Untermeyer and our the man with the fake Rocky statue was recently endorsed by the Inquirer, too.

But no endorsement Untermeyer has received is stronger than the one from Anne Dicker, everyone’s favorite bisexual slot machine hater, on her new Ballot for Change blog.

Michael Untermeyer got the Inquirer’s endorsement for Sheriff today. Michael’s office is down the street from my apartment, just off of Headhouse Square, so I see him quite often on the street and say hi and talk to him about why he’s running. Sometimes you come to an office, because you’ve always dreamed of it Wouldn’t it be great to be like the Sheriffs in the Wild Wild West or perhaps even mock the sheriff like in the Dukes of Hazard.

Dicker: “Hey, Mike, how you doing?”
Untermeyer: “Oh, Hi, Anne.”
Dicker: “So why are you running again?”
Untermeyer: “Anne, I’ve told you fifty times! Do I really need to tell you why I’m running again?”

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