{"id":14061,"date":"2015-09-17T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T02:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14061"},"modified":"2015-09-17T22:01:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T02:01:36","slug":"lets-talk-about-kathy-farley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/17\/lets-talk-about-kathy-farley\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s talk about Kathy Farley…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve always believed that one’s true religion is what you personally believe, and that organized religion isn’t for everybody… but that’s not what this article is about. Today, it was a case of “Hate the sin, love the sinner” in United States Federal Court today. Kathy Farley pleaded guilty to four federal charges, and it was tough to even think about.<\/p>\n

Despite those guilty pleas to federal charges, I still consider Kathy Farley a good friend and I support her in her progress to make amends for her wrongdoings.<\/p>\n

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I’ll let you read about it in the South Boston News & Record article.<\/p>\n

Farley pleads guilty to four charges, will remain free for now<\/a><\/h3>\n

I met Kathy Farley a long time ago, and immediately loved her personality. She was kind and compassionate, yet didn’t have a problem telling you off if she disagreed with you. We worked together on promotions for the Virginia Cantaloupe Festival and she was a big fan of my TV work as well as SouthsideCentral. We both had that same attitude of saying what’s on our minds, no matter if it pissed people off.<\/p>\n

Kathy pissed a lot of people off and once the issues started happening around Cherokee Tobacco, the haters started cackling with joy about her comeuppance. I stuck with the facts and reported news about the case as it was developing, but stuck with only the news. Kathy and I continued to talk occasionally and we talked as friends. She was professional enough to realize that I was only doing my job. We didn’t talk much about the case because everything was still pending. She told me that she had to tell her side of the story and I believed her. I promised myself that if she ended up pleading guilty or was found guilty, I would completely barbecue and roast her SouthsideCentral style for leading me on.<\/p>\n

She pleaded guilty today, and I’m not going to barbecue nor roast her SouthsideCentral style. I can’t. Morally and ethically, I just can’t do it. She’s broken. She’s about to lose everything that she ever had in life and my anger won’t do anything about that, nor will it help her. Nobody else’s anger will do anything either. Right now, Kathy & her family need non-judgmental support and love. She didn’t hurt or kill anybody. She has pleaded guilty to some serious high-dollar charges. She’s not an angel, but she’s still my friend.<\/p>\n

There’s no way in hell that I can approve of what she’s pleaded guilty to. But I’m proud to say that I still consider Kathy Farley as a friend. True friends can’t walk away when someone else is hurting, even if it’s by that person’s own deeds.<\/p>\n

I support Kathy Farley and wish her the best as she starts the process to make amends for her actions.<\/p>\n

I support Kathy Farley.<\/p>\n

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