A former reporter for The Sentinel is perpetuating the slander of Mayor Britton, apparently, misquoting state officials regarding the mayor’s record as a police officer. I have a call in to Mayor Britton to confirm the details of the erroneous statements but it appears that dirty politics are the preferred method of campaigning in some quarters of this city.

Desperate people engage in desperate measures and utilizing the author, (whose writing skills were mediocre at best) is a supreme act of desperation. Surely, these people can run on positive issues because there is an almost uncontrollable temptation to hurl mud back and Mike Reaves has provided ample ammunition during his tenure as chief of police. He may really need to keep his head down.

On another note, the new distributor for The Sentinel, unaware of the apparent enmity between the paper and former chief, was run off the Fat Tuesday lot by the mayoral candidate for suggesting they install a paper box. A marvelous demonstration of statesmanship…. geez, what a crude group of people.

CORRECTION: The Sentinel distributor merely offered to leave a free newspaper at Fat Tuesday and did not offer to or ask to have a paper box there.

Will update after I hear back from Britton.