The Mayor Gonzo Show | Episode 3
The Mayor Gonzo Show Episode 3 with Mayor Gonzo Mays on Radio A1A.
Articles by Mayor Gonzo Mays
Pirate Odyssey Fantastic
by: Sammi “Mayor Gonzo” Mays The time is now. The epic begins on Nest Key, an uninhabited mangrove island off the Straits of Florida, where a fantastical band of renegades, who call themselves the Pirates of the Florida Keys, are in the throes of a party of mythical proportions. […]
Sammie Mays Takes on a Biker Gang
excerpted from DAMN THE CARNATIONS: FULL SPEED AHEAD by Sammie Mays Typical slow Mardi Gras day at Bravo’s and with the regulars and all police attending the Pass Christian Parade-–and no vehicles in the parking lot-–it was elements made for the perfect biker storm–-when into my bar Peg Leg limped. […]
Audio Reading by Sammie Mays
Little Urn on the Prairie as read by Sammie Mays I am a firm believer that in this life we eventually get everything that’s coming to us – good and bad. It was after breaking into (I use that term loosely) Marion Super Max Penitentiary – scoring Sports Illustrated Best of […]
Excerpt from “Damn the Carnations”
“[Sammie Mays is] an exceptional writer and natural born actor who can snap onto any scenario.” –Philip Burton, Shakespeare Scholar, Writer, Director, Professor Little Urn on the Prairie I am a firm believer that in this life we eventually get everything that’s coming to us – good […]
THE PIRATE CHRONICLE
Avast, Mr. Terry! Thar real pirates in them thar Florida Keys – and while they’re not nearly as good lookin’ as Capt. Jack Sparrow, the pirate population is indeed alive and thriving. An encroaching squall thwarted my usual Sunday morning snorkel trip to the Hens and Chickens Reef and […]
Mayor Gonzo’s Guide To The BVI’s
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – Meanwhile back on the isle of Tortola, on Cappoons Bay, while waiting for the magic to take effect, I sat with Bomba in his shack and watched as he drew in the last of the Cuban stogie. Yes, the caterpillar tokin’ on a hookah. Blue-gray […]
MOONSHINE AND MURDER: A SOUTHERN BEDTIME STORY
by Mayor “Gonzo” Sammie Mays from Damn the Carnations: Full Speed Ahead It finally happened. I have been asked to throw my straw hat into the political arena, and while I’m no stranger to politics I figure they must be running out of fools for fodder. My earliest childhood memories of being raised […]
HOW CHARLIE GOT HUSTLED [Uncut, Unedited, Untold]
Editor’s note: About six months ago I bumped into Mayor Gonzo Sammie Mays online. What the hell is a Mayor Gonzo Sammie Mays? I wondered. Turns out she is a Kentucky Colonel & Honorary Mayor of Key West, Florida, a real (if not “official”) elected position and not just a nickname for […]
Cosby accuser “Gonzo Mayor” Sammie Mays speaks out
LISTEN TO BBC INTERVIEW ABOUT COSBY”S ASSAULT ON SAMMIE Writer Sammie Mays is the honorary mayor of Key West, a Kentucky Colonel, and the journalist who infiltrated the prison system posing as a country singer to snap an exclusive photograph of jailed baseball player Pete Rose for The National Enquirer, earning […]