The continued principles of Mayor Healy

by: Thurman Hart

Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 03:28:53 PM EDT

There are some similarities in the cases.  It is now coming out that Mayor Healy did try to get out of his arrest by telling the officers who he was.  The difference, however, is pretty clear.  Rone was standing in a city where she was elected, so her claim to power as a city councilperson was valid.  Healy was elsewhere, so his claim to power as mayor of another city is pathetic and laughable.

Also, just as important, Rone was caught on tape.  Healy was not.  A grand jury found Healy's version of the event to be unbelievable and sided with the police.  But I think that the competing testimony is compelling enough to take forfeiture of office off of the table.

And I'm no friend of Jerramiah Healy.

But it also needs to be said that Jerramiah Healy is the one to blame for this still being an issue.  Not only has he still not paid the fines he was assessed, but he is appealing the conviction to the state's Supreme Court.  Oh, and despite the fact that a grand jury refused to indict the officers in question and despite a unanimous appellate decision against him, he is now filing federal charges against the police officers that arrested him.

Once again, ladies and gents - the apologist goon squad...