Although SCOKYBLOG’s mission involves close scrutiny of the SCOKY’s Justices’ public lives, SCOKYBLOG believes that the private lives of the Justices should remain private. And, after becoming aware this Monday of Mark Turner v. Dee Riley, et al., Fayette District Court Case No. 07-C-02359, SCOKYBLOG’s initial belief was that there was not a substantial public interest in this forcible detainer action. Now, of course, traditional media outlets, including the Associated Press, have made the decision to run the “story,” which, much like a self-fulfilling prophecy, has pushed the story into the “public” sphere. Although SCOKYBLOG maintains its belief that the “story” remains afield of our personal mission, but because SCOKYBLOG’s EiC has received a couple of back-channel emails inquiring as to why SCOKYBLOG has not mentioned the lawsuit, we have made the decision to post this piece observing that the Lexington Herald-Leader and perhaps other area newspapers have run this story.

SCOKYBLOG would observe that, although named as a Defendant in the forcible detainer action, which was filed on March 28, 2007, Justice Scott has apparently not been served with process.