Two local Mayors around Philadelphia came up with an "embarrassment" wager a few weeks back. Apparently one of the Mayors is a New Jersey transplant and bleeds NY Giants Red and Blue. In the Jan. 11 divisional play-off game, the Eagles beat the Giants. They mayors settled up this week.
When Howell Mayor Robert Walsh ran Tuesday's Township Council meeting while wearing a Philadelphia Eagles football jersey, he finished paying off a bet to Upper Freehold Mayor Steve Alexander.
The bet was on the Jan. 11 Eagles-Giants divisional play-off game.
Alexander, a Philadelphia native, is a die-hard Eagles fan; Walsh grew up in Jersey City as a die-hard Giants fan. The "Iggles" beat "Big Blue," 23 to 11, so Walsh had to pay off the bet.
First, Walsh brought coffee and pastries to the Jan. 15 Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting. The two mayors, who had never met before, wore Eagles jerseys — Alexander as a fan, Walsh as part of paying off the bet.
Walsh's bringing the coffee and pastries, along with wearing the Eagles jersey, were part of the payoff.
"I'm feeling a little shameful," said Walsh, 50, as he was heading out the Upper Freehold meeting. "I just saw myself in the mirror with an Eagles jersey on. But I'll suck it up."
The jersey wearing portion of the bet has become commonplace for local city council members or mayors. Because the Mayors both hail from the same region, while betting on different teams, it was difficult to pick "regional" foods.
Bottomline: This run of the mill bet includes folks who don't even live where the teams are based. Because of those factors, we put this wager down at the bottom of the scale. 9 Daleys.
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