Comments on: Hundreds Gather to See Openly-Gay Tampa Commissioner Sworn In http://www.queerty.com/hundreds-gather-to-see-openly-gay-tampa-commissioner-sworn-in-20081118/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Merle Dean Shamblin http://www.queerty.com/hundreds-gather-to-see-openly-gay-tampa-commissioner-sworn-in-20081118/#comment-112920 Merle Dean Shamblin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:06:31 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=33422#comment-112920 please remove my posts from this website. please remove my posts from this website.

]]> By: Merle Shamblin http://www.queerty.com/hundreds-gather-to-see-openly-gay-tampa-commissioner-sworn-in-20081118/#comment-104597 Merle Shamblin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:55:23 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=33422#comment-104597 Hello my name is Merle Dean Shamblin and I would like to be your new friend. I sure could use somebody to chat with. I am a 47 year old long haul truck driver who currently lives in Duncan Oklahoma. Dec 8th 1960 I was born in Fairview Oklahoma. Moved to Caddo and Washita counties where I attended school at Colony Hydro and Weatherford. My parents Malvin and Wanda Shamblin were cotton and peanut farmers. Dad died in 99 from lung cancer. Graduated from SWOSU with a business degree. My two sisters are LaDonna Hubert and Malva Burrahm. Dennis is my brother. I have been a truck driver for 14 years and have driven 2 million paid miles. I have received many safe driving awards over the years. I am single and have never been married. I have a wide range of interests and am pretty much an open book. Currently I drive a 2006 Freightliner for a major carrier. I dont go to Canada very often. I dont have a dedicated route so I run the entire lower 48. I enjoy reading cinema music sports travel etc. Hello my name is Merle Dean Shamblin and I would like to be your new friend. I sure could use somebody to chat with. I am a 47 year old long haul truck driver who currently lives in Duncan Oklahoma. Dec 8th 1960 I was born in Fairview Oklahoma. Moved to Caddo and Washita counties where I attended school at Colony Hydro and Weatherford. My parents Malvin and Wanda Shamblin were cotton and peanut farmers. Dad died in 99 from lung cancer. Graduated from SWOSU with a business degree. My two sisters are LaDonna Hubert and Malva Burrahm. Dennis is my brother. I have been a truck driver for 14 years and have driven 2 million paid miles. I have received many safe driving awards over the years. I am single and have never been married. I have a wide range of interests and am pretty much an open book. Currently I drive a 2006 Freightliner for a major carrier. I dont go to Canada very often. I dont have a dedicated route so I run the entire lower 48. I enjoy reading cinema music sports travel etc.

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/hundreds-gather-to-see-openly-gay-tampa-commissioner-sworn-in-20081118/#comment-99276 fredo777 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:43:33 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=33422#comment-99276 Cool. I don't know how I missed this one earlier. Cool.

I don’t know how I missed this one earlier.

]]> By: Charles J. Mueller http://www.queerty.com/hundreds-gather-to-see-openly-gay-tampa-commissioner-sworn-in-20081118/#comment-99245 Charles J. Mueller Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:05:15 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=33422#comment-99245 Wow. That is way cool. As a resident of Hillsborough County, I am proud to see that we now have an openly-gay Tampa Commissioner...and this in a county where Rhonda Storms, the former Commissioner tried to bar the Gay Pride Day Parade not so long ago. I was also pleased to learn that my fave paper, The Tampa Tribune endorsed Mr. Beckner for the office. Way to go, Trib! http://www.kevinbeckner.com/article.asp?ArticleId=68 Wow. That is way cool. As a resident of Hillsborough County, I am proud to see that we now have an openly-gay Tampa Commissioner…and this in a county where Rhonda Storms, the former Commissioner tried to bar the Gay Pride Day Parade not so long ago.

I was also pleased to learn that my fave paper, The Tampa Tribune endorsed Mr. Beckner for the office.

Way to go, Trib!

http://www.kevinbeckner.com/ar.....ticleId=68

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