Blind-sided, again

Dudley currently is on probation for that.
But even that is all news to councilman Lipscomb, who in our conversation last Saturday wanted me to know just how removed he is from his son-in-law and last remaining business associate.

"When you put in the paper that Rod was an ex-con, I thought perhaps it was a typo," Lipscomb said, referring to the May Observer story about Lipscomb's imploding chemical business. "I asked someone else whether it was true, and it was confirmed that it had been.

"You see, I had no idea.