In his myopic world of arrogance and avarice this was the perfect time to confront the problem. Unfortunately he is not a skilled liar. If you listen to just the sound of his voice he does pretty well. When you watch him on TV you want to play high stakes poker with him. Few politicians of his caliber have so many obvious “tells”. Without Mike Arms it is doubtful Ragsdale could have gone very far. Remove Arms and this political machine will collapse like a house of cards.

The biggest problem you have when you run a political machine by intimidation is that you have an armies of enemies waiting for you to slip up and these days the sixth floor is slicker than greased owl shit.

Time will tell.

Nonetheless, the media exposure for Ragsdale has revealed some character issues which may (and probably should) be problematic if he decides to run for higher office.

If he really instructed employees to not expect per diem reimbursement if they eat at a Mike Chase restaurant, he should ride off into the sunset.

Referring to Mike Chase as “some guy who sells barbecue” was an incredibly petty insult.

I have always thought that Ragsdale did an okay job as County Mayor, and that may still be true.

However, he seems to be looking a lot less like our City Mayor, who does a great job, and more like our autocratic Sheriff.