He Mayor May Not Be For Real

Clown's Quest Sounds Like A Joke, DiMaggio

Yep, we know there are many clowns in politics. But this time, a real clown is running for mayor of Alameda, California. Kenneth Kahn, 41, is a professional joker known as Kenny the Clown, but Insidebayarea.com quotes his mother as saying the quest is ``quixotic''. Even Kahn himself reckons he's a long shot. Er, by the way, his sister Sylvia, a teacher, won't be voting for him, because she says his candidacy is a ``mockery of our system.'' If he does get elected though, I can just see the headline: ``A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To City Hall''.