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| Those that do a rain dance should not be upset when they get wet.... |
Yesterday afternoon I got a call and a text from the AM 1620 News producer asking my opinion about the latest "revelation" about the Medical Examiner. Apparently, the Medical Examiner was on Andrew Tallman McKay's show yesterday morning along with a remorseful funeral director. I told him I don't listen to the show, didn't hear it, didn't know what happened.
Later in the day, I got a call from the PNJ. Same topic. The reporter texted me a podcast of the conversation.
Then this morning I get a text from Channel 3. Same issue.
So I held my nose and listened to the podcast.
Here's the takeaway: The funeral directors sent letters to the county making outrageous, unbelievable accusations that were graphic, salacious, and incredible. They were also public records the minute we received them.
I posted excerpts to this blog because these allegations were so out of the ordinary. As is typically the case, the media outlets in town who constantly mine my blog for story ideas picked up the story and ran with it.
And now, come to find out, at least one of these funeral directors regrets sending the letter. He says he wishes he would not have sent it. He all but recanted.
That is interesting, because I thought these allegations were hard to believe and I said so in my original post.
Looks like my suspicion has been supported---and none of these allegations are true. Things are perfect and "nothing to see here, move along."
Glad to hear that, because if I get multiple allegations like that from reputable businesses in town on a very sensitive topic of interest to my constituents--I will likely blog about it so my constituents know. And often times the media will pick this up and run with my topic--reaching an even wider audience. Good.
But the lingering head scratchers on this topic for me are now two-fold.
1.) Why write a letter and make accusations that are false? Why did this funeral director do this?
2.) Why get mad at me, a public official that blogs important topics of interest---when my blog has a limited number of viewers when juxtaposed with WEAR's massive audience---and most people saw this story once they (WEAR) picked it up. And the PNJ. So why is this guy and the ME upset with me?
Seems ridiculous to me---writing something apparently that was not true and sending it to the county commissioners in the hopes nobody ever reads it??? Huh?? What???? Makes no sense at all.
Sounds like buyer's remorse to me. Better yet: Sounds like these guys did a rain dance and are mad when it started raining and they got wet.
