The Rumor That Will Neither Die Nor Break Through

Listening to the Andrew Clark radio show this afternoon and was surprised to hear several callers repeat the rumor that will not die: That Mayor Herenton has a cocaine problem and has been in treatment for it, maybe twice now. Clark wouldn't go anywhere near touching the rumor but he avers that he's heard it many different places.

I've been told some of this rumor as well by various blog readers and also been warned against repeating it. As I understand it, no reporter has been able to fully and independently nail down the names/dates/locations and so no news source is going to touch something so volatile. Ah well.

One of the callers even joked (At least I think it was a joke....) that the reason Herenton got involved in the cop stop last year that led to such negative press for him was that he recognised his drug dealer being pulled over.

But remember, this is all rumor and nothing more.