The person that Sparks assaulted was Jonathan Meador, a reporter with the Louisville news outlet “LEO.” Meador referred to Sparks as “a known criminal with serious boundary issues and a short temper.” Perhaps I’ll grow up to be a “known criminal” some day. Surely, I should aspire to get out of the schoolyard.
JD Sparks wouldn’t bully anyone; he would let someone else do it for him. He was aware that I had the sound bites about Anne Gernstein and begged me not to play them before the November 2, 2010 elections. He said that he had been assured that someone at the state level of the Republican Party would get Gernstein out of her current position as chairwoman of the Oldham county GOP after the November elections. He wanted someone else to do the heavy lifting. He was simply not up for the job.
Needless to say, Sparks really became angry at me when he heard the first sound bite about him. He told me that I was “ruining his political career.” The fact is that he has not started his career yet but I don’t believe he will need any help from me in ruining his political carer. If having been a marine and wearing tattoos makes one a good politician, then Sparks will be a success. On the other hand, if knowing the issues, using good judgment, and representing the people make you a success, I don’t believe that he will measure up.
The only thing that I can say with certainty is that he will be noticed and heard more on the Oldham County Fiscal Court than his predecessor, Iva Davis. . When she was campaigning she gave Sparks a pass on his incident at the May 2009 Lincoln Dinner. Unfortunately, I will not be so kind. After all, I am the schoolyard bully.
For Sparks to infer in any way that Gernstein’s remarks about people would have been appropriate if placed in the context in which they were made is absurd. Just how does he explain me taking her comments about him being feminine and possibly homosexual as being out of context? Her remarks cannot be condoned and that is not good judgment by Sparks. Strike one!
This is a good time to review the Gernstein sound bites about Sparks. I have combined them here. I do not believe taht the bites could be put into any context that would change what Gernstein is saying. Sparks' beef should be with the creator of the message-not the messenger.
