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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

KTAB Covering Brownwood

KTAB was in Brownwood today (3.02.05) interviewing us for a story regarding the www.cityofbrownwood.com website and the post at that site that was made by an ID imposter (using my name fraudantly). With the help of the cityofbrownwood administratior we have traced the ID thief to the same computer (IP trace) that was used to post as newstalk969. This appears to be a publicity stunt by either watts communications or by the cityofbrownwood administrator, or both, in order to get a controversy started which equates to a more interested public. To see more on this topic visit our earlier postings in our archived section: Beware Brownwood ID thief

note: the following is a post from the cityofbrownwood.com website. I've noticed that the fraud posting has never been mentioned by John Ivy (either on his site or when he spoke on the James Williamson and Dave Fair X-pose !) " Beware
the wolves in sheeps clothing " !

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337 Posts Posted - March 02 2005 :  20:23:47      
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I just wanted to take a moment to thank James Williamson and Phil Watts for inviting me back down to interview with them and KTAB. I was actually expecting an ambush, or to be hit with lots of negative geared questions and comments. To my suprise it was just the opposite, Both men were very pleasant and nice to talk to. The KTAB reporter who I won't name was also a very proffesional and likeable guy. He was direct, honest and a pleasure to interview with.
I had never met James in a capacity to actually engage in a conversation other than the infamous Radio Show with Dave Fair and even then we didn't get a chance to really talk. James comments about the site today were well founded and honest, I enjoyed listening to his thoughts on the site as well as how he fealt about other issues like anonymity. James my hats off to you. Phil thanks for the call and giving me the opportunity to fairly represent the site. Ktab and the nice reporter, thanks for taking interest in Brownwood it is nice to know we have a station like KTAB miles and miles away who will take the time to come and listen to our citizens and their concerns.
John Ivy
"Do Not Feed The Bears"