As I sit here reflecting over the events of the last 24 hours, I must say there has not been so much to write since the initial few months of this blog. Actually, I had planned a totally different post for this slot. I planned to bring you “the rest of the story” about Michael Lowry. He has provided a narrative of the events surrounding his recapture, forced recant and second exit. Yes, we will bring that to you, soon. Today, I feel compelled to give you the overview of what I first considered two totally unrelated events. However, after pondering the content of these events, I see they are related. Hopefully, by sharing them we will shed some light where darkness has prevailed.
First, I received an email on Monday from Josh Farmer of Tomblin, Farmer and Morris. He was questioning some material in a previous post about The Best of Rutherford 2011 and the first post presented about The Best of Rutherford 2013. I read his email filled with questions and took a while to answer. I wrote my answer and then slept on it a night. Tuesday morning, I sent it and have not heard back from him. The following is the text excerpt from his email.
“I have seen your recent blog post from Saturday. I am confused. Your February 6, 2012 post regarding the 2011 Best of Rutherford County poll results indicated that “…the rules don’t seem to be broken [by WFF practices]”. However, your January 25, 2014 post accuses Jane, the church and me of “vote rigging”. So which is it? Can you identify any impropriety here?
I have talked with Matt Clark about my involvement in the Best of Rutherford contest and candidly discussed the matter. He couldn’t identify any problems with my activities or those of others you have accused.
You accuse me of impropriety by referencing the “Oath of Office as an Attorney at Law”. So let’s be clear here, do you contend I violated any Rule of Professional Conduct, did anything illegal or even violated a rule of the Daily Courier’s contest? I would like some clarification because your current post would tend to mislead all of your 10 readers.”