Even if your not a fan of profesional wrestling, chances are you still have some vague familiarity with the name of Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is one of the most famous wrestlers of all time and is probably the most famous of wrestlers who did not make a name for himself by actually wrestling primarily for a national organization. I can still remember watching him on Saturday mornings on USWA as a kid.
Lawler started off as a disc jockey for a Memphis Tn. radio station and exchanged free ads for wrestling training. He soon took off and became one of the promotions biggest stars. He went on to have one of the biggest feuds in wrestling history with actor/comedian Andy Kaufman in the early 80's. The whole ordeal was so perfectly pulled off by both participants that it had much of the country not only believing that the two hated each other but that the whole ordeal was "real". Lawler would go onto admit much later that not only was it in fact staged but that the two were actually very good friends.
Lawler would join the then WWF in the early 90's as a commentator who would occasionally wrestle. He was in one of the hottest feuds in the promotion (and of his national career) when he had to take a leave to defend himself against rape charges by a 15 year old girl in Louisville. It caused him to have to be written abruptly out of the feud and removed from tv. The charges were later dropped and the girl admitted to making the accusations up.
Minus a few months in 2001 Lawler has been working for the WWE ever since as a commentator and even occasionally wrestling on the company's show "Monday Night Raw".
He was doing both this past Monday in Montreal when on air the 62 year old suffered a heart attack. He had wrestled earlier in the evening and was doing commentary when he began to, what sounded like snore on the air. Both commentators where soon silent as Lawler had passed out while working because of the heart attack. He was immediately given medical attention and then rushed to the back and eventually to a Montreal hospital where he was stablized.
The good news is that not only is alive and OK, but that he is expected to make a full recovery that according to doctors will allow him to resume all his prior activities. WOW! And a most interesting note to this is that doctors say that being "ring side" doing commentary was huge in his safety as WWE has medical personel there to assist the wrestlers if need be and he was treated immediately saving him from brain damage or worse.
As Lawler likes to say: "Its good to be the King."
Now to the round up:
-Just a few notes this week, two of which have to do with the sewer dept. First of most immediate concern to some of you it was discovered that because of a problem in the soft ware the billing office uses that some customers were undercharged for a time. The correction led to some "sticker shock" for some people. I would still advise any who have any questions about their bill to contact the sewer billing office.
-Second from the sewer dept. is the need to bond more than they are capable of right now at the current rates. This was covered in the previous post so I wont go into it very much. Just needless to say that there is at least a chance that rates could go up again. Ask ol' Mikey about his reducing rates next time you see him.
-Finally, more progress is taking place at Vissing Park and much of it close to completion. This was a great move by the city that turned a negative into a positive. We should all be grateful for that.
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