Bill Hobbs & Robin Smith, Republican Congressional Candidate in the TN 3rd District
from “Bill” billhobbs@meshmediastrategies.com
to administrator@rutherfordcountydemocrats.org
date Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:05 PM
subject RCDP CONTACT: blog entry about meThe intro you wrote to this blog entry about me several months ago is false - and therefore slanderous. I was not convicted.
Take it down or be sued
Mr. Hobbs refers to a story on the RCDP site that stated he was “convicted” of domestic assault. It has been determined that Mr. Hobbs is technically correct. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were ordered to attend marital counseling in order for the charges to be dismissed. The story has been corrected.
It is flattering to know that Mr. Hobbs reads our site so religiously, and we hope the marital counseling has gone well and will help keep his wife, Anne, out of the hospital for injuries like those she reported in her sworn affidavit complaining of Domestic Abuse.
Tags: Bill Hobbs, GOP, Robin Smith, Spokesman, Tennessee
Technically, since he probably would be considered a “public figure” at least in Tennessee, it wouldn’t be slander unless you made the statement with a reckless disregard for the truth. Just the mere fact that it wasn’t true isn’t enough.
I understand why Bill wants to correct any factual errors if it was not true. I can think of ten different ways to avoid bringing all this up again. One is picking up the telephone. Bill clearly has come to a point in his political career defending public policies that destroy America where he now has nothing to lose, including his own family.
That document is horrible to read! The court determined in 2009 that Bill Hobbs “is a threat to the alleged victim or other family or household member.” I know the charges were dropped, but what Ann told the police “on oath” is so sad. Regardless whether Bill says he would never do what Ann said happened or not, I don’t think it’s wise to make Bill mad over all of this again.
Does anybody know if Bill Hobbs or his company Mesh Media Strategies works for Kerry Roberts campaign? Bill’s twitter and comments on Post Politics is almost always about Kerry Roberts and I didn’t think Bill lived in the district which makes it that much more interesting.
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Post the mug shot already…
According to the court documents posted here Bill Hobbs was arrested on October 15, 2009 on a domestic violence charge and posted a $1500 bail. Where is the mug shot?
You know it make you wonder how many of our other leaders and govt officials have issues and problems that are hidden. Its sad but in the end we are all human I guess. I just hope for the best.