Comments on: DA regrets comments on Ridenour death

By: Jami

Jami — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:11:03 +0000

Like I said Willis, I am no fan, I am not defending Mr. Hautzinger. Just his right to have an opinion.

I appreciate and respect all veterans as well as currently enlisted Americans. I have family who serve. Unfortunately, being a soldier doesn’t automatically make you a good person. Please don’t use that as you grounds for defending Mr.Ridenour.

It seems to me the article would have stood on its own merit without the quote from Pete. It was about the lame mistake of all the parties involved, not just his comment.

I respect your opinions too ( from the list of recent comments, you have many…)

By: Willis_Leon_Johnson

Willis_Leon_Johnson — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:41:27 +0000

Gosh Jami,

I did not intend to offend you.

And yes, it should not have been printed.

HOWEVER, if it had not been said, it could not have been printed, and, given the circunstances, it shows a deeply held disdain for men such as Mr. Ridenour.

Mr Ridenour actually SERVED his country, and in spite of peteys usual total lack of social graces, does DESERVE the RESPECT of people of peteys ilk.

Now, you were going to defend mr hautzinger on what grounds?

By: i_am_brucelee

i_am_brucelee — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:57:41 +0000

I think the whole situation need scutinized a whole lot more. Here we have public officials debating about someone who has been dead for a month?? And I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed but this gaff has made national news now. How does this make our city and its officials look now? Mr. Hautzinger is lucky most people in the valley don’t give a hoot about who is representing us or they may be calling for his resignation.

By: llickers

llickers — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:56:40 +0000

Pete,

Your comment may be regrettable. However, the real heat in this instance should be taken by Ridenour’s public defender, Steve Colvin. Your office is not responsible for keeping tabs on the defendant’s attorney or the defendant. It is reprehensible that Colvin did not do more to contact his client prior to the hearing. Good lord! And still no comment from that office. . .

By: Jami

Jami — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:45:45 +0000

I don’t think that you should use this forum to address another issue, Mr. Johnson.

I am not a “fan” either. I think any elected official has a hard job, and one basic truth is you can’t please everyone.

I understand that Mr. Ridenour has family that are mourning his passing, but Mr.Hautzinger still has a right to his opinion. I don’t think it should have been printed in the first place. It an attack on Mr. Hautzinger, a blind man can see that.

By: Willis_Leon_Johnson

Willis_Leon_Johnson — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:29:43 +0000

As you well know Pete, I am not a fan of yours, at least if you ever read stuff here, however.

On the death of the child in Plateau canyon.

While the “law” doesn’t recognize life until birth, BIOLOGICAL FACT requires that life precedes conception.

A LIVE egg needs a LIVE sperm cell for conception to occur.

Attorneys, politicians and anybody else can play semantics all day, every day, but rhetoric and semantics will never change biological fact.

So, my suggestion is:

Take the issue to the highest level you need to in order to protect the safety of the citizenry from the miscreant in our society.