In an article that appeared online today in the St. Petersburg (FL) Times, political writer Elena Lesley reported that “Council member Jim Farley compared the mayor’s proposed chops to those made by Lizzie Borden, the most notorious accused ax murderer in U.S. history.”
Now one can take this little quote two ways. One is that the council member assumed Lizzie was guilty and used her to make his point about budget cuts and Lesley was correcting the record by calling her an “accused ax murderer.” Or one can read this as an awkward attempt by the reporter mix history with urban legend and misinformation.
Oh well. At least she is mentioned, right?
