Setting the Record Straight--Part 2
POOOF it’s gone! Ralph Heun’s NBCRG blog entry “NBCRG sets the Record Straight” has vanished!
I emailed the NOW editor today to inquire about the mysterious disappearance and was informed it was not a glitch. Heun had taken his blog post down. Because Heun deleted “NBCRG sets the Record Straight”, you won’t find it with other past postings that are listed on his NOW site.
For the record: Heun posted “NBCRG sets the Record Straight” on Friday, Feb. 19. I posted “Setting the Record Straight—Part I” in the early morning hours of Feb 20. Heun deleted his blog post afterward.
Fortunately, I had the foresight to print out a copy of Heun’s post.
“NBCRG sets the Record Straight” states:
“NBCRG did not seek out Don Counsel for Alderman in the 5th District. We supported him after we interviewed all other candidates.”
Maybe so. But I recall that when NBCRG’s web site was functional, it claimed NBCRG was formed in 2002 and has “recruited and supported candidates for public office in every year of its existence.” I mentioned it in one of my past blog posts. By the way, that blog entry also describes how a NBCRG member tried to bar my entrance to NBCRG's meeting to interview SB candidates Marc Duff, Greg Schoepke and Brent Chipman in 2004, claiming it was private, but fortunately, I had the foresight to print out & take with me, a copy of NBCRG's Web page announcing that the public was welcome to attend their interview session.
“NBCRG sets the Record Straight” states:
“NBCRG withdrew support for Don Counsel in the 5th District alderman race after he withdrew from the race. We first knew about the withdrawal when it appeared in the paper. There was no further need to support a person who was no longer a candidate.”
Wow. So, NBCRG wanted it made clear that it was not Counsell’s conduct between the Feb primary and April elections in 2007 –the pub brawl incident, being tazered twice, charged with assault –that caused NBCRG to withdraw its endorsement/support. Nor was it the negative press including Counsell's mug shot spashed all over the local news--- that caused NBCRG to withdraw its support. No sirreee. It was because Counsell subsequently withdrew as a candidate, that NBCRG withdrew its support!!!!
So, we are to conclude that if Counsell had not withdrawn from the race, NBCRG would have continued to support him, spending time and money to help get him elected the 5th District alderman?!!!! Oh, my.
“ NBCRG sets the Record Straight” goes on to say:
"We condemn the comments against Tim Cramer and others as inflammatory and possibly libelous.”
It did not specify whom it means by “others”.
And yet, not a word condemning the behavior exhibited by Counsell in 2007. The bar brawl, a man so out of control he had to be tazered twice, the physical violence/assault, and tax dollars being used to arrest, detain, and prosecute him, that is no big deal to NBCRG, huh?
Given NBCRG’s newly expressed disdain for “inflammatory” and possibly libelous comments made against former School Board member Tim Cramer, perhaps I should remind them that I am also a former School Board member--- and that attorneys I'd consulted advised me that various “inflammatory” comments and allegations made against me not long ago by School Board members Keith Heun and Matt Thomas were libelous and actionable.