Oh, McDonald: Former councilman responds to column
Time hasn’t diminished controversial former Las Vegas City Councilman Michael McDonald’s sense of humor.
That’s probably a good thing. He’ll need to find things to laugh about if he lands the job of chairman for the Nevada Republican Party.
This week’s column about the rather colorful political career of McDonald included an excerpt from a deposition in a civil case involving the mobbed-up Rick Rizzolo, an interview in which McDonald found himself pleading the Fifth Amendment. McDonald, a former cop, has survived investigations by the FBI, IRS, and Metro.
As it turns out, the column was published on McDonald’s birthday.
Here’s McDonald’s letter:
WOW! On my birthday, John? Remind me to thank you for this the next time I see you!
I have to clear up a few inaccuracies in your article.
I‘ve been given a clean bill of mental health from my numerous visits to Belleview Mental Hospital.
They say I can run for State or Local office again as soon as next week. Although I haven’t been given the OK to handle sharp objects until next year.
As far my colorful history goes, I still appreciate a colorful tie or pocket square but I have in fact stopped tinting my hair.
The family dog was in fact under surveillance. But, you left out that it was actually two dogs, my cat and both birds. They were all wire tapped and being watched by the swirling black helicopters of Clark County Animal Control. I am very sad to report however; in 2008 the stress of the constant harassment killed my buddy Knute Rockne the bulldog and Marcel the bird. After it all, the animals were cleared of any wrongdoing.
I was "driven from office." On the evening of the election loss. Everyone was so shocked and hurt that we had lost that nobody was thinking clearly. As the cameras were packed up and people trickled away I was there cleaning up. It was then that I realized that my ride had left too. So, I had to walk home! I wish I was "driven from office" because it was a long walk home!
On my political enemies calling me names and saying I have "shady friends." Well John, you’re my friend and whoever calls you shady can come and talk to me! I’m rubber and their glue whatever they say bounces off me and sticks to them!
My appearances at Republican Presidential Candidate events. I have been to two events for Newt Gingrich, two events for Rick Santorum, two events for Ron Paul and finally two events for Mitt Romney. All the events and candidates were great but, because it was held at Mundo’s Newt had the best food.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper couldn’t make the event at Adelson School so they put in a call to me. I threw on my American Flag tie (only because my Superman outfit was at the cleaners) and rushed down there to lend a hand.
The GOOD press clippings about saving lives, building parks, rebuilding communities fighting for seniors and standing up for the less fortunate can be found in the D Gates. All the ancient, trumped up, slanted bad press can be found in A Gates.
If you refer back to number 6 on this list you’ll find that I was with each of our candidates and I did advise each of them to use the Fifth while debating each other. I did add that if that didn’t work to use the same tactic that I suggested in number 5.
On a final yet very serious note John, you know the neighborhood that I grew up in. You had to learn to take your knocks at a very early age. My father and our friend, the late Johnny Tocco taught me life is a twelve round fight. While some of the early rounds may have gone to my opponents with their dirty tricks, low blows and biased refereeing; I always fight the hardest in the middle and late rounds.
Although the odds may be against me in this fight; trust me John, you’ll want to put your money on the underdog.
Please next year, just send a card.
