Interesting day, to say the least.

No one dropped out in the Senate 30 race, so I am openly announcing my support for Kevin Gallagher. As much as I think highly of Beverly Marrero, I want a hard campaigner who can WIN this seat and stop Robert Spence.

Congratulations to Shea Flinn, our new interim State Senator in District 30. He will do a great job representing us until our new Senator is elected in the spring. I am not pleased that SOME of our Democratic Commissioners tried to hand the job to Robert Spence on a silver platter, even though he would have been hamstrung and not been able to raise money, either, after January 9. Props to MY Commissioner, Steve Mulroy, and District 3 Commissioner James Harvey for standing up for Flinn, who is way more liberal than his father, District 1 Commissioner George Flinn. We needed a place holder, and Shea will do just fine and represent this district well.

You just can't keep a good man down, can you? John Ford was indicted in Nashville for something called "honest services fraud". This is NOT connected to his TENNESSEE WALTZ indictments, however, this is in regards to his "consulting" work for OmniCare and Doral Dental.

You know, there has been some grumbling about the fact that most of those indicted around here have been Democrats. So what? If they're innocent, they will be acquitted, if not, let them go to jail. You don't expect a Republican DA to send Republicans to jail, do you? Look, we're just going to have to work to elect a Democratic President who will appoint a Democratic US Attorney. Then, we can do the same favor for the Republican Party that Terry Harris and David Kustoff have done for us by cleaning out the crooks.