Rob Perry's conduct is reprehensible

Rob Perry is Mayor Richard Berry's Chief Administrative Officer and he is a boor.  There is videotape proof beyond doubt, link.

It has been nearly two weeks since his boorish outburst and it appears that he has gotten away with it.

KRQE covered part of the story, link and promptly abandoned it. Though KRQE was aware of and asked for security footage of following incident in a parking garage, they are yet to cover it, link.

I searched for and found no evidence that KOAT, link, KOB, link, or the Journal, link, covered the story at all.

The establishment press walks on eggshells around powerful people.  They are caught twixt a rock and a hard place; an obligation to expose incompetence and corruption and a need to stay close enough to be able to find it.  Unless their investigation is likely to topple their target from power; they can't dig too deeply or they will loose access.

The money quote from the KRQE piece is the usual from a good ol' boy who doesn't want either his conduct or character to be investigated; Perry said ... we'll move forward."

Time to move along is good ol' boy speak for; there will be no more questions.  There will be no apology nor further acknowledgement.  There will be no letter of reprimand, there will be no consequences at all.

The buck stops on Mayor Richard Berry's desk; he owns the tone in city hall.  People don't behave this way unless they are allowed.

Is this really the kind of conduct citizens can expect from public servants in the Berry administration?

Unfortunately, it is.


When the press gets on Richard Berry's bad side, they find themselves on the outside looking in, link.




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