Where's Coy?

As I predicted, Coy Privette didn't show up at the Cabarrus County Commissioners meeting tonight.
Instead he had his lawyer release a statement this afternoon stating:

“Dear (County Manager) John Day and Fellow Commissioners: The issues on the agenda tonight are very important to the citizens of Cabarrus County. My attendance may distract from the issues; therefore, I will not attend the commissioners meeting tonight.”

Translation: I'm too embarrassed to show my face and certainly don't want to answer any pesky press questions and explain my actions to the people that elected me.


At this point I'm thinking that Mr. Privette will keep hiding until the day he has to appear in court (August 22nd). Maybe he's hoping this whole thing will just blow over.
Hopefully after his court date he will draw the conclusions that he should have already drawn this week.
Of course, Privette is not guilty until convicted in a court of law.
But like I read in a column in the Charlotte observer this weekend :

"We should also say that it's unlikely the State Bureau of Investigation would issue warrants against a sitting public servant without feeling sure they've got the goods."

Tonights meeting began with Chairman Bob Carruth asking that the public “reserve comments for blog sites.” Maybe he reads mine??
Carruth called the situation “a shock.”
“It’s certainly not something we want to see happen,” Carruth said.

Most of the Commissioners meeting was spent on another debate over the downtown jail. More on that in a later post.