Rusty Bowers Receives the Key to the City

Forget the bearded Dos Equis pitchman with his thick shock of salt and pepper hair. The most interesting man in the world might be a clean shaven, bald dude named Russell "Rusty" Bowers. A fourth generation Arizonan, Rusty is as Mesa as it gets. Growing up he was a devoted boy scout and then a committed Mesa High Jackrabbit - a God-fearing gym rat who made a habit of fouling out of most basketball games. But he later became a renown painter and sculptor. Eventually, he put his creative skill and sharp elbows to work as a politician, representing Mesa for almost two decades as a member of both the Arizona House and Senate. He loved it. And then came the test of a life time when he was pressured by a sitting president - the man he campaigned for - to participate in overturning the results of the 2020 election in Arizona. The gym-rat-turned-artist-turned-conservative politician refused. The Most Interesting Man in the World, indeed.