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Kiss rocker Gene Simmons spends sleepy night in Battle Ground

Battle Ground members of the Kiss Army received a welcome surprise this week: rocker Gene Simmons made an overnight stop in the city.

“The Demon” arrived in Battle Ground on Wednesday and stayed the night at Best Western Battle Ground Inn & Suites. By Thursday afternoon, Simmons and his crew were on the road again, heading to a Kiss show that night in Everett.

When hotel worker Garrett Harrison arrived at work Wednesday evening, he somehow missed the giant Gene Simmons tour bus, complete with a picture of Simmons’ painted face plastered on the side, in the parking lot.

When the hotel manager told him the founder of Kiss was staying the night in Battle Ground, Harrison was beside himself.

“My jaw dropped,” he said Thursday. “It was Gene Simmons at my hotel in Battle Ground, Washington. It was more than I was expecting when I came to work.”

“It was like, ‘No way, man, I’m gonna get to talk to Gene Simmons,’” Harrison added.

Harrison said he kept his eye on the door the entire evening, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rocker.

“I saw his roadies,” said Harrison, adding that one was wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt. “He (Simmons) didn’t come out of his room the whole time I was here.”

By the time Harrison arrived at work Thursday, Simmons was gone.

Even though Simmons stayed in his room, his roadies did take the bus out for a spin in Battle Ground on Wednesday night. They headed down Main Street and had dinner at Galeotti’s Restaurant.

Several people sent Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo text messages after spotting the Kiss bus cruise through town.

Like Harrison, Ciraulo didn’t get a chance to meet the rocker.

“I’m a big Kiss fan from way back when,” Ciraulo said. “That would have been cool.”

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Simmons first lost faith in Obama a few weeks ago when he made the controversial comments regarding Israel’s borders. Simmons has strong ties to Israel and called Obama’s recommendation to Israel the “height of lunacy.” Given that Simmons so passionately opposes Obama now, Varney was a bit perplexed as to why Simmons voted for Obama at all. The KISS icon admitted, “I fell victim to the charm and I wanted to be a part of that moment in history and I’m ashamed to say I didn’t look at the resume long enough.”

With Simmons jumping ship, Obama might want to take efforts to shore up the aging musician wing of his celebrity base of support before anyone else bolts!

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You GROSSLY underestimate the power of charisma! Has history taught you nothing? How do you think ANY Kenedy was ever elected? (That’s not the only example, you’ve got Clitton and the “southern charm” of Jimmy Carter, in addition to the current occupant of the White House. If substance had trumped charisma, Goldwater would have been elected.

This country is full of sheeple. Simmons, like most of the people who voted for this inept man, got caught up in the novelty of voting for what they perceived as an intelligent Black-man with distinct speaking abilities. Allot of people got fooled because they wanted so much for this man to be what he was portraying himself to be. Problem is, like Simmons, they didn’t listen, or didn’t care about what the facts pointed out, they were so enamored. Those that openly warned us are now being vindicated, and it only took two years.

And I want the years back Gene. The years I worked at your company NGTV.com, which you were the Chairman of. You know, the company that stopped paying it’s employees because it “ran out of money”. The company that threatened us employees that if we went to the Labor Board, talked to lawyer, or simply walked out that we’d never get paid. The company that told us the only way we’d get our back pay was if we were working there when more investor money came in, and then when it did you still didn’t pay us. At least that’s what your partner Rich Abramson and NGTV president Kourosh Taj told us, which I’m sure you knew about since you were the chairman and you’re such a good businessman you must know what your own company was up to. I won’t even get into all the investors you scammed for millions. So Gene, that’s what I want back. Either the years or the ten grand you owe me.

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