Adam Fire Cat: from busboy to mayoral candidate
Miles Bryant
Issue date: 10/29/08 Section: News
It isn't every day that you see a busboy, male stripper or a karaoke jockey running for mayor. And it's even rarer to see a mayoral candidate that's all three.
The 33-year-old mayoral candidate Adam Fire Cat has had an interesting path to mayoral candidacy.
"They built Village Inn on top of my favorite go-cart track," Cat said. "Consumers used to lease out sections of their parking lot, which was used for a go-cart track, so I thought it was fun back in the day, but then they tore it down and built a Village Inn on top of it. So I got a job there. I was a pretty young cat at the time. It paid my bills, got me through college. It's been fun."
However, he also has dabbled in being a disc and karaoke jockey.
"I quit being a DJ at a strip club, so I started being a KJ at a karaoke bar," Cat said. "I had already been a DJ, so I was qualified."
But these hobbies are nothing compared with what Cat took on next.
"The male dancing thing I got into on a dare a long time ago," he said. "Someone said, 'I bet you won't do that,' and I said, 'Oh, I bet I would.' So I did it once. And then someone said, 'Well you did that for a party once, would you be willing to do it for this person's party?' So it became word of mouth. I found if you brag enough that you can do something, people would eventually take you up on it. I get a lot of calls. The last party I did was a group of nurses. They're very nice ladies."
And with all three unique professions behind him, Cat looks to become mayor of Fayetteville to reverse an ordinance passed earlier this year.
"They passed an ordinance that allotted only four cars to a driveway. Well, some people have six," he said.
When Cat and his roommates had company one day, their landlord evicted them.
"We weren't criminals before this ordinance, but we were made criminals by this ordinance," Cat said. "I'd already noticed the debts, and then they continually kept giving up our freedoms. To me, giving away freedom is not acceptable behavior of a public official. That hurt the crap out of me, but finally, it ended up getting me evicted," Cat said.
The 33-year-old mayoral candidate Adam Fire Cat has had an interesting path to mayoral candidacy.
"They built Village Inn on top of my favorite go-cart track," Cat said. "Consumers used to lease out sections of their parking lot, which was used for a go-cart track, so I thought it was fun back in the day, but then they tore it down and built a Village Inn on top of it. So I got a job there. I was a pretty young cat at the time. It paid my bills, got me through college. It's been fun."
However, he also has dabbled in being a disc and karaoke jockey.
"I quit being a DJ at a strip club, so I started being a KJ at a karaoke bar," Cat said. "I had already been a DJ, so I was qualified."
But these hobbies are nothing compared with what Cat took on next.
"The male dancing thing I got into on a dare a long time ago," he said. "Someone said, 'I bet you won't do that,' and I said, 'Oh, I bet I would.' So I did it once. And then someone said, 'Well you did that for a party once, would you be willing to do it for this person's party?' So it became word of mouth. I found if you brag enough that you can do something, people would eventually take you up on it. I get a lot of calls. The last party I did was a group of nurses. They're very nice ladies."
And with all three unique professions behind him, Cat looks to become mayor of Fayetteville to reverse an ordinance passed earlier this year.
"They passed an ordinance that allotted only four cars to a driveway. Well, some people have six," he said.
When Cat and his roommates had company one day, their landlord evicted them.
"We weren't criminals before this ordinance, but we were made criminals by this ordinance," Cat said. "I'd already noticed the debts, and then they continually kept giving up our freedoms. To me, giving away freedom is not acceptable behavior of a public official. That hurt the crap out of me, but finally, it ended up getting me evicted," Cat said.
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