Pot bust deemed not enough to recall Horgan

Superior Court Judge A. Quillian Baldwin killed the effort to remove Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan. After all what's a little misdemeanor between friends? Judge Baldwin ruled that Horgan’s May 23 arrest for marijuana possession was not connected to his office and therefore the recall petition was insufficient. Hmmmm. This seems to wreak of the Clintonesque policy of holding our elected officials LESS responsible than their constituents.

Horgan stated he was "relieved". He also stated that this relief was over saving Fayette County citizens the cost of a recall election. Okay, lets just pretend that was true. How can Horgan best serve the people he is so deeply concerned with? Perhaps Horgan should resign. Horgan needs to recognize two things. First, he has lost the trust of those he represents. Second, he needs to realize that he has completely destroyed his political career. He is less than a lame duck at this point, he is a liability. Other council members will shun him, and certainly not go out of their way to ally with him on an meaningful legislation. His vary presence will be detrimental to any issue that he publically supports. Therefore, Horgan should resign.

There is one more issue that the judge seemed to overlook- The county commission funds the sheriff’s department. You know the same sheriffs department that runs the county's anti-drug taskforce. Certainly, Commissioner Horton must see the conflict of interest there. That is, unless he's high...