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Friday, January 28, 2005
A Little Needy, aren't we?
This guy is just begging for attention. And, unfortunately, people are giving it to him.
So, is his blog one last desperate cry for help? Or one last "look at me!" moment? I just don't know....
St. Louis School Board member Bill Haas, who also is running for mayor, says in a Web log that loneliness, depression and financial problems have led him to consider suicide....I'm not really sure what to make of this guy. I mean... he's obviously an attention hog who craves the limelight and has an over-inflated sense of his own importance. On the other hand, he's a man who needs some serious psychological help. By his own admission, he has contemplated suicide in the past, and "since 1974, Haas wrote, he has twice checked himself into a hospital to 'catch my breath' and has been on and off prescription medication to treat depression."
Haas writes that his online diary, called a blog, is "a little bit of a cry for help, and a lot just coming to peace with my passing, and sort of a last note." The blog entry - which covers two and half printed pages - provides extensive details about Haas' life, his bouts with depression and his money troubles. It says his "last day" may come sometime this spring or early summer after he euthanizes his three-legged cat and other pets.
The Web posting is extraordinary even for Haas, whose political career has been marked by the outrageous. He has moonlighted as a sex columnist while a member of the School Board, ran ads for a rich wife to help pay for his 1997 mayoral bid, applied for a reality TV show called "American Candidate," sought election to Congress, the state Legislature and the circuit attorney post, and continues to bombard the city's media daily with meandering e-mails.
So, is his blog one last desperate cry for help? Or one last "look at me!" moment? I just don't know....
