Skelton still had access to voters list

We received a couple of emails today from Jim Skelton in which he denies having been a scrutineer during the election. It appears that our source may have been off on that one. When we're wrong, we're wrong. But that only means that Skelton had other access to the voter's list, or someone accessed it for him. Either way, friends of Mayor Paul Tomlinson enjoy special privileges and access to confidential information they can use against their enemies. And nobody's buying Jim Skelton's back-pedalling "shot in the dark" explanation. Editor Molnar actually doesn't appear on the voter's list because he doesn't appear on the title to the family cottage. This and that he's unlisted in the Kearney phonebook (same reason) contributed to his decision to be the one to step forward. That Jim Skelton has already started tracking Mr. Molnar and his family makes it clear that anonymity (or near anonymity) is a must unless you want to find yourself being beaten in the street in front of your family.

Normally, we like to post Skelton's ramblings (they get a good laugh all around), but the two we received today offer little more than some rantings to Council about the Johnstons. It certainly appears that the email the Town of Kearney sent out in March 2011, about Jeff Jr. running "The Blog" worked very well in poisoning people against the family. Even when others come forward to take responsibility, at least one friend of the mayor continues to publish defamatory statements against the Johnston family on a regular basis. We're the pot calling the kettle black, but with two major differences: Skelton is making statements without basis of fact, or in this case, completely wrong statements. We always base on fact and can prove our statements, and we don't mind being wrong and saying so. But criticizing a public official in order to make Kearney a better place is one thing. Continuously attacking a local family (sometimes literally), and trying to poison people (and Council) against them, is harassment. If you don't like the Johnstons, that's fine. Nobody likes you, Jim. But enough with the daily emails to Council and the general public about them. Go find another windmill to tilt at. Or drink the Kool-aid already.