Rep. Mike O'Day: So what did O'Day do?

Beware the wrath of the O’Dayists!

Texas Monthly‘s Paul Burka has run into some serious online flack after dumping on Rep. Mike O’Day, R-Pearland, in his Burka Blog.

The sometime “Dean of Texas Political Blecch, err, Blogs” has been defending himself over mysterious allegations against the coastal GOPer. After releasing his best and worst legislators list, he followed up with honorable and dishonorable mentions. In this, he darkly muttered that O’Day had “engaged in ungentlemanly personal conduct.”

When called on this quip, the blogger said, “We know what [O’Day] did and he knows what he did and it is going to stop there” and muttered that the story about O’Day – which he still didn’t actually repeat – had passed the highest journalistic standards and even had been passed by a fact-checker.

We at Chronic can discount one rumor that has hit the Burka boards – that “Mike o’day [sic] tried to get into every reporters pants!” We can honestly say he never even bought us flowers.

This article appears in June 15 • 2007.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.