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Of course, after this devastating article in today's Tallahassee paper, Rucker's (the person the Republicans support) chances may be...down the *cough cough* toilet.

Rucker apologizes for urinating in yard

INSIDE POLITICS

Mike Rucker, who is running for the Leon County Commission in District 5 as an independent, has apologized to a man who lives in Betton Hills for urinating in his yard.

"What I did was wrong, of course," Rucker said Wednesday in an interview with the Tallahassee Democrat. "I'm truly embarrassed about it, and I would truly never do this again."

Rucker was putting up campaign signs about 8 a.m. Tuesday when he noticed one of his signs missing from the man's yard. Rucker, who had earlier obtained permission to put up the sign, replaced it with a new one and continued driving through the neighborhood.

When he passed by the man's house a few minutes later, Rucker noticed the new sign was missing. He said he rang the man's doorbell twice, but no one answered. Rucker, thinking the sign had been stolen, walked through the man's back yard to see whether he could find it, he said. Rucker found one of his signs and concluded that the man didn't want the sign in his yard.

Rucker said he needed to use the bathroom very badly and was 10 minutes away from the nearest facilities. He said he walked to the side of the man's house in an area thick with shrubs and urinated. The man's wife saw Rucker from a bathroom window and told her husband.

The man spoke briefly with Rucker in the yard, and Rucker left. He later came back to the man's house to apologize, but no one answered the door. Rucker called the man Wednesday and apologized.

Rucker said he suffers from a prostate condition and a urinary urgency condition and was in extreme pain at the time.

"A lot of coffee was going through me, and I had nowhere to go, and I thought no one was home," Rucker said. "I was in a very private, heavy-shrubbery area where I thought no one was going to see me. And I decided I had to relieve myself."

Someone caught urinating in public could be charged with disorderly conduct or indecent exposure if a witness files a complaint with police. However, no complaint was filed.

Rucker, a former broadcast weather forecaster, is running against Democrat Bob Rackleff and Republican Jason Gibson.

- Jeff Burlew

"Tallahassee Democrat," 31 Oct. 2002.

OUCH...Thanks for the heads up.. I will be giving Jeff a call in the Morning..

However, no complaint was filed.

Glad they weren't too pissed off.

Rucker said he suffers from a prostate condition and a urinary urgency condition and was in extreme pain at the time.

"A lot of coffee was going through me, and I had nowhere to go, and I thought no one was home," Rucker said. "I was in a very private, heavy-shrubbery area where I thought no one was going to see me. And I decided I had to relieve myself."

So why would you drink "a lot of coffee" knowing that you had that condition and that the nearest restroom was "10 minutes away?" This is a load of crap (anyone check the yard for that?)

The guy was just "pissed" that the signs kept disappearing. Maybe he should keep a big bottle in the car for these alleged emergencies!

The man's wife saw Rucker from a bathroom window and told her husband.

An old joke cut short:

Cop - "Ma'am, how do you know your neighbor was running around naked? He has a six foot fence and you can't see over it."

Woman - "If I stand on this table I can!"