Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill
Took a whole lotta tryin’
Just to get up that hill
Now we’re up in the big leagues
Gettin’ our turn at bat
Looks like I’m “Moving On Up!” to the Big Leagues!
The last time someone (Potato Head) belly-ached about my First-Amendment-protected musings on here, it was only on the back page of the Dispatch.
This time, I made the front page!
So what was so newsworthy? Mary Poche felt the urge to make a statement about why she quit the EDC position just 30 days into her cushy new job which would have been worth six figures in salary and benefit.
Apparently she didn’t like the “hateful” remarks I made.
Remarks like “she quit her previous jobs after less than a year,” which I got DIRECTLY from THIS ARTICLE.
Thanks to her husband’s job in the cable television industry, Poche’ moved around a lot—from every major city in Texas to Wisconsin, Alabama and even Rhode Island.
In all their moving, Poche’ would always try to find some sort of marketing contract work. She worked for several chambers of commerce, economic development corporations and private industries.
Yeah she definitely sounds like a person who will be loyal, stick around through thick and thin, and has Lampasas’ future as her #1 priority!!
Or maybe it was that I said she was a bad pick because she has a long history of bouncing from job to job and had health issues – which I took from THIS ARTICLE and was literally a quote directly from Poche herself!!
“Mary Poche, economic development director for the City of Liberty Hill, recently resigned from her role.”
“Unfortunately, I am having some health issuesand will need time and space to take care of myself per my doctor’s recommendation,” Poche told The Independent.
BAM!
Think I’m kidding about moving around a lot? Here is a quote:
In 2003, Poche’ and her family decided to quit moving for a while and settle down. Her husband changed his career direction, going from a c-level executive to opening an automotive paint and body business in Georgetown. That shop has now been open for 17 years and is managed by Poche’s son.
One day, when their son was just about ready to take over the automotive shop, Poche’s husband received a new job offer he couldn’t refuse with an electric co-op out of Taos, New Mexico. After moving there, Poche’ worked for Taos Ski Valley, where she did economic development and worked for the chamber of commerce. Then, COVID hit. Poche’s hours were cut and she was bored. She got a call from the City of Jarrell and they asked if she was interested in doing economic development work for them.
“My husband and I said, ‘Why not?’” she said. “I got hired and we bought a house there. Our life has always been an adventure.”
An offer he couldn’t refuse? Now where have I heard that before? Oh yeah. Our new City manager said something similar about Poche herself last week having “another opportunity” and that’s why she quit. This is NOT a woman who would be invested in Lampasas for the long haul She was in it for a quick buck. If the LEDC had bothered to read those past articles, they would have realized it too. Then Mary herself proved me correct by quitting in 30 days. Now she’s trying to fob it off on my “hateful” remarks. LOL. Ok, lady.
Was my hateful remark that she looked like Jim Carrey’s secretary in “Liar Liar”? Because she totally does:
[Fun fact: that actress was 63 when she made Liar, Liar. She died four years later at age 67]
Was my hateful remark that she is old? She IS old. If she’s a day under 65 I’ll eat a bowl of my own shit. People between the ages or 60 and 80 are considered “elderly.” People between 40 and 60 are “middle-aged.” Those are facts. I’m in my mid-fifties now. I know I’m getting up there. If someone called me “middle-aged” they’d be correct. I wouldn’t cry about it like a pussy.
My point was that why in the HELL would the LEDC pick (1) an elderly lady who (2) has health issues and (3) a long history of flitting around from job to job and no loyalties to any of them?? Those are THREE strikes against any candidate, in my opinion. I was proven correct in less than a month.
Of course, she finally ADMITS later in the article that there WAS another opportunity. But rather than be truthful about why she bailed, she is trying to shift the blame to me and says she “didn’t want a target on her back” – in other words, she wanted to get paid six figures, spend more piles of money on the failed Business Pork, lollygag around town all day doing nothing and never get criticized when she failed to get a tenant.
Tough shit. If you’re taking a public job like this on the public tit, you better damn well be prepared to take heat from the taxpayers when you fail. It’s part of the job. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. But don’t shift blame for being a wimp about it, mmmkay?
You know who had a target on him for the last 7 years? Finley DeGraffenreid. You know what he did about it? Nothing. He probably just laughed to himself, counted his $150,000 per year, told his friends in private that I’m an asshole and then laughed all the way to the bank. Now he’s retired with a cushy pension.
Good riddance. If anything, the City owes me 10% of the money they just saved on this idiot’s salary for flushing her out as a flake. Hell, pay Erin an extra $1,000 a month and let HER do the job.
I feel as though she deserves one of my trademark limericks! If you get a limerick written about you, it means you made the big time.
- There was an old lady named Poche
- On her Nerf job, Lampasshole encroached
- She quit on a lark
- Blamed “hateful remarks”
- Then scurried away like a roach