Rep. Gene Taylor (D) = Awesome

Gene Taylor has acquired near Deity status for many in his coastal Mississippi congressional district. Since his special election in 1989 he has proved to be a near perfect fit for the district with his belief in the needs to take care of our veterans and our public spaces partnered with conservative social beliefs. Following Hurricane Katrina he set up a tent in a committee room to show what his constituents were living in. His tenacity and honesty earned him the title of "that little twerp" by then FEMA head Michael Brown. He's now leading the campaign to remove the anti-trust exemption from the insurance industry and continues to represent his constituents well.

And now the Sun Herald brings us the story that Gene Taylor helped put out a house fire.

As the Kiln Volunteer Fire Dept. prepared to battle the fire, Taylor, who had firefighter training from his days in the Coast Guard Reserve, took action. "Give me that hose," he said he told a firefighter who couldn't get into the attic easily. The early moves to stop the fire, with a garden hose and then with the tank truck of water and two fire engines from Kiln and Post 58, salvaged the interior of the house.

Taylor, said Scott Bilbo, chief of the Kiln Volunteer Fire Department, "was a tremendous help." A fire from a lightning strike "is not a regular, common thing," he said. "We considered it a good save," Bilbo said of the outcome, which left the structure standing with roof and water damage.