My dislike for Goodloe Sutton and his publication seems to grow with every 75 cents I reluctantly drop to read his paper. Tops on my “why Goodloe bites” list is his obsession with deadly vehicle accidents. He listens to his police scanner with the anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve. When a crash is reported, he’s on the scene quicker than the police, EMS or the “Rescue Squad”. Although he has nothing to contribute towards the victim medically or physically, he’s given full access to the scene (where as any of us, good intentions or not, would be turned back). Without anyone’s permission, especially the victim’s, he proceeds to take full color close-ups of whomever may be alive or dead inside the vehicle. Even when family members on the scene ask him to leave, he arrogantly replies,”I have the right to be here!” Mindless that someone’s father, mother, brother, sister, or child lie dead or dying some 5 feet away. What benefit does Goodloe create with these pictures? Increased sales of his newspaper. My problem personally isn’t photographs of mangles cars or trucks; it’s the pictures of the victims in the crash that too often accompany his articles. His latest is an unfortunate man that crashed his truck into a tree, ending his life. Goodloe prints a picture of the truck and what appears to be the body covered beside the truck, with the caption “Deadly Dodge rams tree”. Bad pun aside, the entire article isn’t about the crash or the victim, but of his dislike of E911 being based in Demopolis, and his belief that Linden folks are just smarter than Demopolis folks.
I’ve heard it all too much. Goodloe is a hero! He single handedly brought down Roger Davis and his racket. OK, fine. What he did was expose Davis as an untrustworthy Sheriff by proving he bought his daughter a vehicle with public funds. He did contribute to his arrest. It does not make him King of Marengo County. The fact is, beside himself Goodloe rarely has anything good to say about anyone, especially if they reside in Demopolis. His hatred of this town and its citizens is almost comical. It’s like Demopolis exiled him from the city borders, and he’s attempting to get back at the city anyway he can. If you want your voice heard in the Democrat, you either have to say something bad about Demopolis, say something good about the Democrat-Reporter, or be in a car crash. You may not get a voice from the crash, but you will make the front page if you were hurt badly enough.
Goodloe isn’t going to stop taking pictures of dead bodies. It’s what he lives for. If you end you life on a road in or around Linden, he’s going be there. I can only hope for one of two scenarios. 1. If I’m ever unfortunate enough to be involved in a car wreck, I have enough working parts and strength to snatch Goodloe’s camera and take some pictures of the inside of his colon. 2. Goodloe falls prey to his own fetish and I happen to have my camera handy, since the only crash you won’t find on the front of the Democrat is his own. That’s one crash I would happily dedicate an entire website to. He would want it that way. Since one of Goodloe’s favorite pastimes is printing personal information about you in his paper, whether it’s necessary or not, that’s how I’ll end this pointless rant. Click here for Goodloe’s home address and telephone number, and click here for a map to his house.
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