(MS Republican county supervisor) Chappell: Unaware alcohol in office.

[Maddy McCall]

More Republican corruption. My, my!
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Hinds County District 4 Supervisor Ronnie Chappell says he knew nothing about the open bottles of liquor, makeup and cigarettes shown in a television report of his Raymond office last week.

"I was at a funeral," he said. "It's just really blown me out of the water," he said Monday.

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Reporters visited the office on a tip that Chappell's secretary Libby Everett was living in the office, according to WLBT.

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"It looks like a trashed out hotel room," (Constable Jon) Lewis said of what he saw in the broadcast. "You can't go in that office and set it up like that without him knowing it."

More of this quite humorous story at: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051115/NEWS/511150391/1002

[maddezmom]

1. bet he spent a lot of late nights working at the office

:shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

6. Yeah, I think that's what the constable was saying, without saying it.

:evilgrin:

So much for family values and the inherent worth of a marriage license. :D

[truthisfreedom]

2. maybe he should have paid her a little more.

[Rowdyboy]

3. Have you SEEN a picture of the secretary? Scary is a nice word for her...

And the open, half-finished wine bottles were so decorative!

[Maddy McCall]

5. No. I wish I had one to include in the post.

I was thinking that there was a little, erm, extracurricular activity going on in the office. Is this what's being suspected?

How are you!? :hi: :loveya:

[Ian David]

4. Uhm... do you think he was shagging his secretary in that room? n/t

[Career Prole]

7. Beyond the "kept woman" scenario I can think of several others

where the woman would have my sympathy and her boss would earn my respect for taking the chance on letting her crash at the office.
Feels like a lifetime ago that I spent a couple of weeks living in a '67 VW beetle and would have appreciated the heck out the offer of an office to crash in.

I'd be interested in learning the details, if they're out there yet. :shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

8. His problem is that he's acting stupid instead of admitting...

that he knew she was there. If he had just helped her by providing temporary shelter, I think people would be more sympathetic.

It's his hem-hawing that's causing the speculation, as normally does in similar situations.

[Tesla]

9. He could have said he was helping her out till she found a place

But it is a dry county, I think that's more of the legal problem.
The other one is what to tell your wife!

[Maddy McCall]

11. Exactly.

Especially the wife part. "Hon, I'm working late tonight." Uh huh.

I imagine some puzzle pieces will begin to fall together for his wife. :tsktsk:

[No Exit]

21. Guess he decided to do what comes natural to him. n/t

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. "I did NOT have co-occupation with that woman!" That'll fly, for sure.

[Maddy McCall]

12. The evidence is on the blue file folder.

Wonder who our Linda Tripp is? :D

[AlCzervik]

13. Maybe she has to drink to work for him, maybe being drunk makes

republicans more tolerable.

[yellowcanine]

14. "Err - Libby, do you have any idea whose pantyhose these are?"

How could you NOT KNOW your secretary was living in your office?

Kind of funny her name is LIBBY.

[No Exit]

20. LOL. At least he didn't have a DEAD woman in his office, like Scarborough.

[yellowcanine]

15. "I was at a funeral," - That certainly trumps "the dog ate my homework"

as the best excuse of all time.

[yellowcanine]

16. This guy is amazingly unknowing about the situation. "Incurious Ronnie?"

"I don't go back there very much," he said.

Chappell said he didn't know if Everett had been living in the office. "To my understanding, she lives with her brother," he said.

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Chappell, aware some wouldn't accept his explanation, said, "I was not aware of this going on, and I'm sorry if it was and I was not aware."



Heh.
With that ability to not know he could do well in the * administration.

[superconnected]

17. 26k = 13 dollars an hour.

No wonder she can't afford an apartment. He's paying her peanuts and likely using her.

Buying and possessing alcohol is illegal in the whole county - what era are they in?

[Maddy McCall]

27. $13/hr in Mississippi is good money.

And homes are cheap to rent here. You can get a one bedroom apartment for $275/month.

[superconnected]

28. Yeow, a price like that hasn't hit my area since the early 80's.

Now I know where to move. Oh wait, I believe they're red.

[Maddy McCall]

29. Don't come here if you have children.

The state of education here is not good.

[MissMarple]

18. Here's a link to a good description of the... uh, side office.

Libby doesn't sound like the sharpest pencil in the box.

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4097262&nav=2CSf

"But in the other side office, we found several opened bottles of wine and liquor underneath a desk. On the desk, we found makeup, cigarettes, and a glass holding what appeared to be white wine. That particular office also holds bathroom stalls and a shower; jurors used to be housed in there.

When our cameras left that room, Everett disappeared there here to apply makeup. She also emerged with fresh clothes on.

We asked her if she could explain the wine and vodka underneath the desk. "I have no comment," she replied. "I have no comment, I don't know anything about what you're talking about."

Everett pointed out the renovations for us: a new countertop, four new chairs, new carpeting and some new outlets. But, she says, despite the bags of flour and other foods, the full refrigerator and cooking appliances, the toothbrush, mouthwash, hair supplies and spirits, no one is spending the night there.

"You'll have to talk to Ronnie Chappell about that," she said about the spirits."

[No Exit]

25. Hee hee hee... "spirits"

"Katie Scarlett, you're not to be taking spirits, you'll be getting yourself tipsy!"--Gerald O'Hara, "Gone With the Wind".

[No Exit]

19. BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!!

Is his office in a dry county?

Or maybe in some Mississippi county where make-up is outlawed?

Whatsamatter, big boy, all that stuff's legal, now, isn't it? So what you so worried about?

[Sgent]

22. Yea

the county is dry. Thus its illegal to posses alcohol -- and in the old courthouse no less.

[No Exit]

24. The article forgot to mention his Party of Morality (republican party)

membership! Gosh, wonder why?

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. Oh, poo!!! It was those illegal aliens hired to clean

by the GOP supporting contractor!

[BenDavid]

26. An old expression

in the South. Know the difference between a Baptist and a Methodist? At least the Baptist will speak to you at the liquor store on Saturday's.

[merh]

30. LOL

:rofl: So sorry mr. repuglican supervisor. What's that you say abour morals and values?