Paragraph by paragraph:
1. I Still in the race. Still running. [actually, just spinning in place--ed]
2. Somehow, it’s Erik Sten’s fault for leaving holes in the VOEP [this is suddenly Sten's fault? huh?--ed].
3. I’ve been betrayed, like a guy from the Bible.
   I plan on kissing more babies, despite this bungling. Even a tragic betrayal like this cannot slake my thirst for doing good things

4. Fired the guy responsible. It’s not my fault for hiring him in the first place. [didn't you 'Nam era kids have a chant for this that rhymed with 'duck'?--ed]
5. PRAY! PRAY! Pray for redemption and divine ballot manipulation!

Irritants (in no particular order):
• A bad case of PTB (pass the buck) syndrome. Ms. Boyle ran a tiny campaign. It’s hard not to see a hire like that as incompetent managing. Or even intentional fraud.
• Emilie claims that this is all Sten’s fault for leaving traps in the process to discourage citizen participation. Well, I recognize that it wasn’t necessarily the best-written law out there, but it’s hardly Sten’s fault that Boyle hired a con-man to gather signatures.
• GOD GOD GOD.

Emilie Boyles: “It’s not my fault.”

Link to PR release, via B!x.

Related posts:

1. Introductions: Pot, Meet Kettle
2. A humane way to make things right with Emilie Boyles
3. BREAKING: City Officially Oy-ed
4. Where’s the rest of the money, Emilie?
5. Boyles Really, Really Has to Give Back the Money