ernie
raze
the_bacon_man
is
dying
.
he's
in
hospice
care
.
the
doctors
say
he's
got
a
month
left
.
maybe
three
if
he's
lucky
.
our
smug
fuck
of
a
mayor
gave
him
an
award
of
recognition
after
years
of
publicly
pissing
in
his
face
,
turning
an
adversary's
terminal
illness
into
a
photo
op.
because
that's
what
politicians
do
. ernie
was
never
really
one
of
those
,
though
he
campaigned
five
times
.
he
was
the
first
person
to
suggest
windsor
build
a
casino.
everyone
laughed
at
him
.
then
they
stole
his
idea
and
made
a
fortune
.
his
last
request
is
to
be
wheeled
into
city
hall
on
a
stretcher
so
he
can
make
one
final
pitch.
i
ran
into
him
once
at
the
printing
place
i
used
to
deal
with
.
he
looked
at
me
and
said
, "
i
know
you
."
he
had
me
confused
with
someone
else
.
i
kind
of
wish
he'd
been
mayor
for
at
least
one
term
.
some
of
his
ideas
were
insane,
but
his
heart
was
in
the
right
place
.
that's
more
than
you
can
say
for
just
about
every
elected
official
that's
ever
claimed
to
care
about
this
city
.
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