Sheriff Candidate Names Statue As Running Mate

Just got a press release over the e-transom from the office of Michael Untermeyer, who plans to announce his run for sheriff on Friday at Headhouse Square.

Untermeyer’s press release is headlined “A Pledge of Professionalism, Accountability & Integrity” and the first sentence begins “With professionalism, accountability and integrity as the keystone of his vision for the city of Philadelphia.” But the real lead is buried in the second paragraph, where he says he’s going to have the Rocky statue at his campaign announcement.

He says the city’s favorite fictional underdog (in statue form, at least) represents the “indomitable spirit” of the Untermeyer campaign, although he leaves out the part where Rocky was quite domitable at the end of the first movie.

Still, the statue will probably draw a crowd. (Not as much as as a Donald Duck statue would, but a crowd nonetheless.)

His professionalism, accountability, integrity and indomitability (or possibly domitability) aren’t the only things his press release teaches us about Untermeyer. We also learn that, like me, he’s a fan of exclamation points:

“This is an enormous resource of police manpower that must be pressed into service at this crisis point!”

“The public demands public service that actually serves the public!”

“The citizens demand it and they deserve it!”

Full release after the jump.

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