As The Bull Elephant reported weeks ago, the details of Shawn Williams’ felony assault on a young woman in Ocean City in 2006 are horrific. We said that the story wasn’t going away and it hasn’t. We said the story would get worse and embarrass our entire party. It has. We also said Williams should resign from the board of Supervisors. Our opinion has not changed. [read_more]From today’s Washington Post,
According to the police report, the incident began early in the morning of Feb. 3, 2006, while Williams and his girlfriend were vacationing at his grandmother’s condominium. The woman told police that Williams, after becoming suspicious when another man called her cell phone, chased her through the home, dragged her down a hall by her hair, struck her repeatedly and pushed her into a closet floor with such force that it broke.
The woman fled the condo with her dog, barefoot and in her pajamas, and called 911 from a nearby Denny’s Restaurant, where police found her outside in a cold rain, according to the report.
Supervisor Williams responded,
“With every fiber of my being I wish this incident had not occurred and can’t begin to relay the guilt I harbor,” Williams said in a statement. “This was an extremely low point in my life full of grief, anger and binge blackout drinking. As a result of this incident I sought out and received treatment for alcohol abuse and symptoms related to a personality disorder.”
According to Williams meeting his wife Joy a year after the incident helped him to overcome his past problems. Finding religion also helped. Although there have been two reports of calls to the Loudoun Sheriff’s office within the last 5 years for domestic disturbances at the Williams home as well as one call last summer when Williams assaulted his neighbor. In addition Williams has had four arrests for driving under the influence prior to his election in 2011.
Williams has said he does not intend to resign his seat as Broad Run Supervisor and will remain in office until January 2016. We at The Bull Elephant hope that he will change his mind and do the right thing for the other supervisors, the Republican party, and the people of Loudoun county. Remaining on the board of Supervisors taints all of us. We hope he will continue treatment for his problems while staying out of the public light, focusing on his family and his recovery .
If there is any doubt that Shawn needs to resign, read the entire police report, here.
More on the story here.
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I don’t know the man or his politics but if he has cleaned up his life he should be encouraged, not scorned. Who among us is perfect? How come none of these perfect people are running for office?
Memo to RPV and all Republican Committees: BEFORE you nominate any and all candidates PLEASE vet them! Adultery/leaving your family for another/violent felony assaults in a candidate’s background => should preclude him getting the Republican nomination for any office.
Doesn’t seem to make sense to me, why with less than a year to finish out his term, and 9 years after the event you’re harkening to, you’d call for his immediate resignation? Wasn’t that up to the voters whether he was sent to that office?
Just like plenty of other unsavory pasts attached to other electeds – you can raise all of those skeletons before primaries and before elections, but once the voters elect their representative with eyes wide open, ain’t it a matter of their choice then?
Why are you raising a stink now?
We’re raising it now because we didn’t know about it prior to now. Nor did the voters.
It’s 9 years old.
He has 10 months left to his term.
i see no point in your tar and feather crusade, once you achieved his commitment to not seek re-election and to only finish out his term.
Do have something to gripe about his politics between now and January?
It’s about the message. What do Republicans stand for. Republicans on the board wouldn’t tolerate Eugene who committed NO criminal acts but they will tolerate someone who abuses women, drives drunk, and punches neighbors? Have we NO standards?
abused a woman
drove drunk
punched a neighbor
You’re reflexes are too slow.
Is he doing anything right now that impedes what his job is for the next 10 months?
You’re already excising him from the next election.
I still don’t see the relevance of demanding that he resign now.
Was Eugene’s drama work related?
Is Shawn’s personal past?
If Eugene got treated badly, then by all means fuss at that. But how does that justify you treating Shawn a certain way?
I still don’t see your formula how this x justifies that y.
Fighting against a person in office in the last 10 months of his 4 year term because of things from his personal life up to 9 years ago, that are demonstrably unrelated to his job as Supervisor because no one knew about it.
Lacking real world gain, it appears that you’re on a sadistic crusade of character assassination. Maybe searching through public records can reward you with more people who’ve committed crimes in the last decade that you can publicly excoriate until they crawl into a hole out of sight.
Kicking someone when they’re down has been the traditionally shameful phrase. Now you add to that, waiting til they stumble back to their feet, just start to walk again, then knock them down and start kicking them again.
Perhaps you’ve become what you beheld – an abuser, just not with your fists.
Or try –
Criminal, dangerous behavior?
Yeah, but we didn’t know about it at the time.
Now that we do, we find ourselves shocked and very disappointed.
It looks like there will be other choices in the election for the voters this November to decide who they want to represent them.
Perhaps he has changed. No one realized that he previously had these problems in his personal life.
In the final 10 months, we look look forward and prepare for the future, and hope for improved, healthy things for him and his family elsewhere.
Elected officials are asked everyday to answer for their past behavior. When those actions involve violence against woman, and those tendancies continue forward to present day, then yes, action needs to be taken.
The fact of the matter is had the Dems been smart enough to do the most basic research 3 years ago, Shawn would never have been elected. Further, he knew his past, he knew his record, and he knew the ramifications of what would happen if this information came to light while he was an elected official.
There is one person to blame for this debacle, and that is Shawn Williams, and to a lessor extent those who enabled his behavior.
Why is Jeanine right on this ? It is quite simple. First what he did was not only wrong, but disturbing on many levels. He has issues that need to be worked out away from the public display of elected office. Second, we as Republicans have been fighting this stupid bogus War on Woman for years. We don’t need Shawn Williams or anyone else for that matter providing the political opposition and the press reasons to revive this corrupt narrative.
Frankly, I am sickened by those running around making excuses for Shawn Williams.People are acting as if this guy got over on a handful of parking tickets.
For me it is real simple. I have a mother, a daughter, a sister, and hundreds of female friends for whom I love and care for, I don’t tolerate men who beat,batter, or put their hands on woman in a violent manner. I consider this to be sick behavior and should not be tolerated by anyone within the publics trust, elected or otherwise.
Those making excuses for Shawn are in my opionion cowards or those willing to set morals and ethics aside for political purposes. Again, I am sickened.
Whereas it sickens me that you’re dredging up the past for political purposes, covering yourself with presumed moral superiority.
One weighs these issues on primary and election day out of concern for the person’s ability to faithfully fill the office with integrity. It’s possible to have a miserable personal life and excellent public service. It’s possible to have a sordid past and a clean present. It’s possible to have a sordid present and a clean future. Weigh all of that on primary and election days, not 3 years into a 4 year term. He’s demonstrated for 3 years that he can fulfill the job despite his past. Perhaps he might not have gotten the chance if it had come out in time, but he did get the chance, and he’s fulfilled.
This strikes me as just hyped drama for political effect. Show me someone who fulfills their oath to the Constitution and to their voters without breaking laws while in office, and I’ll consider it a lucky term compared to the slick willies who’ve killed, suppressed, and bought their ways to clean records, then use the same methods to stay clean while in office even while they abuse their positions to the voters’ pain and a few’s gain.
Moral superiority for political gain over someone’s past yet clean present sickens me.
He hit a neighbor less than year ago! 911 calls to his house because his wife was afraid of him in 2013. Shawn’s “past” isn’t past. The story continues, two more news stories about Shawn in the last two days. Democrats will use this against every Republican running in Loudoun this year, from now until November. Republicans stand for nothing, will support anyone, yada, yada, yada. I hear MADD is getting involved and abused women’s groups. Great. Republicans who continue to stand up for Shawn are doomed, and deservedly so.
Interesting and sad story about the guy Brian Reynolds, Ralph Buona, and Matt Letourneau all wanted to be the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the next four years.
I can understand Brian Reynolds’ support for Shawn Williams since he was just a blogger trying to help his client. But, I really think that Supervisors Buona and Matt LeTourneau need to have their heads examined. Let’s not forget that these two guys personally forced Loudoun County into joining the WMATA Compact and obligating our County to forever fund the black hole that is Dulles Rail. Long after these two guys are gone Loudoun County will be paying for this poor 2012 decision they personally forced upon our County.
Three down, two to go. Ralph is next.
Good. I’m glad it’s clear that this lynching is really just about Metro. Pathetic.
Shawn is responsible for Shawn’s behavior. Can’t blame that on Metro.
Jim, correction, I have NEVER even thought of running for office nor will I. So, not sure why you used my name. I am a behind the scenes guy only. I started off doing a site for Dick Black years ago and have helped many candidates, mainly with their websites, since that time. As I became more involved, I began using 30 years of sales and marketing to advise campaigns or consult on strategy–people are people and what politicians do is sell themselves and their platforms so my advice is typically based on this. Whether they use it or not is at their discretion. But, being on the outside, I can help or tell whomever I want to pound sand, any time I like.
I helped Shawn on his first campaign with his website and print material but none of us knew that his background was to this degree. Its a sad situation at this point. Ultimately, my full support is behind Charlie King.
I think he was including you in the group who supported Shawn Williams, not saying you were running for office, although it took me several readings to understand that.
Perhaps, I just don’t see where my name had a meaningful dotted line to the story, but again, love how folks think I have so much influence… in a prior article’s comment, I was offered up as the one getting Comstock to endorse folks. LOL. Next it will be, Brian Reynolds, famous blogger, ponders ’16 run for the White House.
Is that true?
Are you thinking about running? 😉
Jeanine, you are right.
On another subject, do you know about HR 25? What gives? A 23% sales tax on purchases? Of course business is exempt.
Is this supported by grassroots? This is ridiculous. I do not have to tell you what Party is behind this. This is tax increase is going to embarrass the Republican Party also.
With Virginia’s over 5% sales tax, plus the 23% Republican tax, that is almost 29%. Another job killer.