- Larry West
member on the Megadeth online forums.
Criticism of his campaign
West has also undergone criticism for running for office as well. This criticism reached a head, as Philebrity.com reported during their article on a screening of The Shame of a City:
Meanwhile, to make it interesting, we also invited Larry West, the punk rock independent kid who is, as of this writing, too young to legally run but has proved a very thought-provoking fly in the ointment during this election anyway. Now, a lot of people have given us shit for including Larry in our coverage of “serious” candidates and certainly on our panel in this forum last night. But here is our thinking: To us, the mere existence of Larry West’s candidacy gets to the heart of why we got involved with the New Rules project in the first place. Just having him in the room begs questions about how do we get young people involved in city politics, and just as importantly, how do we stop the brain drain of the young and educated from the city in the first place. Plus, we love the mohawk. [ [http://www.philebrity.com/2007/04/12/on-the-scene-report-the-shame-of-a-city-screening-forum-41107/ On-The-Scene Report: The Shame Of A City Screening & Forum, 4/11/07] ]
Other criticisms include opinions that West is not serious about his run for office nor is he a competent candidate. Often fueled by his young age of 22, his mohawk, and the videos he has posted of himself playing the guitar and, most noticeably, his video of him making
Kraft Dinner to Annihilator's song "Kraf Dinner", Larry refuted these claims under the auspices that a candidate should not have to fit into a box to be accepted as serious. Larry also struggles with spelling and grammatical errors which often plague his campaign literature and press releases.Election Results
In the 2007 election for mayor of Philadelphia, West lost to
Michael Nutter andAl Taubenberger . He received only 100 votes and came in 4th, which he considered a success.References
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External links
* [http://www.morisecomics.com Larry West Productions - Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/larrywestproductions Larry West's Official MySpace Page]
* [http://www.larrywestformayor.com/ Larry West for Mayor Website]
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