http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/10/04/prosecutor-wants-rival-to-drop-panties-story.html
Columbus Dispatch [OH]
4
October 2012
By
Randy Ludlow
Hocking
County Prosecutor Laina Fetherolf [...] did not deposit her intimate apparel
before Common Pleas Court Judge John T. Wallace and proclaim, "Problem
solved."
In
its first-ever complaint involving a politician's underwear, the Ohio Elections
Commission was asked today by Fetherolf to get to the bottom of the case of the
prosecutor's panties.
The
Democrat, who is seeking her second term, asked the state panel to brand her
opponent, Republican lawyer Jason Sarver, as a liar for spreading tales about
her courtroom conduct that have elicited snickering among the electorate.
The
elections commission this morning dismissed Fetherolf's complaint, largely
because it was not based on personal knowledge and was neither a public
statement nor campaign literature. [...]
http://www.logandaily.com/blogs/from_the_editor/seeking-justice-with-undergarments/article_fa6b5e0e-1188-11e2-9a21-0019bb2963f4.html
Logandaily.com
[Logan (OH) Daily News blog]
8
October 2012
From
the Editor
[...]
Last May, we first caught wind of a rumor from a source who told us that
Hocking County Prosecutor Laina Fetherolf had worn questionable clothing into a
courtroom and threw her undergarments at Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Judge John Wallace. We were skeptical, as we usually are, but as all good
journalistic establishments have a duty to do, we contacted our sources inside
the courthouse, including Wallace, and asked them very plainly, but
matter-of-factly, “Did Laina throw her underwear at the judge?”
The
answer that we got in May was the same we received last week when we revisited
the matter — it was a resounding “No.” [...]