In
the last issue we ran the latest on the Wagoner County Commissioner
James Hanning Child Molestation Investigation that was sent to the OSBI
by the District Attorney in response to our story on the accusations.
The matter had been added to the County Commissioner's agenda for
December 9th, listed as a tort claim upon the county. We of
course encouraged residents to attend the meeting to see what if
anything was to be done.
One error
in our story, we said that it was Commissioner Hanning's attorney that
sent the matter to the Court Clerk asking it to be filed, it was in fact
the plaintiff's attorney. Where we got our wires crossed was there was a
source claiming that Commissioner Hanning wanted the local D.A. To
handle the lawsuit and provide liability coverage should the lawsuit
succeed. That might have been true, but it was the plaintiff's attorney
that actually sent the notice to the Court Clerk.
And forewarned, the County Commissioners wanted nothing to do with that matter at the December 9th meeting. You can listen to the proceedings at this link,
scroll down to section XII where it says Legal at 9:35:42 and listen to
the assembled officials want nothing to do with the issue or even
mention its name. The matter was dismissed without action by the County
Commissioners as it should have been.
One
voice was heard saying that the lawsuit might not even exist.... one
can only guess who that might have been. It is hard to imagine a meeting
where one of the officials has been accused, by his own daughter no
less, of the molestation of a child, and the rest of the officials have
to act like they know nothing. What shred of hope must one hang onto
knowing that your peers know all the details of the accusations and sit
there and pretend you might not be headed for a prison cell?
Commissioner
Hanning has the support of County Sheriff Chris Elliot thanks to
entanglement of Elliot's department in harassing the plaintiff in the
lawsuit. Elliot himself faces a good shot at being investigated for
dragging an inmate by her hair in his jail.
