Thad Viers’ statement
Today Representative Thad Viers pled no contest to charges that he left threatening messages on John Ziegler’s phone. We received the following statement from Representative Viers today.
Statement from Representative Thad Viers:
Todays events mark the conclusion of a sad chapter in my life. What started as a very promising day last Fall in an attempt to reconcile with my wife, went horribly wrong when she told me she had been seeing someone during the course of our separation. I and those around me lost our tempers and exercised poor judgment. In a world where public officials all to often seem to have no shame, I admit to being very ashamed. The words left by me and others on Mr. Ziegler’s machine were wrong and hurtful. At the same time the some of those emotional words were mine, and were the words of a man still very much in love with his wife. In most of our lives, we can point to a time where as it relates to matters of the heart our emotions override our good sense. These events represent that for me and I look forward to moving on with my life.
Thad Viers