Tomorrow at 1PM, Tom Coyne will be (once again) inaugurated as Mayor of the City of Brook Park.
For me, it’s gonna be a blast! For my great friend, it will culminate one of the most improbable political comebacks in the history of Western civilization.
As Brent Larkin, longtime chief political editor at The Plain Dealer, wrote before November’s elections: “As all the campaigns, in all the towns, in all of America wind to a close, it’s tough to top the storyline that may be unfolding right here in little Brook Park, Ohio. “Ten years ago, booze and drugs turned Tom Coyne’s storybook life into a catastrophe. Back then, the chances of Coyne ever again holding a significant elected office seemed about as possible as Jimmy Dimora some day winning the Cuyahoga County executive job.”
Well, on November 5th, the people of Brook Park (re)elected Tom as their new Mayor in a landslide. As Larkin concluded:
“He doesn’t have a lot of education, but he’s smart, tough and street-wise. “And despite his travails, Coyne’s ego remains a sight to behold. There’s not a humble bone in that 64-year-old body.”
That’s my buddy!
Happy New Year’s all!!
