Saturday, February 23, 2013

Missed Her Calling

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This story seems ordinary: the mother of a convicted felon lies to the police about a gun in her son's possession....that is, until one realizes that Ann Ayala is none other than the woman who planted a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili in 2006 and heavily damaged the chain's reputation because of her lawsuit and attendant publicity.
Police say her son admitted to accidentally shooting himself in the ankle at their Alviso home, and because a felony burglary conviction barred him from having a firearm, the mother-and-son duo made up a story about him being attacked by two men.
In my humble opinion, what distinguishes this tawdry tale is this (bold added):
police say she gave such compelling detail, this time in describing the alleged shooter, that they identified and interrogated a potential suspect.
Ann Ayala doesn't belong in jail, she should be working in political campaigns spinning compelling stories about how abject failures under one's watch are really the fault of the other guy. She's missed her calling.

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