Mayor Issues Public Apology;

This blog is in regards to an article out of the Austin American Statesman. It discusses Mayor Will Wynn’s public apology for an incident that took place in March 2006. According to the police report the Mayor was having a party at his downtown condominium when he met an uninvited guest by the name of Luke Johnson. Upon meeting, Johnson questioned the Mayor about whether Will or Wynn was his first name. Wynn believed this individual to be mocking him and asked Johnson to leave. There was apparently an exchange of profanity and the Mayor ended up forcefully escorting the individual off his property. It seems as though both sides of the story vary depending on who’s telling it. In my opinion this is not news. If I had a skirmish at a party in my own home and physically escorted an uninvited guest off my property and told him to f*** off I guarantee it wouldn’t make the front page. In addition I would be willing to bet the cops wouldn’t charge me with assault. This is a college town and I am positive this sort of thing happens every day. I understand as a public figure they are held to higher standard, but I don’t feel as though the Mayor acted any different than most people would. This seems overboard to me. By this standard if someone comes to your home uninvited, you don’t have the right to remove them. That’s funny to me, considering in the Great State of Texas you have the right to protect your property with deadly force if you feel it necessary. Once again the media has blown something out of proportion in order to make news out of a non-news worthy story. I’m sure all the hoopla around this story is taking the Mayor away from much more important duties. As far as I’m concerned the Mayor doesn’t owe anyone an apology.
Jason Lundin
For more information see:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/07/0307wynn.html