Michael Morchower Quotations

She wants to move on. The child wants to move on.

If they care so much about him, how come no senior city official has asked how he is recovering from the bite?

If that weren't bad enough, now they want to interrogate a young boy.

This was an accident. Everyone has to live with it and accept it and not point fingers. If this is negligence on her part, then 80 percent of mothers and fathers in Richmond better take notice.

Does anyone believe that Julie should be prosecuted for a felony or a misdemeanor as a result of an accident, a pure accident? So that's where we are...we're at an impasse because they have taken the initiative to launch a criminal investigation.

It was shocking to learn that a prominent city official was gagged, which made her unavailable during the so-called investigation. When she complies with the gag order, she's fired.

It looks to me like Richmond will be known as scapegoat city.

They could have put the mother on a probationary period for about 18 months ... she didn't want that. The mother was becoming more distraught with each day of the drama.

The family unit prevailed in this case. It was an accident. A one-time accident.

I'm not here to suggest the child's mother made no mistakes. I'm here to suggest we can always second-guess parenthood. At times, parents should be second-guessed. Under these circumstances, I cry foul.