The Myers Defense to His Twitter Account

Yesterday, I told you that it's likely that NorCo Council President Kerry Myers was using his Twitter account to tweet to phishers disguised as scantily clad women. Screenshots of his exchanges were sent to me by "Go Rovers." Last night, I received two anonymous comments. The first almost certainly was posted by Myers himself. I am sharing both of these comments, as well as my replies.

Comment One (from Myers?):"So, your favorite county executive recruits his most incompetent office holder to run for Controller to oversee his books. He recruits his friend an appointed employee to run for county council. He also recruits two others to run for him and that is OK. Sorry, not Ok just sad, but oh well. He is doing everything he can to compromise the separation of powers in the county, with your help and that is OK. Every goofy idea he has is brilliant by your blog.

"Yet an anonymous source "ROVER', who may or may not be related to a candidate sends you this and you run with it. An old man may or may not look at pictures online that are less revealing than the beach and you are horrified and shocked and he should resign immediately.

"Is the fact that he is the only African American on council part of your problem? The fact that some of these women are white. Stop playing games with people's lives and if you are sincere, worry about the real issues you ignore in county government operations and not girly pictures.

"What nonsense."

My reply: My favorite county exec was John Stoffa. You point out that McClure recruited two of his rubber stamps to run for Council and controller, and then falsely state that I am ok with it and am actually helping. Anybody who reads this blog knows I came out very hard against both Kraft and Zrinski bc they are rubber stamps who only care about themselves. I have done this in several posts so, like Kerry Myers, you are a liar.

You complain that I am relying on an anonymous source without noting that you also are anonymous and may in fact be Kerry Myers. I have relied on anonymous comments since I began in 2006, and this post had screen shots directly from your twitter account.

Like Kerry Myers, you are now playing the race card. No, Kerry, my problem with you is unrelated to your race. It is bc you are a demagogue, a bully, undermined our Sheriff and never apologized, use vulgar language at Council meetings, are lazy and actually pretty dumb. It is bc you continue to disgrace your office by stupidly interacting with phishing accounts. It is bc you lie when you say someone impersonated you.

Like Kerry Myers, you would note the race of the women involved. This is your own racism showing.

Finally, you say I should worry about the real issues in this county. I do, and you are one of them. You are the President of County Council and yet were stupid enough to get involved with phishers, and now are lying about it. You have resisted a health center, wanted to give a tax break to a warehouse, threatened council members when they refused to install a conflicted elections comm'r.

I am angry that Dems on Council elected you President even though you are the worst possible person for the job. You are going to lose your re-election, but why not do the community a favor for once and resign now.

Comment Two: "Interesting points. Agree that Myers comes off as a demagogue and a bully but then so does McClure and Dertinger. McClure abuses his privilege to speak at council meetings and uses it to promote himself and his projects. So, Myers as council president is not as important or influential as a county executive.

"Also, the comments about the candidates running is worrying to me. Word is that McClure handpicked all the dems running except for Myers. For that fact alone I would vote for Myers. Too bad a republican isn't running in this area. Keegan's husband is president of Easton School District (ROVER?) and he and Myers do not get along. Myers was once the President of the Easton School Board. Myers now is head of th Boosters and in conflict with the district, So the Keegan candidacy is troubling."

My Reply:  My agenda is and has always been good government. Kerry Myers is an example of bad government, a point you concede. So we agree on that point. You claim McClure and Dertinger come off as demagogues and cite McClure's constant use of courtesy of the floor and county exec report to promote his agenda. He is doing what he is permitted to do. There is nothing wrong with an Exec who takes every opportunity he is given to win over reluctant Council members. That is democracy, and I much prefer that to back room deals. You say that "word is" McClure handpicked candidates who are running. I agree that it is suspicious, but guess what? Others can run, too. In D1, there are lots of active people who could take on Kraft. That's where Lori Vargo Heffner lives, and she could recruit someone. In D2, where Myers is running, you claim the candidacy of Ms. Brauchie-Keegan may be the result of Myers antics at EASD. If that is so, then McClure had nothing to do with recruiting someone to run against Myers. You can't have it both ways.

Incidentally, Myers is a man who said that if he were a Deputy Sheriff, he would disregard orders of the Sheriff bc it might put his life in danger. That was an outrageous statement, completely untrue and was uttered to undermine the authority of a good and decent man. Myers has yet to publicly apologize for those remarks. I would never vote for a person like that, but his Twitter account adds fuel to his bonfire.