The Copa Issue 9 / July 2014 | Page 26

Council Candidate brushes off “big no-no” by Juan Beltran Not since the days of Theodore Roosevelt, has a political candidate has gone forward with a campaign with facial hair. What is considered to be a “big nono” in the world of politics, two-year council candidate, Lee Feiles says he is not a politician, and that he will maintain his Imperial-style moustache, adding it would not affect his performance if elected. Lee Feiles. “I am a man of action,” Feiles said, “Community comes first for me, and whatever the image of a politician is, is irrelevant to me.” Feiles admits he is occasionally asked if he would shave it completely off, but he doesn’t think about it very often. “I have more important things to think about it,” Feiles said. “And besides, I like it and plan to keep it.” MUSD, City, to have royal rumble over sign? by Juan Beltran An anonymous source has revealed to The Copa Jocular, that there is a big rumble planned underneath a bridge somewhere in Maricopa. The source says they are worried things will get ugly this fall between Maricopa Unified School District and the City of Maricopa over who gets to claim the “ain’t my problem” sign. Demostration of “ain’t my problem” sign. “These kind of disagreements happen in the streets all the time,” says gang expert, Rob Boyd, president of the “The Streets Don’t Love You Back”, an anti-gang, drug, and violence organization that actively reaches out to troubled youth throughout the country. “One set wants to make a claim, and the other set wants to say they claimed it first,” Boyd added. The anonymous source said, “it is going down like it did on the Outsiders between the Socs (Socials) and the Greasers because no one wants to be the one trying to throw the M sign—it just doesn’t look as tough.” Boyd said the anonymous source can’t be trusted and, “ain’t even worth sweatin’ about, and if they all really do have drama—they can save it for their mama.” The “M” sign.