Rooster in Review: On commenting

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I have never made much effort to generate a comment section for The Rooster because the only comment I genuinely like is, “Great post, D.J.!”

But many subscribers don’t know that as a member of the fabled Patriots Caucus of President Xi Jinping, it’s entirely legal to comment on a post. I will not send jack-booted thugs through your window, though ultimately I do reserve that right.

Comments, corrections (it’s not as if my friends call me Don Details), or any other concerns can be posted at the end of any article. In the future, I will try to respond to every inquiry. (Please note commenting is a privilege not open to the freeloaders in the parking lot.)

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This week in Ohio Man…

One time on Spring Break, I experimented with the since-outlawed salvia. I made the mistake of imbibing on the third-floor balcony of my hotel. In my delirium, I lost my balance and fell against the railing.

Those iron railings must have been union-built because I didn’t go tumbling toward my death. It can happen more often than you’d think, especially if alcohol is a factor.

From Kevin Accettulla of wkbn.com:

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — An Ohio man died Friday after he fell from a 15th-floor balcony at a Myrtle Beach hotel, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office.

The incident happened at about 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Patricia Grand Hotel along North Ocean Boulevard, according to the coroner’s office.

Markell Hope, 34, of Akron, Ohio, died after falling while trying to do a handstand on the balcony, according to the coroner’s office.

At least Mr. Hope perished in Myrtle Beach. That’s as close to Valhalla as an Ohioan can find in this world.

Speaking of Valhalla, former Columbus police officer Steven G. Rosser won’t see it for at least the next 18 months after being found guilty of planting .017 grams (go big or go home, baby!) on the owner of Dockside Dolls.

From Jordan Laird of dispatch.com:

A former Columbus police vice officer was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison Thursday for conspiring to violate a man's constitutional rights by framing an owner of a gentlemen's club for cocaine possession in 2018.

A federal jury in Columbus convicted Steven G. Rosser, 46, of Delaware, in February while acquitting fellow vice officer Whitney Lancaster, 59. The jury found Rosser guilty of one rights violation while finding him not guilty on another count of conspiring to violate an individual's constitutional rights in another incident.

U.S. District Court Judge Sarah D. Morrison handed down the sentence in Columbus Thursday. Morrison could have given Rosser a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. In their sentencing memo, prosecutors requested 27 months to 33 months in prison.

You know this wasn’t Rosser’s first attempt at planting drugs on a suspect. Eighteen months is a long time in prison, but you know the penalty would have been much stiffer if Rosser didn’t work as a cop. Thin Blue Line brain disease runs deep in America.

This week in The Rooster…

• Marion County Hall of Fame inducts a scammer. Remembering a time when former U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow scammed an untold number of seniors on a sweetheart silver deal.

• Columbus City Council can’t even be bothered to tweet about COTA. The bus line’s inadequate service is about more than “a driver shortage.” This week’s top dispatch.

• Vultures descend upon Ohio’s Senate race. The founder of LinkedIn and a bunch of Never-Trump Republican nobodies are joining forces to aid Tim Ryan.

• Not any asshole off the street can teach algebra. The latest Republican public education idea is to let veterans teach without a license, degree or background in education. What could go wrong?

• Reefer madness will never leave Ohio. The Buckeye State will not follow Joe Biden’s lead on marijuana sanity.

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