Annapolis Capital Punishment

Peripatetic former resident and Wacky Weikel sidekick Craig Purcell has a thing (as does Weikel) against Trudy McFall. They recently started their own blog where they...well never mind. I've given them enough attention about that already. Hopefully this will silence them and keep them from sending me emails, both identified and anonymous. In their quixotic cyber-quest which they label "the Elusive Search for Truth in Annapolis Politics" Purcell sends me an email that reads:

"As a fellow blogger and close follower of the Annapolis political scene & current races I thought you might be interested in the attached document making the rounds of cyberspace - I am not going to publish it because my interest is not so much in the machinations & internecine warfare among the pols but rather on the issues such as ...." and he provided a litany.

I read the attached Washington Post article from July 23, 1994 about an alleged incident of malfeasance that might have involved McFall when she left her post in Maryland government. There were no other articles attached. I replied to Purcell:

"I guess you just can't leave me--or Ms. McFall alone. I don't know if because we both write a blog that it makes us "fellow bloggers" but in any event, that does not necessarily mean there is an kind of encomium. I also write a lot about public housing, historic preservation and all those other issues which you seem to suggest I don't cover because I focus on intrigue. Not true,

In any event, I have read this article and am making inquiries and will present it to Ms. McFall. Now that you have brought it to my attention, I will not ignore it, but I question as to whether there is much there. However as time permits I will investigate. Meanwhile, why don't you do the story? Why don't you write about it? Is it because you feel nobody really reads or pays attention to your blog but I have a meaningful following?"

In the meantime, I contacted McFall and her campaign manager Dennis Conti by writing, "The following has been brought to my attention. I did not ask for it nor did I go looking for any such thing, but now that it has been sent to me, I need to investigate. Please provide your response to the attached article. Any other articles, letters or documents will be of interest as well." I attached the article. I also raised the issue with candidate Josh Cohen and his Legislative Aide Gail Smith to see if they knew anything about this. They did not. All of this happened within a few hours and Conti immediately responded to me as follows:

"A full explanation of Trudy's departure from CDA and the investigation of CDA's financial advisor are in the Facts Check part of her website (look under Campaign Issues). The whole thing basically amounted to nothing. Also attached is a Baltimore Sun article about Trudy's departure from CDA. If you'd like to talk with her personally about this, she'd be more than happy to."

He provided me with his and McFall's phone number. How about that? An explanation was already on McFall's web-site! He also provided me with a Baltimore Sun article from June 08, 1994 which follows in its entirety.