Joe Debose
SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg man who fancies himself a political operative has surfaced once again.
Joe Debose, who put himself out of be some kind of political strategist and was one of the campaign brains behind the embarrassingly poorly-run campaign of state representative wannabe and local Beck’s pharmacist Jason Kasiar, got his name on another public document, only this time, it had nothing to do with an election, but instead, it was a bond sheet.
Debose may not have been one of the many to deny the existence of the married Kasiar’s very public adulterous affair with married mother of three, state’s attorney candidate Molly Wilson-Dearing, but he did nothing to denounce it, either.
Many claim it was the exposure of that affair that sunk Molly’s chances in a year when anybody with an ‘R’ behind their name was a shoe-in, given the national political climate.
Jason D. Reynolds
What is said to have taken out Kasiar’s bid for office was not necessarily the way he carried on openly with a mistress, but the repugnant way he treated his near-saint of a wife, Kristi.
And even once the election was over and Kasiar lost, Debose did nothing but defend his actions and threaten Disclosure with lawsuits that never materialized, either because he knew he would lose or because he was afraid of the publication suddenly gaining the power to subpoena campaign records including emails, texts and phone logs.
And now the ever-helpful Joe Debose has surfaced in the posting of cash bond following a Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol arrest.
According to case files, on November 26, Jason D. Reynolds, 40, of 3540 Hwy 145 South, Harrisburg, was riding his motorcycle on State Street and Locust Street in Eldorado when he pulled into a nearby parking lot and proceeded to fall from the motorcycle.
Once police officers arrived they found Reynolds unable to maintain his balance without assistance from officers.
Police say his eyes were bloodshot, speech slurred and he had the smell of alcohol coming from his person.
Reynolds is said to have failed a field sobriety test and did not submit to a breathalyzer test, which earned him an automatic revocation of his license for the next 12 months, which may not affect his driving habits too much given that his license were already revoked/suspended when he fell of his motorcycle.
Reynolds was ultimately charged with a pair of felonies including Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Driving Revoked.
Reynolds was released from police custody Nov. 27 after a $300 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Joe Debose, of the same 540 Hwy 145 South, Harrisburg, address listed by Reynolds.