This Week We Love…

It’s no secret that we’ve long been enamored with Mayor Kay Barnes. Here’s a woman who can lord over City Hall with an iron fist and, at the same time, flash a toothy smile outlined with cherry-red lipstick and a cute-as-hell dimple in her right cheek.

Sure, there are those who say she’s sinking the city into debt. But who hasn’t run up the occasional credit card bill for some self-improvement? You’ll understand Kay when you replace “new convertible” with “downtown arena” or “MasterCard problem” with “tax abatements.”

We loved her already, but we were truly sold when she landed on the cover of Camp magazine’s June issue. Mayor Barnes agreed to pose wearing a skirt, blouse and pearls that looked straight from the armoire of a ’50s housewife. In her left hand is a rainbow-colored cake as big as her beehive-style ‘do. The Mayor of Steel on the cover of a magazine for gays and lesbians, looking like June Cleaver? Kay, we didn’t know you had a sense of humor!

We only wonder what’s next for our lovely mayor. Vogue? High Times? Dare we say, something sans pantsuit and everything else? We know she can pull it off.

That’s why this week we love Kay Barnes.