Groundhog's handler taking heat for fallible forec
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Mar 25, 2013
13 years ago
Jengie
is lonely
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PITTSBURGH — An Ohio prosecutor who has light-heartedly filed charges against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring says he may consider a pardon now that the animal&;s handler is taking the blame.</p>
<p>That&;s right, Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club&;s Inner Circle says the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter but Deeley tells The Associated Press he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil&;s "groundhog-ese."</p>
<p>Butler County, Ohio prosecutor, Mike Gmoser said he&;s reconsidering the charges in light of the new evidence and may issue a full pardon.</p>
<p>The Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, a borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, attracts worldwide attention each year.</p>
<p>Deeley says the prosecutor&;s indictment of Phil has generated more publicity than a $10,000 ad campaign.
<p>That&;s right, Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club&;s Inner Circle says the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter but Deeley tells The Associated Press he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil&;s "groundhog-ese."</p>
<p>Butler County, Ohio prosecutor, Mike Gmoser said he&;s reconsidering the charges in light of the new evidence and may issue a full pardon.</p>
<p>The Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, a borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, attracts worldwide attention each year.</p>
<p>Deeley says the prosecutor&;s indictment of Phil has generated more publicity than a $10,000 ad campaign.
(Posted on http://www.dailyitem.com)
Mar 26, 2013
13 years ago
Tardis
is a Time Lord
I guess this lawyer doesn't have any real cases. Doesn't he realize this is a rodent? It lives underground and it's main purpose in life is to eat, sleep, and breed or end up as road kill and/or to end up in some redneck's stew. Thanks for taking a rodent to court and making the tax payers pay for it :|
Mar 26, 2013
13 years ago
Fiain
is a Time Lord
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president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club&;s Inner Circle
I died.
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