“Well, like my Grandma used to say, ‘It takes two to tango.’ From what I have read, both men need to grow up.”
– Mark Shellhammer wrote today in the City Desk blog about the ongoing dispute between Jeff Crank and John Weiss.
Crank is a radio personality on KVOR and the state director of Americans for Prosperity, which clogged the airwaves with television and radio ads that portrayed losing mayoral candidate Richard Skorman as a tax-and-spend liberal.
Weiss is the publisher of the Indy. Weiss took a leave of absence to work on Skorman’s campaign. After election results were announced Tuesday night, Weiss called KVOR and asked Crank to reveal his donors.
“He has not said where this money came from,” Weiss said on the radio. “Now that the election (is) over, as part of the healing process, would he say, ‘Hey, I got this money from local people. I got it from national groups. I got it from the Ku Klux Klan.’ We don’t know where he got this money, where he spent it.”
Crank demanded an apology from Weiss over the KKK comment. Weiss said his comments were heated and a tad over the top, but he didn’t apologize.
“Milking it”: See Chacón, Daniel.
HA! You’re just jealous that I didn’t use the last one that you posted about Crank.
Daniel
D. Chacon, from your characterization of Crank as having “clogged the airwaves” , you give the impression that the Skorman campaign ran relatively few ads. You should be more objective, or backed up your sly assertion with some facts.
Dan Martin,
That’s not the impression I meant to give.
In fact, I have reported in the past, both in print and in my blog, that Skorman spent big bucks on TV and radio ads this election season. The most recent report about Skorman’s campaign spending, as well as Bach’s, appeared in my blog on Election Day and in print the day after the election.
Before you start accusing me of being unfair or making sly assertions, I would suggest that you do a little homework first.
Thanks.