Will the Real Mike Ellis, Please Stand Up?

Last week was an interesting one for Sen. Mike Ellis. First, he falls and incurs come cracked ribs. Then he agrees to sign on to an ethics reform package proposed by the Governor and a bipartisan group of legislators. Then he “forgets” he had agreed to sponsor the package. Or did he?

Well, according to the Mike Ellis ranting on WTMJ-AM radio, the Governor’s ethics package was “B.S. from one end of his body to the other”, and he was so surprised to see his name attached to the news release supporting it that, “It just about knocked my hairpiece off.”

Graphic. Visual. But not correct.

The Mike Ellis that did agree to not only support the ethics reform package, but give a positive quote about, did so in a series of emails from his staff to a staff member of Governor Doyle’s, over a two-day period.

“I’m pleased to see Governor Doyle’s support for these initiatives,” said Ellis. “It’s essential that any meaningful ethics reform be bipartisan and the Governor’s support will go a long way toward that effort.”

That was Mike Ellis’s office’s suggestion for the quote. He was “pleased”. It is “meaningful”. I guess the “BS” part was what Ellis was offering on conservative talk radio.

So, to set the record straight, one Mike Ellis supports meaningful reform and one has issues with his hairpiece falling off.

I hope the first one is back in the office this week.