If you mess with soccer fans, watch your back
They vandalized his home, although by vandal standards it was a poor effort. Vandals wouldn't even let these guys join their vandal club. They'd take away their stocking caps.
Soccer fans found state Sen. Curt Bramble's house and left angry messages and graffiti on his driveway and sidewalk. I guess they didn't have his phone number.
If you read between the lines, it becomes pretty clear that they think Bramble hates soccer fans. We know this because one of the messages said, "Bramble hates fans." Another one said, "You have declared war." They also left a letter on his front porch, as well as a giant soccer ball. (That was a nice touch, don't you think?)
They did this because Bramble, R-Provo, has proposed legislation that would prohibit using tax money to pay for sports stadiums specifically, for the new pro soccer team, Real Salt Lake. As it turns out, Bramble's bill passed on Monday of last week, so apparently the graffiti, which didn't appear until five days later, didn't do the trick. What a surprise.
The vandalism was upsetting for Bramble and his family. And wrong. "I like soccer," Bramble told a radio station. "I've got kids who play it. I just don't want to use education funds to pay for a stadium."
Great, we just barely got a team and already we've got soccer hooligans. Bramble should know to step lightly around soccer people. You can mess with Saddam Hussein. You can mess with the Russians and tell them their democracy stinks. You can even mess with Davis County commuters and gay rights activists. If you're really bold, you can take on Rocky.
But don't you dare mess with soccer fans.
(Not that I'm afraid of them. By the way, I live in Panguitch! And I just entered a witness protection program. My driveway is patrolled by German shepherds the size of bears, not to mention a couple of Marines with Uzis. Besides, I have a sign in my yard I HEART SOCCER. I have life-size posters of Mia Hamm and what's-her-name who took off her shirt on the field. I know who Pele and Maradona are (but I don't know much about the guy who goes with Posh Spice). I even watched a soccer game once on TV. (OK, for three minutes, while I was channel surfing. I used to drive the car pool to soccer practice and carry the bowl of orange slices to the players at halftime. Some of my friends and neighbors play soccer year-round, winter, spring, summer, fall, and I forgive them for it.)
Apparently, some local soccer fans not only think they deserve a soccer stadium, but they think we should pay for it. (Me, too!! But not really.)
I suppose the vandalism makes us a legitimate soccer town. Look, we already have hooligans!
Comments
- Letters: How many mosquitoes? 12:00 a.m.
- Letters: Is the Fed lending money? 12:00 a.m.
- Free-market approach for health care 12:00 a.m.
- Obama and Russia 12:00 a.m.
- Celebrity crossed into politics 12:00 a.m.
- New stimulus like the first two 12:00 a.m.
- Americans need to rally for Iran 12:00 a.m.
- New lives for pit bulls 11:23 p.m.
- Lobbyist disclosure law hit & miss 11:22 p.m.
- State Am: More than golf for Stimpson 11:14 p.m.
- LDS seminary principal arrested
- Jazz talking Boozer trade?
- Reactions on Boozer speculation
- Stadium of Fire flag burning was fake
- Blazers offer Millsap 4-year deal
- Jazz in back of line for free agents
- A primer for the 6th Potter film
- Okur signs two-year extension
- Jazz won't meet Lopez on Europe trip
- Restaurant destroyed by fire
- LDS seminary principal arrested
144 - Letters: Palin mistreated
142 - Bronco collecting a galaxy of recruits
141 - Jazz talking Boozer trade?
136 - Blazers may offer Millsap a contract
123 - Stadium of Fire flag burning was fake
94 - Blazers offer Millsap 4-year deal
88 - Fairness of BCS debated
81 - Chaffetz eyes challenging Bennett
74 - Letters: Single-payer system best
72
As more and more dads are put out of work in this economy, I've been...
The photographs are mysterious, brooding, dark. They show dimples and...
Utah needs Portland too much. It's much harder than you think to find good...
stacy, have you ever eaten there ??
I had Brother Pratt at Viewmont High School my sophomore year... I was really...
Millsap a backup in Portland? That's possible. But think about it, the...
Go Utes! Looks like the tdn are shaping up to have better than MUSS...
We are all inocent until proven GUILTY in this country. We cannot judge the...
Both of these players were looking at BS!!! It's too bad that the Utes are...
Keep one thing in mind as we all cast our ill informed opinions in here -...
I think 8 to 9 million is too steep for Milsap, especially since we'll have...
you know all the non believers from the south can say all they want, really...


You can be the first to comment on this story.