What? Surely not! Doug Hawkins has lied again.

Mr. Tan in a Can and Protector of Our White Women from the Mexicans sent out an email just a day ago that was filled with misinformation. Click here (Warning: PDF Link) to read it for yourself.

In the email, Hawkins claimed the Mayor’s Office planned to ignore a public vote by appointing Rosemary Mattingly to the PRP Fire Protection Board.

But. Uh. That’s kind of, you know, far from accurate.

So let’s turn to a press release from Bob Henderson and Rick Blackwell condemning Hawkins’ email blast:

Louisville – Councilmen Bob Henderson (D-14) and Rick Blackwell (D-12) are condemning a recent email blast sent out from the office of Councilman Doug Hawkins (R-25) concerning an appointment to the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Protection District Board.

The Councilmen say the email is an attempt to scare people with misinformation about the appointment process and is an attempt to grab the media spotlight.

“The PRP Fire Protection board is an independent body,” says Henderson. “Metro Government has no control over how any independent taxing district operates its budget or fire fighting equipment.”

“This is typical Hawkins hysteria,” says Blackwell. “His involvement with issues usually have little regard for the actual truth and instead attempt to work people up just to score his own political points.”

The Hawkins email noted that the Mayor’s office is set to appoint Rosemary Mattingly to the PRP Fire Protection Board of Trustees. The email calls Mattingly a political insider because she is a former assistant to Henderson.

“The people of my district know Rosemary’s qualifications for community service because of the way she has helped the community for more than six years,” says Henderson. “I understand there were problems with the elections to the board this year. Those are concerns the Fire District needs to work out.”

The email goes on to say that by putting Mattingly on the board the Mayor is putting himself in a situation to take over the tax districts budget and placing fire equipment somewhere else.

“Under merged government, the Mayor has no authority to tell any fire protection district in Metro Louisville what to do and he certainly cannot take away any fire fighting equipment,” says Blackwell. “Once again, Hawkins is just trying to grab media attention.”

The PRP Fire Protection Board threw out an election held in June when charges of electioneering were levied. In that election, Michael A. Priddy Sr. lost by two votes. Only 38 votes total were cast in that election. Even though an estimated 90,000 taxpayers in PRP are eligible to vote for board members. According to state law, the Board is required to ask the Mayor to fill the vacancy.

In September, the Board held a second election in violation of state law. Only 130 people voted. Priddy received 61 votes. Other candidates received 42 votes and 27.respecfully.

Not only was the second election a violation of state law but there were claims that Hawkins inserted himself in the second election by sending out robo calls on his machine claiming that votes for Pirddy’s opponent would lead to the closing of PRP Fire Stations.

The Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Prevention District covers District 12, District 14 and District 25.The Mattingly appointment is set to go before the Metro Council’s Contracts and Appointments Committee on Wednesday.

When will the dishonesty and political stunts from Hawkins end?