Mayor's last act / Proclamation for honorary golf course

Cape Girardeau - In the last official act on the final day of his eight-year term, Mayor Albert M. Spradling III of Cape Girardeau issued an official proclamation for the World Famous Downtown Golf Course, ending a ceaseless and shameless campaign by editor R. Joe Sullivan.

Proclamation of the Mayor

of the City of Cape Girardeau

Whereas, Presidents and Governors have pardon powers and usually on their last day in office, use those powers to set free various criminals as pay backs to their political cronies; and

Whereas, the Mayor of Cape Girardeau unfortunately has no such power; and

Whereas, for eight long years, R. Joe Sullivan, the editor of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper, has longed for a world famous downtown golf course; and

Whereas, with the demolition of the old Mississippi River bridge in a few years, the city has an opportunity to provide a world class driving range atop the western pier (subject to DNR, EPA, PETA or other such organizations' environmental impact studies); and

Whereas, a world famous downtown golf course and mile-long drive across the river range would establish Cape Girardeau as a one and only such attraction reaping huge tourist revenues for the city treasury as well as a place for Rex and Jon Rust to play golf without injuring someone or embarrassing the rest of the "decent" golfers; and

Whereas, Joe did in fact embrace Hizzoner with such kind adjectives in his column on April 5, 2002.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Albert M. Spradling III, as Mayor of the City of Cape Girardeau and as my last official act, hereby proclaim

R. Joe Sullivan's World Famous Downtown Golf Course

as the official honorary golf course in the City of Cape Girardeau and ask all citizens to please replace their divots and fix their pitch marks as they traverse the town.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set

my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the City

of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this 5th day of

April A.D., 2002.

Signed: Albert M. Spradling III, Mayor

Link to Joe Sullivan's column about the departing Hizzoner