Seem like a lot of these folks are fighting an inner turmoil.
In the interest of not demonstrating what an insensitive, gloating asshole I can be: No comment.
I am thinking that anyone with skeletons in their closet is going to think very seriously about running for office.
Those in office with skeletons must be sweating profusely.
I suspect another wave of legislators âperusing other interestsâ or âspending time with their familiesâ shortly
Any ONE in particular?
Eh, this guy was a miserable asshole who wasnât too far apart from Roy Moore. As the article points out, KY is in the middle of its own #metoo movement, but the GOP is desperate to hold onto power. Even the batshit Republican governor is calling for these guys to step down. But this just amplifies the fact that, yeah, he probably did it.
Johnson was elected to the state legislature in 2016, part of a wave of Republican victories that gave the GOP control of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Oh, and everyone take note of this little nugget the next time you want to lump KY in with the likes of AL and MS.
When asked about the passing of Joan Crawford, Bette Davis famously said: " My mother taught me never to say bad things about the dead, only good. Joan is dead. GOOD! "
And, of course, in the same flood of Oligarch money that has so thoroughly fucked over states like, say, Wisconsin and North Carolina.
Jus FYI: coroner is one of the many âwhy in fuck would anyone think that should be an elected office?â elective offices in Kentucky. Like virtually all Kentucky coroners, Dave Billings is a funeral home owner, not a pathologist or anyone with any criminal investigation expertise beyond some OJT and watching CSI. (There may be some voluntary actual training availible now, as the Courier Journal went on a huge spree about this disgrace back before I left, but, knowing Kentucky, I doubt it.)
The result is that Kentucky may well be the best possible state in the union in which to commit a premeditated murder. The kind of mistakes that would get you caught in other states can easily be missed in the rural counties there.
That said, Jefferson, Fayette and some of the Cincinatti burb counties may be exceptions. But this is still Kentucky . . .
The dove-notes are the saddest
In Kentucky;
The streams dance on the gladdest
In Kentucky;
Hip pockets are the thickest,
Pistol hands the slickest,
The cylinder turns quickest
In Kentucky.
No celebrating. This piece of shit just escaped justice. Check out the Lexington Herald-Leader for details on this scumbag: rape was just the beginning.
http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article189451979.html#wgt=trending
Also, give money to Louisville Public Media, which investigated Johnson and broke the story:
Kentuckyâs coroners are constitutional officers like sheriffs and jailers and County Judge-Executives. Would take a constitutional amendment to get rid of them.
The better solution, which was adopted about 20 years ago, was to refer all possibly criminal and questionable cases to a professional Medical Examiner hired by the state.
Coroner can spew whatever nonsense he wants. The Medical Examiner will have the last word.
Hey, just another Roypublican that wants to fuck little girls. Whatâs not to like?
There was a coroner in Yakima, WA about 20-30 years ago who was notorious for claiming bizarre causes of death. For instance, as 12 year old boy who died in a house fire was assigned âmasturbationâ as a cause of death. I think his name was Dexter, if anyone cares to look.
I imagine he was elected.
I canât speak for other counties, but Louisville has had excellent coroners.
This is our current one:
Barbara Weakley-Jones MD is a licensed physician in Kentucky and Indiana with board certification in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology. Dr. Weakley-Jones was a fulltime KY State Medical Examiner for 29 yrs before retiring in 2010. She has worked with many homicide detectives, police agencies and lawyers on all types of legal cases. She is a Clinical Professor at the University of Louisville School of Medicine; Gratis faculty member at the University of Kentucky and a volunteer advisor to the Louisville Zoo. She has served on the Uof L Foundation Board and is still a member on the UofL Board of Overseers.
She is a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) which is part of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) with a recent mission to Haiti.
Barbara is a teacher, trainer, handler and personal owner of search and recovery dogs. Previous director of the State Cadaver Dog Program; Former board member of the CSAR-K9 Search and Rescue Association, a Member of the National Association of Search and rescue and a member of North American Police Working Dogs Association (NAPWDA) She has taught many classes in HRD land and water, lectured on Care and handling of training aids, Decomposition changes, Search tactics, Scent and the Scenting dog, and Preservation of the Scene.
She has attended and been a guest lecturer at numerous seminars including Homicide Investigations, Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Forensic Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine, Death Scene Investigations, Anthropology and Handling Mass Disaster Scenes
WaitâŚwhat? Coroner is an elected office? WHAT?
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin posted on his Twitter account that âmy heart breaks for his family tonight.â
How broken is his heart for the teenager who was assaulted in his basement? Or is this all that Jezebelâs fault?
There is reporting from KQED about this in CA. In San Joaquin County the Sheriff is also the Corner.
This is deeply horrifying. Did they run for office because they were already predators and thought this gave them MORE power? Did they think they could hide behind what they call their âreligionâ to intimidate and control? Not only did he basically call the woman involved a liar, he professed innocence to his congregation and then blamed PTSD for anything he DIDNâT do.
One of those 2nd Amendment solutions 