One of Joe's famous 'anonymous' commenters supposedly leaves a comment bashing Laura Mitchell by saying she lives in Moss Hill Section 8 housing and that she shouldn't be running for City Council. What does Joe do? He proceeded to publish the entire comment, which turns out to be a lie, and then follows up with an editor's note saying she doesn't live there at all.
Here's how we know Joe made up the whole thing. If there was such a comment from an anonymous person, he would have responded in the comment thread and stated the commenter was wrong. Instead, he published the comment to drum up hits, start controversy, and stir the pot. Only then does he try to wash his hands of the matter by publishing an editor's note stating that Laura actually does not live in Section 8 housing.
One commenter hit it on the head. Scott Michaels said:
And we wonder...why is it so hard to find decent folks to step up and run for office any more? Because they will be subjected to unsubstantiated attacks.
Albero - did you call Laura Mitchell for a comment or a response before you posted this? The post doesn't say so - we must assume no.
You know full well it doesn't matter if this is true or not...the insinuation will be what is left is most people's minds.
It's the height of irresponsibility, simply put.
His little plan worked. The post received 71 comments in less than 24 hours. Further proof of Joe's douchiness.
