principal and Mayor Mobelini has been investigated.

[sitifan]

It's not the first time principal and Mayor Mobelini has been investigated.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us...-mayor-lap-dances/CSXQQ7IJYDNQ426XPWQXUUU4EA/

Is Mayor Mobelini also a principal?

 

[emsr2d2]

The very first sentence of the article answers your question:

"[FONT=&quot]A school in the US is under fire after photos emerged showing students giving teachers and the principal, who happened to also be the town's Mayor, lap dances."[/FONT]

 

[Skrej]

Another possible clue is the subject verb agreement. Either it's the same (singular) person or they made a very basic agreement blunder by using the singular form 'has' with two people.

Granted, such errors can and do happen, but subject/verb agreement is one additional clue to look at when trying to decide.

 

[sitifan]

They also purportedly show a male student giving the principal and Mayor Donald "Happy" Mobelini a lap dance.

Is "Happy" his middle name?

 

[SoothingDave]

Nickname. A nickname is given in quotes.

 

[Skrej]

Oh the irony, that this town's name is "Hazard". :lol:

 

[Tdol]

You could say Mobelini, the principal and mayor. That way the verb before his name would sound natural in the singular.

 

[probus]

Oh the irony, that this town's name is "Hazard". :lol:

It's very probably the only town in Kentucky that has two dukes. :-D

 

[sitifan]

It's very probably the only town in Kentucky that has two dukes. :-D

What do you mean by "having two dukes"?

 

[Tarheel]

He's probably referring to the TV show, "The Dukes of Hazzard".

I wasn't a regular viewer, but I think " Duke" was the last name of several of the characters.

 

[Skrej]

He's probably referring to the TV show, "The Dukes of Hazzard".

I wasn't a regular viewer, but I think " Duke" was the last name of several of the characters.

Indeed it was the (extended) family name of a group of moonshining cousins. I'm not sure why they were all cousins instead of siblings when they lived on the same family farm, but stereotypes I suppose.

In fact, the female cousin (Daisy Duke) became eponymous with short jean shorts. Even still today, you hear people refer to cutoff jean shorts as 'Daisy Dukes".

Incidentally, the show was set in a fictional county in Georgia.