Friday, November 21, 2008

The Journal Shames the Star "Puppy Paper" News



We are posting the Wilmington Journal's editorial in its entirety because we are so excited about the paper's dedication to the truth and so ashamed of how the Star News ignored it.

OUR VOICE, ''ON JULIA, WE TOLD YOU SO!'', WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20-26, 2008
by EDITORIAL STAFF
The Wilmington Journal
Originally posted 11/25/2008

Well, well, well! It took a while, but finally the ''great'' minds at the StarNews have seen the light when it comes to Sen. Julia Boseman.

Earlier this week, the major newspaper of record here went after Boseman for the scandal surrounding her alleged swindling of a poor family in a mobile home deal she made with them three years ago.

That family now stands to lose its home because it's being foreclosed on, and the ''Honorable'' State Senator Julia Boseman - who is also a real estate attorney when she's not using the n-word, lying to adoption agencies or threatening former legal partners with personal ruination - hasn't displayed the basic character or moral decency to come forward and explain her actions.

The Star News, which did next to nothing in reporting the many controversies surrounding this train wreck of a public official before the paper endorsed Boseman for a third term (something The Journal absolutely refused to do), acted like a lover betrayed (something Boseman has had extensive experience doing to many others), when it took her backside to the woodshed.

We invite you to join us now in feasting on what has to be some of the most verbose hypocrisy this side of the Alaskan governor's office.

''…[S]he needs to explain why she deserves to keep her seat,'' an embarrassed Star News opined. ''Many of her constituents think she should resign, and that sentiment will grow unless she can provide a strong argument to the contrary.''

Gee, didn't The Journal say that last June and July?

''Voters knew going into the Nov. 4 election that the Democratic state senator has faced serious personal and financial difficulties, including foreclosures on property she owned independently as well as with her former domestic partner before their bitter breakup. She should have known better than to insist that these were personal matters not worthy of public discussion. She's a public official, and how she conducts her personal business speaks to her character and qualifications for office.''

Oh, cut it out, if you truly believed that ''how [Sen. Boseman] conducts her personal business speaks to her character and qualifications for office,'' you would have dutifully reported the sworn damaging testimony about this loser from her explosive three-day December 2007 child custody hearing…IN December 2007, because you had a reporter RIGHT THERE IN THE COURTROOM all three days, but decided sworn testimony about Boseman's excessive drinking, illegal drug usage as a public official, lewd behavior in public and of course, obscene racist language in front of her family and young child that even her own attorney admitted during the proceedings, were simply allegations against an elected official you felt didn't merit public disclosure during an election year.

Outstanding journalism we could all ''learn'' from.

Then, after trying to justify why the paper has been covering up for Boseman all of this time (''Boseman has generally represented New Hanover County well.'' Not if you're Black, StarNews, NOT if you're Black), our city's ''friend to all fresh fish'' then recounted how the lease-to-own agreement Boseman made with a family may end up seeing them $35,000 poorer and living in the woods because their bottom-of-the-barrel landlord (Boseman) is being foreclosed on.

She took their money, but didn't keep up with the payments required on the property, thus forcing the foreclosure.
Now how darn dirty is that?!!!

The Star News says despite assurances from Boseman's ''mouthpiece'' (aka Tom Keating, her former campaign manager and apparent rhetorical butler) that the bank will work out something with the family (which will be interesting given that one of the parents has been out of work for three months), Boseman needs to act like an honorable leader.

''If she leaves this family in the lurch,'' it concludes, ''she's not worthy of her constituents' trust.''

So let's get this straight - only now, when a poor, innocent family who trusted attorney Julia Boseman for their very shelter, is looking down the loaded barrel of a cold weather eviction notice thanks to her irresponsible behavior and twisted dishonest character, does our daily decide that Madame Boseman may be as trustworthy as Tokyo Rose.

The Star News, and everybody who supported Julia Boseman for reelection, only have themselves to blame for this travesty.

The Wilmington Journal has been sounding the alarm about how dishonest and untrustworthy Julia Boseman is for years. The Journal was the only media outlet in the state - Black or White - that read and researched every page of the court transcript from Boseman's December 2007 child custody hearing, and published what it learned.

While others were making excuses for her admitted pot smoking as a New Hanover County commissioner, failure to pay property taxes on several addresses or very dirty dancing with a female friend in full view of decent families at a motor speedway, The Journal detailed explosive sworn testimony from those who've known Julia Boseman best for the past 20 years.

The dark, deceitful, hateful and racist profile they collectively drew, coupled with the documented complete disregard Sen. Boseman has displayed toward the African-American community and its issues during her two useless terms, was something readers of The Wilmington Journal were well educated about.

Then, of course, the state allegations of forged signatures on Boseman's campaign finance reports, something she tried to explain away by saying she had ''authorization'' to write someone else's name on several legal documents without their knowledge.

Would you trust an attorney you knew pulled such stunts?

And during the election campaign, the continued way she tried to snow Black voters into believing that she cared about their interests with boldfaced lies that the Journal easily unraveled.

So when it came time to endorse for the 2008 elections, what did this newspaper advise its readers?

''Boseman, through her actions, behavior and complete disregard for her Black constituents these past four years, is someone we strongly feel never has deserved the trust and support of the African-American community.''

So please forgive us, those of you who supported Julia Boseman, if we just simply end this with a justified, ''We told you so!''

But one more thing, and you can take this to the bank.

The saga of Julia Boseman is nowhere near over, not by a longshot.

We still haven't heard from the state Board of Elections regarding its probe into the signature forgeries, which are felonies.

Boseman has to make good on a lot of promises she made to Black folks if she were reelected.

And, there's still plenty of time for a halfway decent attorney to contact that family Boseman stiffed out of their home.

After all, there's no better way to end a sad, sad story of a bad, bad person, than with a big, big lawsuit!

Don't you agree?

TOLD YOU SO!