{"id":686,"date":"2006-12-04T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=686"},"modified":"2006-12-04T23:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T23:28:00","slug":"my-new-favorite-blog-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/04\/my-new-favorite-blog-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"My new favorite blog to read"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local political blogger Thaddeus Matthews<\/a> has been covering the downfall of Councilmen Rickey Peete and Edmund Ford and businessman Joe Cooper since the story broke. I’ve checked Matthews’ blog occasionally in the past, but I must say I have gotten downright addicted to it over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Matthews has a lot to say, and at times it’s up to the reader to separate what is fact from what is gossip\/hearsay in his blog (especially in the comments that are left), but there’s no doubt that it’s an interesting read. And give the man his due – over a year ago in the aftermath of the E-Cycle scandal, he was saying that more officials would be brought down on charges of public corruption – and he was right.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he’s saying that we’re still not done. He’s hinted that Peete and Ford could flip and become government informants themselves, leading to other indictments. Ya know what, I wouldn’t be surprised if Matthews is right. I don’t have any particular names in mind when I say this, just a gut feeling that this investigation is going to net a BIG fish by the end of 2007.<\/p>\n

My only other comment about the whole thing is that Rickey Peete sure has a name that lends itself to making jokes about his predicament. Tricky Rickey. Sneaky Peete. Re-Peete. Etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"