Leaving the Legislature behind, let’s turn to the relatively saner realm of city politics. Namely, vegetarian-hot-dog-eating contests.

It seems onetime Place 5 City Council candidate, UT-Austin Amnesty International coordinator, and Ann Coulter aficionado Colin Kalmbacher has found another pursuit to take up his time: the aforementioned veggie-hot-dog-eating contest last weekend at the Scoot Inn. (Man, they flipped that place from Tejano bar to hipster watering hole quick!)

Says The Daily Texan, “UT journalism senior Colin Kalmbacher was champion of the individual contest, scarfing down 16 veggie dogs in 12 minutes.”

Ah, we remember the exuberance of youth, before it jaundiced into our current bourgeois complacency. (We’re not sure if that’s suitably reactionary enough for Colin, but we’re trying.)

This article appears in May 25 • 2007.

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