Is Andy Betterton a Yamn Dankee?

 

Andy Betterton has never, to our knowledge, claimed to be a Shoals native, but he has reportedly lived in this area for around five decades. That's a long time not to know place names in an area, especially a location that one serves politically.

Yet, when discussing the boondoggle that is the Ag Center, he has reportedly said:

”When it’s built [successfully], I think [it’ll] bring people into our community obviously. As I look at the components of this, widening the Highway 72 to the Shoals Creek Bridge is a wonderful opportunity to move our city forward,” 

Shoals Creek? Really, Andy?! We know our less than illustrious mayor attended UNA, but he must have never had the privilege of a class with the late Maureen Maness. Mrs. Maness often commented: Only damn yankees call it Shoals Creek.

In case anyone doesn't know (as in Smokin' Jalapeno), it's Shoal Creek. So why would Andy make such a mistake? He obviously doesn't care - rather like the promises he made during his campaign. Of course, remarks have been made about his physical health (Napping Nancy), so perhaps his decline is also mental?

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On a similar note, some fly-by reader criticized us as racist because we used the term swarthy. We immediately identified him as male. Why?

Anyone who has ever read a few romance novels knows about all those swarthy men out there, most of them apparently pirates just waiting to be tamed...or taught vocabulary and geography.