Yep, so this is happening.
A Utah teenager who was arrested last year after planning a Columbine-inspired plot to blow up his high school is now running for mayor.
We can’t make this stuff up.
According to the Huffington Post:
Joshua Kyler Hoggan, 18, says he recognizes what he did was wrong but insists that he never had any explosives or intent to bomb the school in early 2012 when he and an older classmate were arrested. He says his six months in juvenile detention helped him deal with personal issues that plagued him then and says that he’s rehabilitated and ready to lead the city of about 37,000 people north of Salt Lake City.
“People should trust me because I have proven one thing: That I am human,” Hoggan said in an email to The Associated Press. “I have made mistakes, just like the rest of us. We’ve all made mistakes in our pasts, and I am no exception.”
But voters in the small city of Roy are trying to decide whether or not to take him seriously. Because the answer isn’t obvious enough, we guess. Joe Ritchie, who has been the mayor of Roy since 2006, thinks that Hoggan has every right to be on the ballot. He does, however, question his motives and whether he’s truly rehabilitated.
“I’m not so sure how sincere he is,” said Ritchie, who has never met Hoggan. “I think he’s in it for the notoriety.”
Asked if he thinks Hoggan has a chance to win, Ritchie said, “I sure hope not.”
Everyone deserves a second chance, but doesn’t this sound a bit extreme? Baby steps, Hoggan, baby steps.
SOURCE: Huffington Post
