Ellen Reitmeyer is a 34-year-old single woman running for Metro Council, and is currently the legislative aide to Councilwoman Julie Raque Adams. She lives in a condo off New LaGrange Road, and goes to Bible Study early on Tuesday mornings.
This morning, she was shocked to see one of her primary opponents, 64-year-0ld Jon Ackerson, standing in her driveway, “staring up at my bedroom window” at 6 a.m. At first, she says, she was frightened. Ackerson approached her, but Reitmeyer said she was late for Bibly Study and sped off before he could confront her.
“I thought, what is my opponent doing in my driveway at six o’clock in the morning?”
She returned a short time later to find two police cruisers and Ackerson at her home, and Ackerson was filing a complaint against her for stealing yard signs. According to Reitmeyer, several of Ackerson’s yard signs were placed in her trash while she was gone.
“He is the king of dirty politics and this is pathetic,” she said. “I have gone to the police and filed a report documenting that he was in front of my residence staring at my window.”
Reitmeyer said that the district handles plenty of complaints about political signage in the rights of way from residents, and that every candidate experiences some theft of signs. She accused Ackerson of posting signs in people’s yards without permission.
I attempted to reach Ackerson this morning, but he hasn’t yet returned my call.
At tonight’s meeting of the Jefferson County Republican Party, Reitmeyer is expected to be elected as vice chair.
5 responses so far ↓
1 What's the point? // May 13, 2008 at 11:09 am
I would post a comment but it would only be removed! Why not re-label this site the gutless WHAS promotion machine!
2 jake // May 13, 2008 at 11:12 am
Try not changing your screenname to leave multiple comments over and over, many that are inappropriate. You’ve spammed more than 30 comments this morning alone.
3 jake // May 13, 2008 at 11:39 am
A note to the jackasses who continue to spam: Your comments are moderated after posting more than 50 comments today. I don’t care if what you have to say contributes to the conversation. If you spam or say something that’s absolutely inappropriate and then attempt to impersonate someone you’re not? Then you’re not commenting here again.
Comments do not get removed just because we disagree with them. We don’t filter anything, as anyone reading this site regularly can recall hundreds of comments attacking us personally that we’ve left intact. Just don’t spam and push absolute horse shit and personal attacks directed at people who aren’t in the public eye.
It’s a shame when people post nasty comments while at work. The least they could do is contribute in a professional and business-oriented manner. 99.9% of you who comment are members of the media and are always helpful, friendly and professional. Which is why we’re not interested in allowing one hack job the chance to ruin the reputation of an entire industry purely because they’re bitter.
4 A life less responsible... // May 13, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I want a life where time is so abundant I can post fifty meaningless messages a day. Clearly they must’ve ,”been at work.” At least no one I hope would waste that much of their own time.
5 j // May 14, 2008 at 3:39 am
Wow. Stealing signs, leaving meaningless messages, staring into windows at 6am, people giving a damn about messages on a blog… somewhere in all this drivel something matters, right? Like, everyone involved reflects our community. Who goes to Bible study at 6am anyway?
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