Realtor who filed complaint against Johnson weighs in

Realtor John Herman (with whom I have had no previous communication), who brought the complaint about Republican mayoral candidate Ken Johnson's real estate practices to a national exclusive buyer's agent association, just posted this note:

No one in Bristol, or elsewhere, had any part in orchestrating this for political benefit. This issue was unrelated to the election.
I have met Ken several times in a business setting. We have been friendly. I don’t know him well, and I don’t know Art Ward at all. I don’t know which candidate is better suited to running the city of Bristol. Therefore I have never had any desire to influence the election. Let the best man win.
If anyone thinks there is any pleasure in the joyless, taxing chore of bringing a complaint against a member of their own profession, it is because they have never been stuck between that rock and that hard place.
The question regarding Ken presented itself in August, and was acted on at that time. It had nothing to do with Ken’s candidacy, which we were initially unaware of.
From my perspective, I was of the mind that the issue might be resolved privately. However, the “source” of the article, did not feel identically. The source felt the strong moral conviction that the public had a right to know about the business practices of candidates. Based on the comments on these blogs, the source is either a your villain or your hero depending on which candidate you support.
Again, no one in Bristol, or elsewhere, had any part in orchestrating this for political benefit. This issue was unrelated to the election.

To know what he's talking about, see these earlier posts:

Johnson's real estate business could pose problem

Ward says he is 'totally disgusted'

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