Shock jock questions St. Petersburg administrator's loyalty after cop shootings
[Excerpt]…….His [Davis] own administrative calendar says that on that day, at 11 a.m., Davis, a top city administrator and former police chief, attended the funeral at First Baptist Church on Gandy Boulevard.
But Tampa shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem on Monday spent much of his morning show on WHPT-FM (the Bone 102.5) lambasting Davis because he did not go to the officers' funeral — yet he did attend Saturday's funeral for their killer, Hydra Lacy Jr.
....When asked why he wouldn't answer whether he attended the funeral, Davis replied: "I don't need to answer to Bubba the Love Sponge."
It is difficult to prove Davis — who makes $152,735 as the city's senior administrator of community enrichment and another $68,317 a year from his police pension — did not attend. [End Excerpt]
St. Petersburg police shooter Hydra Lacy Jr. spent years in prison. Court records show two prison terms, starting when he was 17, and arrests for grand theft, aggravated battery, rape, kidnapping, attempted murder and resisting arrest with violence.
In a story in the St. Petersburg Times Sunday about Lacy’s funeral, former police officer Davis explained he attended the cop killer Lacy’s funeral to support the Lacy family, which includes Hydra’s brother and boxing standout Jeff Lacy — who himself did not attend.
What is funny is that his superiors are covering for him by refusing to comment on why this former cop is supporting a rapist, kidnapper, cop killer.
His immediate boss, City Administrator Tish Elston, didn’t return a phone call and e-mail seeking comment about his possible absence or whether she asked him not to attend.
Mayor Bill Foster didn’t return repeated calls seeking comment.