Moore Confrontation-gate: Where Are We Now?

I've read both the press release and the police report and watched part of the press conference as provided by the excellent workers over at gawnews.  And props to Quasar for providing the link on CCC.  So after all of that, here are a few talking points about where we are now.

-There are conflicting statements from both the mayor and his wife.  The mayor states in his statement that at no time did the incident become violent, yet in his statement to the police he states that his wife began to kick and punch him.  My guess on this is the mayor hopes to down play this to citizens who will only see his statement and not bother to read the police report.  I doubt there is any hope of this working as most of the area has already heard the story.

Also, in his wife's description of the event she states that both she and the mayor engaged in physical contact.  According to the her account in the police report : "either he pushed her so she punched him in the stomach or vice versa.  Vicki stated that both were engaged in pushing and hitting."  So we are left with a "he said/she said" from the police report.  WLKY 32 reported that Vicki's attorney stated they would have no comment so we may be left with just the police report.

So it boils down to this: The mayor has stated in a press release that there was no violence.  The police report states that there was some physicality involved in the incident.  And Vicki statement in the police report states that both were actively involved in the altercation.  It becomes a matter of who do you believe.

-The mayor is once again pushing the blame onto other people.  This is the fault of the Internet message boards he says. 

Really Mr. Moore?  Didn't you use those message boards to help get yourself elected?  Didn't you use those message boards to help attack your opponent in last year's election?  Now the mayor wants to condemn those same boards when they are not working so positively in his favor.  Again, I'm not surprised.  I stated on the CCC before his press conference that I fully expected him to play the victim card and he didn't disappoint.  Its truly sad that this person is so easily predictable and so sadly disappointing.

-Moore's supporters (there are a few left) are trying to tell people that this is a non-story.  They are dead wrong.  This was on all the local newscast and the top story on most of them.  Everyone in the region has seen this embarrassing story about Jeffersonville.  This is making Jeffersonville a joke on the news to our surrounding neighbors through no fault of any of the citizens of the city.  This was a domestic dispute that happened on city property during regular business hours.  It is news.  And it is news that has us all hanging our heads a little lower today. 

As you may know, the JAML Corporate Headquarters are located in Louisville.  Through out the day today I was approached several times by workers who don't live in Jeffersonville and asked "What the hell you guys got going on over there?" or something along those lines.  And laughing was generally involved.  When I told a couple of people that there was a press conference scheduled for today someone joked "I wonder if he'll look like Bobby Petrino did at his press conference?"  Jeffersonville has now become a joke and the responsibility lies squarely at the feet of the mayor's office.

-Finally, one of the most despicable things from the mayors press conference was his attempt to hide behind his children.  Asking for this to all stop for their benefit. 

Mr. Mayor, we didn't throw your family in to the public view.  You did that when you ran for political office.  Once you do that, it's no secret that your life and your character become public domain. 

If you really wanted to do what was right, to take your family and the citizens of Jeffersonville out of the spot light of what has become nothing but a joke of an administration, you should have resigned today.  Your family would have then been put out of the spotlight of public view and you could have concentrated your efforts on your personal situation.  And then Jeffersonville could have been allowed to move on from this whole embarrassing mess.  But I knew you wouldn't do that.  That's not your style.  Your only concerned with yourself.  Thats why you switch parties to win elections.  Thats why you "imply" to voters that you will lower sewer rates only to state after the election that the mayor doesn't have the power to change sewer rates.  You played the victim role once again today and once again tried to get everyone to feel sorry for you.  It may have worked on your dwindling supporters but it didn't work on most of the citizens of this city.  You now have the whole city waiting for three years to pass until they are no longer a running joke for neighboring communities. 

I won't waste my time asking you to resign.  That's not your style.  Your ego is to big to admit your own mistakes.  You won't admit defeat.  I'm sure when you lose in three years it will come as a great shock to you.  And I'm sure that your words in defeat will be words that blame others and you will never look at yourself.

Well you should look at yourself.  Because, now thanks to you and your antics, the whole region is looking at you and our community and they are laughing.