Who would ever think that Faisal Gill might be lying about potential opponents when trolling for endorsements? That would be beyond dumb, it’s political suicide. Now I don’t know what Milt Johns might have done to independently find out what was going on, or if he did anything at all to verify what he heard from Gill. But I have heard that information from Gill was the basis for his understanding, and it turned out to be incorrect.

So Gill either knew what Julie would do or he did not. If he knew, he lied, and I doubt that was the case because it’s just so incredibly outrageous. If he didn’t know, it was a major gaffe for his campaign and resulted in some damaged relationships with folks he would be well served to have good relationships with.

In the end, a major endorsement for Faisal Gill is now gone, and there’s a possibility this won’t be the only instance. That’s got to be pretty embarrassing for the campaign and will mean whole lot of campaign literature is going to have to be re-done.

And no, I’m not naming sources.

Now I don’t know about Julie’s relationship with Milt Johns. What me might or might not know about Julie’s intentions is beyond me, but I have heard that Faisal was adamant about telling Milt that Julie was not running — not that he didn’t think that she was running, but that she absolutely was not. Would Milt take his word for it? I don’t know, but it looks like he did.

I also think highly of Milt, and am certain that if he had any question about this he would have been able to find out in no time. In the end he ended up getting a bit blindsided here, mislead for the sole, albeit temporary benefit of Faisal Gill, and put in the difficult position while he has his own campaign to be concerned with.

I think he is quite capable of figuring out to ask Lucas if she is running — it’s Greg who thinks he’s the only one smart enough to know to talk to the prospective candidate instead of her opponent.

But Milt Johns knows Lucas, works with her on the school board. Why would he ask, much less listen to, the opinion of Faisel Gill about whether she would run, rather than simply asking her?

As you note, you asked her. If you could do so, why do you think Milt would be unable to do so? You must not think much of his ability to think clearly, if you think he would have forgotten that he could ask Lucas what she was doing, and instead had to ask Faisel.

Milt endorsed Faisal because Lucas wasn’t running. Once Lucas saw that there was an opening to knock Faisal off with the “muslim/terrorist” stuff, Lucas decided to run. With Lucas running, Milt isn’t going to endorse her opponent. Perfectly understandable, and doesn’t require questioning Milt’s intelligence OR Gill’s magical powers of mind-reading and fortune-telling.

Nonetheless, Master, I remain confused. I find the order of your lesson puzzling. Only now have you revealed that you spoke to Lucas. Before your mystic revelation was achieved with just a humble degree of political insight. What other revelations do you have for your student?

Will you reveal how it is that you know Faisal Gill was either lying or incompetent? Did Gill put Johns under a spell, which you have now lifted? How come Milt Johns did not talk to Lucas, someone he sees frequently, about her plans? Why did he talk to Gill instead? What would possess Gill to speak for Lucas?

And this is coming from someone who is in Gainesville and doesn’t necessarily have their ear to the ground for all of the daily political winds in Occoquan. If I knew about it, the insiders in Occoquan certainly knew. I’m not under the illusion that I am so spectacularly gifted in political insight that I’d know what’s going on in Occoquan before someone like Faisal Gill does.