Dwaine Caraway

Yesterday, County Commissioner John Wiley Price sent an apology letter -- of sorts -- to the staff of the radio station where Monday's dust-up with Dwaine Caraway went down. You can read the whole thing, if you like. He doesn't apologize for what he did, for grabbing one of Caraway's staffers by the neck. He apologizes for "not anticipating the meltdown that occurred in your station." Strange thing to apologize for. Not anticipating the meltdown. Here's the passage I find most interesting:

In retrospect, it should've occurred to me that what I and others believe now to have been a concocted or "staged event" could have been anticipated. Mr. Caraway's public record is littered with dramatic performances from the distant past up to the present. And whether it was the highly publicized Super Bowl spat between Archie and Arthur; his eight years as a featured thespian at City Hall, or the phantom threats against his life and property that require an exceptionally large entourage and the presence of bodyguards, I should have been more keenly suspect of anything that he said that day. I was totally focused on his politics and was not aware of his employment of poli-tricks.

It's an interesting tack he has taken. Again, here's the video that shows the context for what set off the meltdown, if you haven't seen it:

UPDATE (10:36): Can't beat Robert Wilonsky. He has already already posted the audio. Dwaine Caraway popped on with the Musers this morning on SportsRadio 1310 AM (and 96.7 FM) The Ticket to talk about yesterday's fracas. I should be able to provide the audio in an hour or so. Stay tuned for that. But here's the gist: Caraway says that John Wiley Price is a "bully." He repeatedly called Caraway a bitch in the radio studio yesterday when the mics weren't on. Then he choked a 5-foot-2 Caraway campaign staffer, lifting him off the floor by his neck. That's what Caraway said finally set him off. He said the entire thing was a trap, which is why the video doesn't show Price's provocations. But Caraway said there is a second video that has been turned over to police, and it better shows Price's actions. Caraway said his social media team is going to bring that video to The Ticket today. He also apologized for his actions. But, even though Gordon Keith pressed him on the issue, Caraway wouldn't go into any more detail about his statement yesterday that Price had sex with his wife.

Give Dwaine his credit!

Best guest ever.

Perhaps you heard about the Furr's thing. There was a Furr's Fresh Buffet off LBJ and S. Hampton. It closed. Councilman Dwaine Caraway is not happy about that. He said:

“That Furr’s was doing mega-business. Mega-business. And it closed out of nowhere. People showed up for work and didn’t know it was closed. And you know I am not happy about it. I am shocked, unhappy and disappointed. I am real ticked about it. We participate and patronized it, and overnight it’s taken away from us. It’s like giving a kid a special computer game for Christmas, and all of the sudden he comes home and it’s taken away from him.”

I feel his pain -- but in a slightly different way. Depending on the season and my mood, when a Furr's closes …