Friday, January 05, 2007

Sean Holbrook—New Candidate for City Council

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

Update! After posting this article, Sean Holbrook took down his page, and put up one slamming Andrew Warner.  It says his “run” was a hoax, but that now he is going to run a “real” campaign just to piss off the Green party.

Brian Griffin, at the Cincinnati Blog, has already started asking about who is running for City Council in 2007.  A new player to the game is a young man named Sean Holbrook, who has already announced his plans to run.  So who is this kid?  What do we know about him, and what do we need to know?

So far, Holbrook seems to be mounting an internet whisper campaign.  A quick Google search can find a few fingerprints, like this Craigslist posting—where an “anonymous “user decides to get really excited about voting Holbrook in November, or this free CityBeat ad—which has since been deleted but is still available on the Google cache.  Holbrook also has been networking MySpace with this account—but for some reason he has it set to private.  On this MySpace user’s page (someone with a penchant for The Rocky Horror Picture Show and cross-dressing), Holbrook claims he is the only candidate who has never stabbed out a rabbit’s eyes with a pencil.  And at this MySpace user’s page, Holbrook claims he is the only candidate not to perform sex acts on a horse.

Additionally, “anonymous” commenters have left messages like this one at the Cincinnati Black Blog. 

It is unclear whether this technique is an effective strategy for creating momentum for a political campaign.  Can someone be taken seriously when making comments about bestiality?

A visit to Holbrook’s campaign web page will uncover a cheesy prefabricated political template from campaignsitebuilder.com.  Holbrook really seems to love this picture of himself, which (as of this publication) includes a thick white edge at the top.  This edge looks pretty silly in his site’s pointless Flash animation.  Someone should show him how to crop an image.

After the animation, his site currently takes you to a mostly blank home page, with a picture of the Lincoln Memorial at the top.  What the Lincoln Memorial has to do with Cincinnati is unclear.

Holbrook does have a few positions on his page, if you click around the menu bar on the left.  You can read what he thinks about crime, environment, and retention.  (As of this publication, his other links are empty.)

Holbrook’s positions seems strangely out of date.  For example, on his “retention” page, he discusses Cincinnati’s declining population with no acknowledgment of the recently announced correction to the last census projections.  Then, he writes vague statements like this:

If Holbrook has worked out a “Cincinnati Resident Retention Act,” then why does he not reveal some of its details?  Is he afraid that Council will steal his ideas?  Can he not figure out how to use campaignsitebuilder.com to upload his plans?  For $25 per month, I think they could accommodate him more effectively.

Check out this excerpt from his “environment” page:

Now, maybe I’m missing something—but what does he mean when he writes, “I am developing a plan that would work with the building owners to correct the problem without unneeded taxes being placed on the owners. Instead that money...” What money?  The “unneeded taxes”?  Does Holbrook understand that taxes do not turn into money unless they are collected?  How can he use tax money if he doesn’t want to impose the tax?  I am totally confused by his statement.

Overall, I am not impressed with Holbrook at this time.  One must wonder if he is serious about running for council, or whether he had done this to make a name for himself—perhaps for some other purpose.

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funnelcake says:
05 Jan 2007  at  09:46 am | #

[Editor’s Note:  Funnelcake!  No linking to porn here!]

says:
05 Jan 2007  at  10:30 am | #

wow - go figure - a green candidate that is a joke. Somebody call Ripley’s.

Looks like I have a new reason to post.

Not A Candidate says:
05 Jan 2007  at  01:32 pm | #

Sean just received the following:

You have not filed the necessary paperwork to declare yourself a candidate for City Council. Should your site continue in its present form, which lacks necessary information, I shall file a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission.

You have until January 12th to comply.

Urbanists II is Dead says:
05 Jan 2007  at  04:14 pm | #

um, well, what can you say?

He doesn’t know Southwest is a compound word, and has some unstated position on some form of segregation.

Plus: he’s unaware that several weeks ago the Mayor’s office filed an appeal with the Census Bureau regarding the population “loss.” Holbrook will need a new issue.

says:
05 Jan 2007  at  06:33 pm | #

A note on Funnelcake’s censored message above.

For about ten seconds, his comment was live.  I typically have no reason to questions Funnelcake’s content.  Then, I decided to visit the links after they were live.  (They are not clickable in the preview mode.)

They actually included pornography.  What’s strange is that I think Funnelcake found pictures actually taken by Sean Holbrook.  Can this be correct?  Is Sean Holbrook taking those kinds of pictures of himself?

Can someone do that and actually expect to run for political office??

More investigating is needed…

funnelcake says:
05 Jan 2007  at  07:16 pm | #

Dean - For the most part I agree that it is distasteful to link to porn.  However I do think there are exceptions.  In this instance I found them specifically topical.  I did try to flag the two more out there photos as such.

ALL of those photos were loaded into the candidate’s photo page that the “Vote Holbrook” userid had been using in his MySpace comments.  The two penis photos were taken with the same camera as used to take his other photos on that site.

Since you were trying to assess the nature of his candidacy, I felt they were topical.  Especially when combined with the other photos & photo comments.

Green Machine says:
05 Jan 2007  at  07:25 pm | #

Dream on Yossarian! That freak isn’t a green candidate and has NEVER attended any Green party meetings including the UC campus greens. It’s probably another attempt by the corporate Demahawks to demonize Ralph Nader and the Green party for actually representing progressive values like ending the war, and NAFTA.

The Green party supports universal health care, campaign finance reform, fair trade, a living wage, and major tax relief for working people. Too bad the warmongering Democrats are going to continue to fund the war they’ve always supported and refuse to investigate or impeach Bush.

A couple of those pictures reminded me of the Clinton years. HA!

says:
05 Jan 2007  at  07:56 pm | #

From Holbrook’s environment page:

As a candidate for City Council I know the importance of working with various groups in the city to make it a better place to live, and I am proud be speaking with Josh Krekeler of The SouthWest Ohio Green Party. I plan to work with him on some idea’s for the City, I believe he has great idea’s of his own and that this city could benefit from them.

- http://www.holbrookcincinnati.com/

So obviously he has had some meetings with the green party.

BTW - good joke at the end there. It’s good to see that not every green party member is humorless.

says:
05 Jan 2007  at  08:13 pm | #

Funnelcake:

I agree that you took necessary steps to be careful.  I also think your discover is relevant and, well, for lack of a better phrase—strangely amazing.

I kept the links and will figure on what to do in the next day or so.

Green Machine says:
05 Jan 2007  at  09:35 pm | #

Wrong again Yossarian!

Josh Kreckler spoke to Sean via email and once on the phone. That’s what happens when people contact us via the internet. They end up talking to someone from the Green party and they even get to hear our great ideas. I guess the Democrats would do the same thing if they had any great ideas.

Greens have a lot of humor, but it is your warmongering corporate party that is the joke! Ha!

says:
05 Jan 2007  at  09:57 pm | #

Yossarian:

I talked with him a couple of times, but they were just general conversations to figure out what his views and concerns were, not official meetings with the Green Party.  Before today, I thought he was a well-intentioned candidate, but this thread has changed my mind.  My ideas will be appearing in other forms this campaign season.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  09:08 am | #

Ha Ha, are you all that blind? Sean Holbrook is a member of The Cacophony Society and The Suicide Club. I wouldn’t give this guy any press because he is just going to turn it into a joke.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  09:18 am | #

I did manage to find some odd, and I mean odd information about his campaign

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/voteholbrook07/vote.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/voteholbrook07/100_01192.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/voteholbrook07/wtf.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/voteholbrook07/bushandsean.jpg

The last one made me laugh. I think it is safe to say that this is a Cacophony Society prank.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  09:31 am | #

Well, Funnelcake, the links are a dead issue now—as Holbrook (or whoever owns the VoteHolbrook07 photobucket account featuring several pictures of Holbrook) has deleted the offensive pictures.

Thank God for screenshots!

Aaron says:
06 Jan 2007  at  10:23 am | #

I think someone should do a little research before throwing links in their news stories.

The person with ‘a penchant for The Rocky Horror Picture Show and cross-dressing’ is actually the non-profit, award-winning and one of the world’s longest running Rocky Horror Picture Show casts; Cincinnati has been the home to it since 1979.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  10:28 am | #

Aaron (is that Aaron Schiff?),

Sorry for not spending so much time on MySpace.  The overall point made about Holbrook still stands.

Sam,

I know about his Cacophony Society connections.  What remains is whether a guy in his current situation would be fronting $25 monthly for a campaign website when they could be had for significantly cheaper.  And his society associations do not necessarily mean he has no interest in politics.

So now it’s a waiting game:  is Holbrook trying to embark on a real political career, or is this a prank?

If it is a prank, why so many photo deletions as his Photobucket account?

funnelcake says:
06 Jan 2007  at  11:00 am | #

I don’t know about everyone else, but based off of all I have seen and read I now fully support Sean Holbrook for city council in ‘07!  He deserves all the publicity he can get.

The photos of Sean standing tall should probably be kept under wraps since they serve no real purpose. 

However the photos that should probably be reposted are the “Vote Holbrook/Cheek-to-Cheek” photo, the one of him doing the “Line reading” and the photo of his plan for racial integration.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  11:53 am | #

Hello friends,

This is Sean Holbrook, I have been cracking up over this all morning. Well hopefully you liked my photobucket pictures, it wasn’t me but my girlfriend who took the pictures down. If you have any questions for me, ask them here and I’ll answer them. Im glad I took the ones of me sleeping with a hooker down a few days ago j/k.
I would like to clear up one of your question though.

“Does Holbrook understand that taxes do not turn into money unless they are collected?”

No, I did not understand that until now. That explains a lot, and makes me reconsider my idea of investing the cities tax dollars into the Carlton Sheets late night infomercial real estate money making plan.

But seriously guys Im just a regular guy, I like having fun and joking around, most of those pictures are from stuff I have done with the Cacophony Society as jokes. I know people in the U.S have this odd way of treating politicians as demigods, but those in public service are not perfect and should not be held to that standard.
I’m not afraid to admit my past, because I know im not perfect, but neither is anyone who may judge me.
My reason for wanting to be involved in the City Council is simple. Im tired of seeing people who don’t care about minority groups trying to represent them. It’s that simple, I don’t think any member on that Council has ever had to spend a night on the street, or enjoy a welfare christmas.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:01 pm | #

Sean,

Firstly, your association with the Cacophony Society is a red flag telling everyone that you are not a serious candidate—instead that you may just be pulling a hoax.  How do you respond?

If you are serious, why do you have what seem to be campaign pictures of you apparently snorting cocaine off a woman’s posterior?  Whatever you say about your past, you were clearly thinking of running for office when you posed for that picture, right?

And what about those photos that your girlfriend took offline?  Should an elected public servant post pictures of himself receiving oral sex? And if that was not you in the picture, was that your girlfriend? 

Why are they in a photobucket account called “VoteHolbrook07.” Didn’t you realize you were a candidate when you named your album “VoteHolbrook07”?

Looks like your Cacophony Society prank is off to a good start.  How long will you continue this charade?

get a life says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:28 pm | #

Sean, your prank is immature and over. There are young people who do care about this city and politics and they will have to work twice as hard to be taken seriously because of little wankers like you. Ha Ha, aren’t you proud of yourself?

Grow up Sean says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:33 pm | #

It’s bad enough you are so deranged that you want people to see your little wee wee, but to put a child in a series of photos like that shows you are a real dick. Please tell us that isn’t your son and you will never reproduce.

Dean, please don’t continue to give this peice of shit anymore attention. He doesn’t deserve it, even negative attention.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:37 pm | #

Yes that is my penis, I’m not going to lie. As for the picture of me pretending to snort powered sugar off of my friends rear, the text was added to it about 18 months after it was taken as a joke. I had no intention at that time of making a City Council run in 07. I sent that picture as a joke to friends, there are actually more if you would like to see them.
Should a public servant post pictures of himself getting oral loving from a woman? First off, im not an elected official. Right now I am just a guy in his pajama’s sitting at his computer with a dream. That picture was never intentionally posted by me, it was only found because someone rooted around my photobucket. That’s like going through my underwear drawer then being shocked if you find something personal. I never posted the nude ones anywhere.
Ok they were found, but it’s sex, something that over 95% of voters have done. If it was beating a seal to death I could see it being horrible, but pictures of consenting oral-sex with a long-time girlfriend I don’t feel too bad about.
Now that we know it is that easy to look through someones photobucket the pictures are gone, honestly we thought it was safer posting on there, instead of leaving them in a computer file on a computer that friends sometimes use. But I guess that doesn’t matter now ha ha.
My association with the Cacophony Society has no bearing on my political agenda. That’s like accusing a guy who is running for council that happened to play baseball in college, of only wanting to be elected so he can turn the council into a bush league team. My intentions are only good.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:44 pm | #

This is great!!!!!!!  I like the guy. He is the next Springer. Im voting for him if he really does run.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:46 pm | #

Holbrook, that is not an underwear drawer.  That was a public photo album entitled “VoteHolbrook07.”

Does Photobucket not allow for private albums?

You had a public album named after your campaign with those kinds of photos.  You are a member of the cacaphony society.  Some conclude you want to make a joke of running for office.

This is nothing like your baseball analogy.

If you are going to run for office, you need to watch what you post (text and images), and where you post it.

And what’s this over at the totse forums about you?  What’s totse?  Who is Liam Jenkins?  Did you make sadistic pornographic movies for the internet?  What was witheredoaks.com?

get real says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:54 pm | #

Sean, your intentions aren’t good. Your intention is to try to be funny to your little girlfriend and the few, if any real friends you have. I’d hate for a selfish little prick like you to fool some little old lady into thinking you’re a nice young man who cares about doing something for others in this city.

Can you even name all the council people? What a TIF is? CPOP? 3CDC? Gateway 2?

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  12:55 pm | #

Dear “Oh Goodness”:

Let’s not start a bunch of personalities from one computer.  It’s a bit lame when candidates act like their own fans.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:08 pm | #

Totse is an internet forum that I occasionally post stories on. It i a vile website

Liam Jenkins was a character in a book I had written.
Sadistic Internet Porn Movies? I can’t say that I have been in any of those nor have I ever made any of those, but there is still 11 months till the election if you want some of those.
Witheredoaks.com was a website that revolved around a book I had made.
People are bound to think whatever they want to about me, I see that some of the nicer posters have gone so low as to call me a piece of sh*t and to tell me I shouldn’t breed. While that critism is childish and unconstructive, I have to accept everyone is not going to like someone like me. All I can do is go out there and spread my message.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:15 pm | #

http://liamjenkins.quickseek.com/

Liam Jenkins

born 1982, sept, 28th

Author and creator of the book Withered Oaks, and the http://www.witheredoaks.com website.

Liam Jenkins is a Cincinnati resident and independent author, having self published 2 novels. He is most widely known for his website stunts, which include eating and video documenting himself eating a metal screw. During January of 2006 Liam Jenkins gained cult-like status after posting his sadistic yet hilarious home made porn movies on the totse website.

Liam Jenkins is currently working with Focus Features, and is the development stages of turning his first book, Open The Door, into a full length movie.

Liam Jenkins claims to be on disability and food stamps due to a mental disorder, this has neither been confirm or denied. Little is known about Liam Jenkins, he has been interviewed only once, and that was for citybeat magazine, all other interview offers have been turned down
Retrieved from “http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/index.php/Liam_Jenkins”

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:17 pm | #

http://www.totse.com/bbs/Forum3/HTML/319404.html

Full of Sh$t says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:19 pm | #

Can you even name all the council people? What a TIF is? CPOP? 3CDC? Gateway 2?

What’s your message?

Synkk says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:25 pm | #

I support Sean in all of his endeavors, wether they be running for office or intertaining some teenagers on an internet forum. From what I’ve gathred here there is a lot of hate for something different. Is that what you want?

This reminds me of my school days when I was picked on for being ‘different’ Maybe I wasn’t the typical teenager but I was a bright kid and I did have my head on straight, infact I still do. This offends me that just because he wanted to make a book that he’s considered unacceptable. I will be voting for Sean in the election.
-Synkk @ &totse

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  01:25 pm | #

So now Im making a movie? I think someone is playing with you.

What’s c3p0? easy, an android on Star Wars.

Seriously says:
06 Jan 2007  at  02:12 pm | #

Sean/Diaperman, we aren’t trying to smear you, you’ve done that all by yourself. You don’t have a message, you’re just saying ,hey, look at me and my penis. Aren’t we cool, ain’t I funny?

You’re not cool or funny. You don’t know anything about politics and you don’t care about anyone but yourself. Your sexist attitude towards women is gross, but using that poor child in your pathetic little game is disgusting. You are crying for help and should seriously seek some.

Stay off the drugs and try to find a purpose in life. You could be protesting the war or working for social justice in this city, instead you’re just wanking off. You aren’t fooling anyone with your “I have good intentions” crap except maybe yourself.

You won the lottery by being a white male in college in the USA. Half the world lives on 2 dollars a day and things aren’t going to get any better for them until self-indulgent Americans like you wake up, put your penis down and get educated about the world you live in and how you can be a productive world citizen for a change.

namer says:
06 Jan 2007  at  02:56 pm | #

I am sorry.  This guy is like 23, no experience.  I went to high school with this guy....ewwwwwwww weirdo

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  03:14 pm | #

Seriously, lets go back to reality for one moment,
first off, Someone looked through an online account of mine and found an intimate picture of me. I never waved it around asking for attention.
“Stay off the drugs” I was not aware I was on drugs, but I will continue to not take any.
I think it is sad that you have come to so many conclusions about me that are made up in your head. If you would like to have a serious dialogue to actually get to know more about me than what you assume, my email address is we can set up a way to talk like adults, after that if you still find me not to be sincere, then come back here and call me whatever other names you want.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  03:18 pm | #

I’m older than 23, and where did I go to high school if we went together?

Crawl back under your rock! says:
06 Jan 2007  at  03:39 pm | #

"What’s c3p0? easy, an android on Star Wars.”

OK, Sean/Diaperman, you made another funny. Can you even name the Mayor?

Synkk, Sean won’t even get on the ballot and has ruined his chances of a political career even if he ever grows up and gets a clue. (Very doubtful!)I’m sure you could get him elected Emperor of the Totse’s though. He’s now a hero in your sad little world.

This country is in serious trouble!!!

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  04:11 pm | #

Here is a serious question.  Who is your target?  Who will vote for you?

I can’t imagine you doing well on the Westside.  You say you want to represent minority interests.

Do you mean the Cincinnati Black vote?  Do you think the City’s general Black voting population will likely support a Rocky Horror Picture show enthusiast with online porno pictures and weird nursing photos with racial references?

Will the Hyde Park and Mt. Lookout Eastsider like your comments about bestiality?  Your monicker “Bloody Diaperman” on a tasteless discussion board at Totse?

I’m confused.  But that’s probably the point.  Convince us this isn’t a Cacophony Society joke.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  04:48 pm | #

By minority population I meant poor, homeless, gay, transgender, and yes even ethnic minorities including some of the black population. There is more than black and white in this city, and people have forgotten that.
I really don’t think anyone would mind that picture considering it is of me working at the hospital in 2003 with my girlfriend of that time, who is still a very close friend and uses the picture as her computer desktop background.
What I do think people would mind is that you assume no one in the black population would like The Rocky Horror Show, that is narrow thinking and borderline offensive.
I am a fan of the movie and support my friends who act in the cast of it. But I am not the flag waving transylvanian transvestite, even if I was a huge fan, what would be wrong with that? It’s a movie.
As for Totse being a tasteless site, look at the language of and accusations made by users here, the same could be said about this site. Would it make it true… probably not, just because something doesn’t agree with you, doesn’t make it tasteless.
I don’t know what else to do but say once more, that my interest in running is true.
The C3P0 comment, come on… that was a little funny.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  04:58 pm | #

Sean Holbrook says:
06 Jan 2007 at 01:08 pm | #

Totse is an internet forum that I occasionally post stories on. It i a vile website

But right above you wrote this:

As for Totse being a tasteless site, look at the language of and accusations made by users here, the same could be said about this site. Would it make it true… probably not, just because something doesn’t agree with you, doesn’t make it tasteless.

I find “vile” and “tasteless” to be pretty similar adjectives.  Surely “vile” things are not “tasteful.”

By minority population I meant poor, homeless, gay, transgender, and yes even ethnic minorities including some of the black population.

Is there something wrong with being specific?  Now you have finally given us more details.  You view your target audience (those you wish to represent) as the poor, the homeless, the gay, the transgendered, and some of the black population (though, presumably, not the majority).  What other “ethnic minorities” you hope to represent remain unnamed.

What I do think people would mind is that you assume no one in the black population would like The Rocky Horror Show, that is narrow thinking and borderline offensive.

I did not say that “no one in the black population” would like the Rocky Horror Picture Show—but those crowds are by no means substantively black.

Why do you fixate on defending the sub-culture of that movie?  Are you running on a Rocky Horror Picture Show platform?


I don’t know what else to do but say once more, that my interest in running is true.

The C3P0 comment, come on… that was a little funny.

Start talking politics, Mr. Holbrook. 

What is your take on 3CDC?

funnelcake says:
06 Jan 2007  at  05:23 pm | #

“Yes that is my penis, I’m not going to lie. As for the picture of me pretending to snort powered sugar off of my friends rear, the text was added to it about 18 months after it was taken as a joke.” -Sean Holbrook

Props for being honest about the penis pic.  But the “coke snorting photo” text added 18 months after the photo was taken?  The EXIF data stored in each photo taken with digital cameras states that the photo was taken 11/30/2006 at 3:28 PM.  No where close to 18 months ago.

Mad Props for some funny campaign ad stuff.  Please create more.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  05:28 pm | #

Actaully that quote “totse i a vile” was a partial statement that I meant to delete, (notice how their is no period atthe end of that sentence.) But that is my mistake. The full statement was supposed to be, “totse is a vile website to get information from” because like this forum, it is internet based, people don’t have to show their faces and are more likely to say things they wont have to be accountable for. There is no real way to check into the statements you may recieve from their.
I have no fixation with the Rocky Horror Picture Show, this site is the one which originally brought it up. I just found it odd that you would try to associate it with me as much as you have.

About 3CDC, I believe that it helps to strengthen the core of the city and slow-down the donut effect that we had be seeing in recent years. I am for Over-The-Rhine development, but I believe too much money has been invested into Fountain Square, I believe that the city should be more focused on utilizing and promoting the Freedom Center.
Now there are some problems I have with 3CDC mostly dealing with the location, gender, age, and diversity of the group. Anytime you have a private group making public decisions there are going to be some problems.
If you want me to give you my complete thoughts on the subject. I will write you the long winded version through email along with anything else, and then you can post it if you wish or delete it.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  05:45 pm | #

Vote Sean Holbrook ‘07

Sean is the only candidate who is not an active Ku Klux Klan member or a flag burning child molester.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:05 pm | #

Sean is awesome and should be elected. I would vote for him if I lived where ever the fuck you all live. And totse is much better then this site, so stfu&gtfo u n00bz0rs. And liam, after you win the election post a link to “abook” on your political website. That would be funny.

RIP voteholbrook07 says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:08 pm | #

"Can you even name all the council people? What a TIF is? CPOP? 3CDC? Gateway 2?”

c3po isn’t funny and neither is the fact that you don’t know the very basics about city government.

“What�s your message?”

I gave you a chance to show you know and care about the city. You didn’t take it because you don’t. You want to talk about yourself and your silly little hobbies. Nobody cares!!!

“Stay off the drugs� I was not aware I was on drugs, but I will continue to not take any.”

We didn’t find pictures of you and your penis snorting coke off of a girls behind in your underwear drawer. It was posted publicly online and it said voteholbrook07, but I guess we’re just making stuff up in our heads and we weren’t supposed to find that. You are drinking beer and look pretty wasted in the first few photos. These are spoof campaign photos and that’s all you are. Well laugh it up. Your campaign lasted about 2 seconds. Sean Holbrook’s spoof campaign 1/5 to 1/6 RIP.

And what’s up with the kid? Is he yours? Do you think it’s appropriate to have spoof campaign pictures of him next to pictures of your little wee wee?

Even if you had a black girlfriend I found the comments on the pictures sexist and racially insensative. There’s a lot of racial tension in this city and I don’t think most African Americans will think it’s cute like maybe your mom and your girlfriend does.

You strive for attention, but you won’t get anymore tomorrow.

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:13 pm | #

Sean wrote:


It i a vile website

Then he wrote:


Actaully that quote “totse i a vile” was a partial statement that I meant to delete

Next, he wrote:


(notice how their is no period atthe end of that sentence.)

I did notice “their is no period atthe end...” But I don’t think you are the best of typists.

You posted that the site is vile, then got huffy that I echoed your own sentiment—so now you are trying to take it back.

You wrote:

I am for Over-The-Rhine development, but I believe too much money has been invested into Fountain Square, I believe that the city should be more focused on utilizing and promoting the Freedom Center.

How much money was spent on FSQ?  Do you think it should have been spent on the Freedom Center?  What is so great about the Freedom Center?  Why is it more important than FSQ?  From what City funds would you have redirected FSQ money for the Freedom Center?  In what amount?

Do you support 3CDC’s development work in OTR?  What, specifically, do you like or dislike, and why?

Urbanists II is dead says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:15 pm | #

Sean: you’re a tool and a fool, but I want to see the pics.

Do tell! says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:20 pm | #

"If you want me to give you my complete thoughts on the subject. I will write you the long winded version through email along with anything else, and then you can post it if you wish or delete it.”

After seeing your penis, I’m strangely curious about your complete thoughts about 3CDC, TIF, CPOP, the budget, current council members and the Mayor. Please share for all the Beacon readers. We don’t care if you’re long winded. The Dean lets Todd Portune and David Pepper post here all the time.

The Dean will probably let you post an article. This and Totse will probably be your only forum so you better take this opportunity. Or are you just a joke?

says:
06 Jan 2007  at  06:39 pm | #

"I did notice “their is no period atthe end...” But I don’t think you are the best of typists.”
Well you sure cleared up your superiority and unprofessionalism, the sad thing is that this page here is probably one of your most popular on this site, and i’ll tell you this, it’s not because of you.
I would have stayed here and answered any of your easily googled questioned, that I do happen to have answers to, but this isn’t a respectable forum this is a preschool.
If you cannot understand why we need to better fund the Freedon Center than I truely have pity on you.
If you decide you want to act like adults, by all means send me a list of questions to my email and ill fill that out, but when you want to be insulting you answer the question of why you are sitting at home running a ramrod website instead of working for a respectable news outlet.
Goodnight

Robert Wilson says:
06 Jan 2007  at  07:07 pm | #

All I can say is Wow!

I have not posted on this site or read much in quite some time, but this was an interesting article to stumble upon.  It is people like this that ruin the chances for younger candidates. 

When Victor Phillips, Andrew Warner, Nick Spencer and I ran for council (all being under 30, which is exceptionally young for a political career)we kept it professional to show that we could stand tall and proud for our city with the rest of the candidates who ran.  This guy seriously disrespects the hardwork that we put into the race in 2005.

Where to begin…

He is very blatantly violating campaign finance rules with his website and T-shirt by neglecting his campaign information… ex. Paid for by.., etc.

Cincinnati’s loss of population.  Someone already touched on this, and I would expect a possible candidate who is trying to help our city to actually understand our problems.

You should step back, reevaluate yourself and decide what you are going to do.  You may want to abandon ship on this year.  Good Luck in 20 years or so when you grow up.

Synkk says:
06 Jan 2007  at  07:30 pm | #

Synkk, Sean won’t even get on the ballot and has ruined his chances of a political career even if he ever grows up and gets a clue. (Very doubtful!)I’m sure you could get him elected Emperor of the Totse’s though. He’s now a hero in your sad little world.

What? My sad little world? That was very uncalled for, you do not know me. He’s only a hero because he is a leader, he has earned our respect. Oh now you think that our respect is of no importance? Seriously if you think that he is a loser prankster you do not know him. He’s very smart and anyone who actually knows him will agree wholeheartedly.
Synkk @ &totse

Corporate Media Conspiracy Theorist says:
07 Jan 2007  at  12:33 am | #

Sean,

By proving you are a loser you are actually winning his endorsement. Look at his track record.

says:
07 Jan 2007  at  08:11 am | #

Sean, the popularity of articles is not best judged by the number of comments.  There are several, more read articles than this. 

If you wanted to say, “This is the most commented article for the past week or so,” you would have been correct.

All my questions about the Freedom Center and 3CDC were honest and straightforward.  We must conclude you have no answer because you cannot answer.

But I’ll try sending them to you in email, per your request.

says:
07 Jan 2007  at  09:00 am | #

http://www.freewebs.com/cincinnatibeacontruth/

I doubt you will post this, but if freedom of speech really rings true on your site you will.

Bearman says:
07 Jan 2007  at  09:50 am | #

Dean, this guy is playing you.  IMO It’s all a hoax.  I would suggest NOT emailing or doing anything else about him.  Otherwise, it will be you with egg on your face.

Sean Holbrook for President says:
07 Jan 2007  at  11:15 am | #

Holbrook for President 2008

Board of Elections says:
07 Jan 2007  at  11:21 am | #

Sean,

Looks like you heeded my warning....guess you got a call from the Board of Elections.

Chuck says:
07 Jan 2007  at  11:30 am | #

"If you cannot understand why we need to better fund the Freedon Center than I truely have pity on you.”

Thanks for the pity I guess, but could you please explain why we need to better fund the Freedom Center.

We were told it wouldn’t need more money from the tax payers, but it loses so much money we’ll have to keep funding it or it will close. It’s not a very good tourist destination. Many African Americans call it the Slave Center because it does nothing to improve police-community relations or free people from poverty. This was another top down corporate soltion that makes rich people feel good about “helping” our polititcians waste our money. It works out for the developers too.

Thanks!

Alyssa B says:
07 Jan 2007  at  11:36 am | #

There were many legitimate questions on here about 3CDC, TIF districts, CPOP and Gateway2. Why not just answer them?

Sean, you probably are more mature than some of the posters on here, but if Leslie Ghiz, Chris Bortz and David Crowley can answer questions here you should do it also. Just ignore the big meanies.

Quim says:
07 Jan 2007  at  11:56 am | #

This is pretty interesting in that it is a case of a guy using & abusing the fairly recent phenomenon of internet social software in a pretty liberal fashion & then aspiring to public office.
In the past one’s public face was pretty much just what his public works were. This Holbrook guy has made quite a reputation for himself, worldwide, that, in the past, would probably have only been known to his friends & family.
I would imagine this will be an issue for a growing number of potential politicians.

The Dean's TA says:
07 Jan 2007  at  12:02 pm | #

Dean:

I think you should lighten up.  DON’T MAKE ME PULL OUT YOUR PHOTOBUCKET.  I guess you will find anything to make some news for this website huh?  Why don’t you run a story entitled “Is Mayor Mallory Gay?  And then we will see if your just trying to be another wacko blogger…

Corporate Media Coincidence Theorist says:
07 Jan 2007  at  12:33 pm | #

Yeah, the Dean picked Mayor Mallory and Commissioner Pepper.

Just add Pepper says:
07 Jan 2007  at  05:25 pm | #

Thanks for pointing out the Pepper flip-flop. Also his brother-in-law Paul McGhee. Loser. Bob Fitrakis (L) unelectable useless candidate.

Here is a serious question.  Who is your target?  Who will vote for you?

Just add Pepper says:
07 Jan 2007  at  05:46 pm | #

Oh yeah. Holbrooke just reminded me. Add losers Andrew Warner and Justin Jeffre to the list. Maybe Jason should give it a shot this year.

says:
07 Jan 2007  at  06:58 pm | #

I got the email, I will go ahead and fill it out later tonight or in the morning. Im too tired right now, have been thinking about doorbells all day.
So Dean are you going to give me your signature for the ballot?

funnelcake says:
07 Jan 2007  at  08:26 pm | #

Sean - Don’t miss out on the major endorsement.  Once you have the CCV backing, you everything else will fall into place.

And please detail the steps you tried to obtain their endorsement in your campaign blog.

mango tangy hopscotch says:
08 Jan 2007  at  05:57 am | #

You think the dean asked hard questions?  The Enquirer’s editorial board, the League of Extraordinary Voters, and POWER PAC are all getting their lists ready for you this week. 

If you get on the ballot, opportunities for dissing the beacon and other mischief will fall into your lap.  Let Peter Bronson, the sanest voice in local media, be your guide on issues and police community relations.  Tell the Enquirer board you want to keep business’s in the city and help them create jobs, then give them a big wink.  They’ll connect you with the right people and phat contributions will roll in, guaranteeing mass votes. 

When you’re elected, buy expensive new furniture for your office up front.  Only talk to reporters to question the mayor’s decisions and other councilmember’s sexuality.  That’s all they really want.  History will write itself from that point.

says:
08 Jan 2007  at  09:20 am | #

I’m at the gym right now, doing a lot of cardio. I am a professional Dance Dance Revolution player by trade. Funnelcake
Citizens for Communistic Values, errr I mean Community and myself have a long history of friendship.
We held twink oil wrestling matches to try and fund enough money to build an Ellen Degeneres statue in Fountain Square.

says:
06 Feb 2007  at  06:12 pm | #

Is this a joke? I am not sure that anyone on this site is serious about caring about Cincinnati. If you truly believe that Sean is running a fake campaine, stop talking to him about fake sides on REAL issues. I must say that if Sean is really running, he will be the first politician that I have EVER respected. He represents those of us who have covered ourselves in feathers in the McDonald’s parking lot.