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| Rep. Brian Aldridge (R-Tupelo) |
Anyway, earlier this month, the courtroom drama continued, and we got a new defense out of Rep. Aldridge. Here's an excerpt from Patsy Brumfield's story on it that sums it up:
Chancellor Michael Malski, who asked his own questions during the hearing, seemed mystified that Brian Aldridge was the charity's chief executive officer for 15 years and never knew anything about its finances controlled by his father.Now, how was the money spent? Well, according to the article, on things like clothes, a cruise, a timeshare, and a trip to Hawaii.
"What you're telling the court is that you would rather look the other way as CEO of a corporation rather than buck your father?" Malski said during Brian Aldridge's testimony.
"I don't know if I'd say, look the other way," the state legislator said. "All I can say ... I just didn't put my focus there, I put my energy elsewhere, which was those camps."
If that's not the definition of fiscal conservatism, I'm not sure what is. And with his lengthy track record in the House (he came in with Philip Gunn in 2004), this man deserves to be in leadership.
This is a story that's likely to be with us for quite some time.
4 comments:
Matt, this is a good story all the way up to the point where you clumsily try to tie Aldridge to Gunn, apparently because they were both elected to the House in the same year. Weak...that one silly reference makes me question the veracity of the entire post. Everything doesn't have to be about Philip Gunn, does it? I'm assuming that since you didn't delve deeper into it that there is no real connection between the two. Bill Billingsley
Bill,
The point is that time helps us vet leaders. As we're finding out, a lot of problems don't start arising until 8 years in.
If you doubt the veracity of the post, go back and read the source articles.
Sorry, Matt. Bad choice of words. Substitute intent for veracity. I didn't mean to question your facts - I'm sure they're accurate. My point was that there was absolutely no reason to try to tie Gunn to anything Aldridge has done, and you have essentially agreed with me. Bill
Ah, I gotcha. And no, Philip Gunn didn't have anything to do with the alleged theft by Touched by an Angel Ministries in Tupelo.
Gunn did, apparently, have something to do with covering up the "Touched by a Minister" mess in Clinton.
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