Shreveport Mayoral Candidate

[MiTTMedic]

Normally, this post should go into the Hall of Shame tab, but due to the timeliness of the issue, and is news, I put it here. Mods, feel free to move it if needed.

I submit the case of one Melvin Gerard Slack Jr, a mayoral candidate in Shreveport, LA.

First, there's this: http://www.ksla.com/story/24386821/local-evangelist-announces-campaign-for-shreveport-mayor

Then, there's this: http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/mayoral-candidate-defends-military-credentials/d/story/G23s5040N0GXRfGz7uQnQA

And, of course, Guardians of Valor posted their input today: http://guardianofvalor.com/melvin-gerard-slack-jr-running-mayor-shreveport-veterans-scratching-heads/

I'll let y'all form your opinions... :munchin

[CSB]

Hey, God spoke to him and told him to wear that uniform.
Ya got a problem with that?

More on the real world side ...

If he enlisted in the Navy, and was then bounced out of Navy boot camp on March 27, 1989 with a Trainee Separation Discharge (uncharacterized), isn't there at least a waiting period, if not a waiver required, to ever attempt to enlist again in any branch of the armed forces, as he did on May 23, 1989?

That's less than two months from an involuntary separation to a new enlistment.

Followed, of course, by hospitalization on May 21, 1990 and a subsequent medical retirement on May 8, 1991. (One year in the hospital for what he describes as a hand injury/surgery?).

[Team Sergeant]

Professionalsoldiers.com does not post frauds that might be "mentally challenged". That said he took a page from Special Forces fraud Philadelphia City Councilman David Oh's playbook.

David Oh lied to everyone about him being a Green Beret during Operation Desert Storm too and he too never left the United States. If the lies worked for the scumbag David Oh why not use them?

Philadelphia City Councilman David Oh you're still a liar and a bottom feeding scumbag.

[ghp95134]

He has the perfect name! "SGT Slack" :D

--ghp

[ddoering]

I'm surprised God didn't award him the tab as well.