Preacher Who Proposes At Chain Restaurant Somehow Manages To Get Married Three Times

A Philadelphia preacher is accused of marrying three women at the same time; two of his wives have filed criminal charges against him. Meanwhile, I can’t even get a date.

The preacher, Ricardo Sampson, would spend time with his different wives at the different churches he preached at. None of them supposedly knew about the others, incredibly. (In religious polygamy, don’t the wives usually know each other? Does Warren Jeffs read this blog and can he shed some light on the situation?)

It’s easy to see how Sampson was able to marry his three wives. He’s just too smooth with his proposals:

According to marriage licenses the three women showed NBC 10, Ricardo Sampson married Robin Sampson Dec. 5, 1992; Donna Sampson, July 18, 1997; and Jackie Sampson May 20, 2006.

“Oh, he proposed to me at Friday’s on Valentine’s Day,” Robin Sampson said.

If she turned down his Friday’s proposal, Sampson was slated to attempt to woo Robin at the Olive Garden.

3 Women Learn They Married Same Man [NBC 10]

City Council To Improve Citizens’ Lives Again

Pop quiz: What laws, exactly, has City Council passed in the past, say, two years? If you’re like me, you can think of four:

• The smoking ban, banning smoking in all bars, except the ones that applied for a waiver, yet banning smoking at all outdoor cafes.
• The trans fat ban, giving the city’s restaurants a year or so to stop cooking with trans fats.
• The ban on blunt-style cigars and any other object that could be conceivably construed as marijuana paraphernalia. (This one was thrown out by the courts earlier this month.)
• And, finally, a law helping old ladies cross the street

Can you think of anything else? Not me. (Council overrode the mayor’s veto last week, but it was about pensions.)

Well, there’s a hot new law coming out of City Council, and you’re gonna love this one.

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