You've heard of "shaggy dog stories." This is a "Ropp Triplett story."
It turns out that Ropp Triplett is campaigning - not running for public office - simply campaigning.
To his way of thinking Bluffton doesn't have a "downtown," it has an "uptown." His initial campaign speech on the merits of an uptown versus a downtown were given at the June 8 chamber breakfast.
After the rousing applause he received, it appears that popular sentiment is now in his camp.