Last week testimony started in the trial of former Mount Carmel, Tennessee alderman and Vice-Mayor William Lee Blakely, 30, a public servant whose mission after being elected seemed to be to expose himself to as many women drivers as possible by hanging his genitals out the car window while driving at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. Who’d have thought it was even possible? Certainly not I. Most of the victims’ stories begin the same way, with Blakely pulling up alongside them on the highway, then waving to catch their attention. Then the free, demented peepshow and masturbating session would begin, causing both Blakely and his victims to drive erratically. Between the speeding, weaving and the behind the wheel "workouts," I don’t have the energy to think about the sad picture it paints. The women were trying to get away and he was chasing them down like Michael Myers. This might have continued until someone wrecked, but luckily, victim Deborah Sturgill wrote his tag number down on her hand so police could apprehend him. He now faces a variety of criminal charges including indecent exposure, reckless endangerment, and criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault. This Bud’s for you, Blakely.
