I do understand that he admitted to the arresting officers that he had sold pot, but legally he still has to be considered to be innocent until he actually appears in court and pleads guilty or is convicted. The Olympian's article, however, has him convicted and sentenced without any days in court!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Olympian article: "Hyer needs to resign from City Council"
I find this article very disturbing. On the one hand the writer states multiple times that Hyer is innocent until proven guilty but then turns around and says multiple times that Hyer needs to resign because [h]e now stands accused of breaking those laws that he swore to uphold. I guess around here appearances override the presumption of innocence that is supposed to be of utmost importance until charges are proven in a court of law.
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Of course the Oylmpian Editorial will be self-contradictory. The Ed Board is slathering over the idea of a split council fighting over Councilman Hyer's replacement.
I'm sure the good folks over at Oly 2012 are drawing up a list of candidates. What they are looking for is someone who is a social liberal, passes ODA muster and is pro-isthmus but has been silent on the subject.
Katherine Mahoney, attractive, intelligent, past chair of the PBIA, staffer at Community Youth Services and Larida passage proponent would be a strong candidate for appointment
Who ever it is should piss for employment and not for enjoyment.
Great comment from ReasonedDiscussion on the LTEs:
ReasonedDiscussion wrote on 02/28/2010 08:54:02 AM:
The Tea Party folks here in Olympia, as evidenced by Mr. Leitgeb's letter, seem to have forgotten the foundation of American jurisprudence. An accused person is innocent until proven guilty by a jury of their peers. Now, I don't recall a trial being held yet. Joe Hyer is therefore innocent, and should not resign.
Character assassination using trumped up charges, media hysterics, and citizen ignorance is a major weapon in the "conservative" arsenal. Keep in mind the powerful factions in this city whom Joe Hyer has opposed and the amount of our money he has prevented them from looting from the public treasury, and there is nothing amazing about what has happened to him.
I seem to recall this guy...
Ken Starr was his name..
Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent...(Which the repugs NEVER bring up)..
And the best he could come up with was a consensual BJ in the oval office..
Yet these same people would keep Larry Craig...
Accused...
Confessed...
And convicted...
In office..
(The word "Hypocrite" comes to mind...)
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