No mayor's race for Bowser

From the That-Didn't-Last-Long category: So much for a Joe Bowser run for the mayor's seat.

WRAL reports today in a two-graf story online that Bowser "has withdrawn his name from consideration" for the mayor's seat, meaning he won't be challenging Bill Bell this fall.

All of which seems to mean that Bell will be contending against a candidate (Steven Williams) with little name recognition and less political background, rather than a sitting County Commissioner.

Or, in the video game sense -- Super Mario Bell gets a Koopa Troopa instead of a Bowser at the end of the level. (Sorry, I've been wanting to use that one for way too long.)

Thanks to the BCR reader who pointed this out in the comments.

Comments

[Toastie]

Not to be confused with Bowzer of Sha Na Na and the Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour.

[Valerie]

My 8 year old just said, Oh, Bowser, cool! You have a new demographic. :)