My friend, Bill Gavin
NO-NO-NO-NO!! Bill Gavin isn’t a racist. Not one, never been one, not going to be one. (Despite Marty Turner’s claims). I’ve known Bill since 1977, when I went to work at the GTVTC, (Mayhew U).
Bill was a drafting student & later a drafting instructor for many years. Bill always treated everybody, classmates, students and fellow workers, the same, as individuals. He liked everybody & was universally liked by all. Bill has never been an embarrassment while on the city council & will never be one.
Now, to Marty Turner, there’s a piece of work. Has anybody checked his voting record on a racial basis? … It’s amazing to me that when the race card is played, whites are the perpetrators .
Look at Marty Turner’s attitude, words, & actions. If you don’t see racist in capital letters, you have your head up your rump looking for a window.
My granddaddy once told me, when I was on a rant about something he knew was trivial, “Son, remember the biggest jackass in the barn is always brays the loudest, and leaves the biggest pile of **** in the barn.”
Now I’m gonna sign my name cause this is personal. Bill’s a best friend & picking on him gets my 74-year-old dander up.
Mike Drogula
Columbus
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