THE GRAY DAVIS ASHTRAY STORY IN THE DOG TRAINER?? SORT OF: The Dog Trainer has finally printed something about the “Gray Davis hurling an ashtray” story. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see this post for all the details.) To my knowledge, this is the first time that this story has even been hinted at in the pages of the Dog Trainer. Wow — a detailed expose of the allegations that Gray Davis physically abused women employees?? Nah, don’t get too excited. As Kaus points out, it’s in Roy Rivenburg’s humor column:

Demonstrating a firm grasp of legal matters, the California Women’s Law Center asks the L.A. County district attorney to conduct a criminal probe into the groping accusations against Schwarzenegger. The D.A. informs center officials that such investigations are handled by police and that misdemeanors are prosecuted by city attorneys. Moreover, the statute of limitations has run out in every instance cited in news reports. When center officials are asked if they also urged the D.A. to investigate a 1997 New Times report that Davis allegedly hurled an ashtray at a female staffer, they said, “Of course not. He’s a Democrat.”

It’s funny ’cause it’s true. Read the whole thing — it’s all pretty good.

It takes only a slight tweaking of Rivenburg’s language to explain the Dog Trainer’s history of refusing to cover this story. Here is Patterico’s version:

When Dog Trainer editors were asked if they will run a news story relating to allegations in a 1997 New Times report that Davis hurled an ashtray at a female staffer, they said, “Of course not. He’s a Democrat.”

On a more serious note, I have asked this question. Last night I sent an e-mail to the folks at the Dog Trainer asking them why they have never run this story, and the other allegations of physical abuse by Davis. I’ll let you know what they say.