[digger48]

I thought they were talking about Rocky, as in bullwinkle

"Watch me pull an @sshole out of my hat!"

[devane617]

While doing a search prior to posting the article, I ran across this story from 2005 about the Mayor:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503085/posts

Looks like Mr Mayor has stepped on toes before, and was called out for it by his own party.