While you guys were partying...

[SoxFan]

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Tempers+run+high+among+city+aldermen&articleId=65d62425-96be-4fe5-bf79-20df6d4d2481

The article would have you believe that this was a two-way shouting match. It was not. Mr. Levasseur launched a series of off the wall and occasionally incoherent accusations. I chose to respond by stepping down from my seat at the aldermanic platform as a private citizen. I'm not sure why Scott Brooks sees this as "bizarre". In most bodies, it is actually proper protocol to do so.

Mr. Levasseur has been using Jonathan Melle to goad me. Melle is a mentally ill individual who is facing felony charges for assaulting a Manchester police officer with his car in 2007. I find it abhorent that Levasseur would choose to exploit this disturbed man's condition in order to score political points.

In addition, Levasseur has not limited his attacks to my performance as alderman. he has threatened to obtain my medical records and make an issue out of my having been treated for depression. He has made utterly vile comments about my wife. he has attacked my friends. I'm not talking about a couple of emails; I am talking about 70 or so, not counting innumerable blog posts under various names.

I know that many people here are familiar with Levasseur's antics, but there are people who will see this and draw the wrong conclusion. Sadly, I am in a position where my good name is doomed no matter what I do. If I confront Levasseur, I am engaging in "shouting mathces". If I ignore him, his slurs go uncorrected and are assumed to be true.

It's a no win situation when you are dealing with a political sociopath.

[SoxFan]

1. Kick, but for a reason

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been more than a little bit cranky in some of my posts. Well, this is a large part of the reason why.

I apologize to anyone I've snarked at recently because I've been letting this garbage get in my head.