A number of readers have forwarded an email that was sent to former councilmember Jackie McHenry the day after the election. The note purports to be from Gale Southard, the wife of former Claremont City Manager Glenn Southard (we have been unable to confirm the identity of the writer) and the Southards have not responded to inquiries by the press and public as to whether or not the email was sent from their email account. We do note that the account, gdsouthard@earthlink.net, includes Southard's middle initial.
Here is the email:
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Southard
To: jackie@jackiemchenry.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: loser
Jackie - so many people are soooo happy that your rein [sic] of terror is over. I'm glad you only get $500 for a party which you really should forego. Now the city can move forward. Hooray for the Claremont 400! Bye bye.
Gale Southard
gdsouthard@earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
The EarthLink ad seemed particularly appropriate for the note.
Several readers who forwarded this note have commented that they didn't believe Southard or his wife could have written such nastiness. Anyone whose been on the receiving end of a Southard fit could tell them otherwise. We located a legitimate Southard comment to a columnist named Cindy Uken who writes for the Desert Sun newspaper and who has written about goings on in the City of Indio, where Southard is now City Manager.
Uken has apparently written several columns about various problems Southard has had with Indio Councilmember Mike Wilson, who last year sued Indio and Southard in federal court and who believes he has been singled out by Southard because he does not automatically support Southard's policies (sound familiar?).
Uken has also written about a dispute between Southard and developer Richard Weintraub, who owns a large mall in Indio. Southard apparently didn't like Uken's coverage, because he posted the following comment on her website:
Contributed by Glenn Southard
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Cindy,
You should let your readers know that you work for Kiner Communications and (Richard) Weintraub is a Kiner Communications client. No wonder the bias fluff piece. You should also come to Indio some time and see first hand all the improvements that are happening to roads, parks, buildings, water system, retail etc. Facts speak louder than opinions.
Glenn Southard
City Manager Indio
Editor's note: I am not privy to Kiner Communications' clients. CindyUken.com is a separate corporation from Kiner Communications.
Typical Southard (and, we might add, typical Claremont 400): attack and discredit the person, don't address the issue. Funny how these things seem to follow Southard around.
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