Faux Mayor Mike Update: Our Favorite Civic Leader Continues His Reign

Since we last left Faux Mayor Mike, his still criminally underfollowed Twitter has more than tripled its constituency. Faux Mike himself has continued to rampage around Dallas' favorite Internet haunts as well, dropping f-bombs, extolling the virtues of pizza and decrying all the "jihadist anti-toll road goofballs." Amid the profanity...

By Stephen Young

March 23, 2015

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Since we last left Faux Mayor Mike, his still criminally underfollowed Twitter has more than tripled its constituency. Faux Mike himself has continued to rampage around Dallas' favorite Internet haunts as well, dropping f-bombs, extolling the virtues of pizza and decrying all the "jihadist anti-toll road goofballs."

Amid the profanity and absurdist humor, Mayor Mike has also found the time to start a Facebook page and a website.

Ho, ho! Have you seen my web site? It is GREAT!! It looks better on desktop. I have not figured out this thingy. http://t.co/sfbiKc10Zl
— Mayor Mike (@fauxmayormike) March 19, 2015

In addition to the Continental Bridge Death Ray you've already seen, this whole post was primarily an excuse to embed the following tweet, which is just the best:

Ho, ho! Shit just got real. Who can blame Cantrell for standing 3 blocks away?? Giant gold scissors are GREAT!! pic.twitter.com/zNd4GezEyS
— Mayor Mike (@fauxmayormike) March 19, 2015

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