Who are these characters running for Whiskey Flat Mayor and what do they stand for?

Mean River Gene And Whitewater Whitman

Twin Brothers From Another Mother Mean River Gene: It ain't that there's no kindness in him. It's just that he favors the river -- its waters can't be called kind exactly. Nor can they always be called purty. Like the river, he flows. Like the river, he don't let a mere mountain git in his way. Not much kin stop him.

He means what he says. He says what he means. And acts with purpose, with intention. By all means, River Gene.

He's a boatman, charged with ferrying mules and miners and their beelongings acrosst the river. He married a purty lass and cherishes his darlin' girls. But he loves that mean ol' river.

Whitewater Whitman: Self declared Governor of Whiskey Flat, Snidely “Whitewater” Whitman is a kinivin' banker type fella. He makes most of his money now issuin' loans to his friends then sellin' the notes to the government. He met his wife, miss Rustlin' Rachel at the rail station where he chased her up the river and tied her down to the railroad tracks. After bein' tied to the tracks for awhile, miss Rachel realized she didn't much mind bein' tied to them. As a matter of fact, she'd kind grown a fancy to bein tied up - iffin you know what I mean.

The Story:

Mean River Gene has been travelin' his whole life, roamin' the hills lookin' for his twin brother. He came to Whiskey Flat and set up a ferryin' business for acrossin' the mean Kern River. He met the "Governor" who needed his help smugglin' counterfeit frog dollars accrossed the river into town. When the "Governor" mentioned his long lost twin brother, they both looked at each other carefully and proclaimed: We're not at all alike, but we're brothers - twin brothers from another mother!

Mean River Gene & Whitewater Whitman support the Kern River Valley Search & Rescue kernvalleysearchandrescue.com and Riverside Park Improvement Project kernvilleriversidepark.com  

Mercantile Frank & Millinery Dolly support Responsible Ethical Volunteers for Animals (R.E.V.A.) Co-operative. R.E.V.A’s Mission: to spay and neuter as many pets as possible and rescue abandoned and abused animals in the KRV on a voluntary pay basis. We are a nonprofit organization funded by donations. We are canvassing the community stores throughout the week with Bribery and Sweet conversations, so look for our wagon out front of various establishments. We merchants must stick together!