EKB News

This morning East Kentucky Broadcasting ran a story about the arrest of 74 year old Eugene Fannin for allegedly abusing his golden retriever in front of his apartment complex. Fannin, of Prestonsburg is the father of the star cities Mayor Jerry Fannin who seems to always be a lightning rod for controversy.

EKB news spoke with mayor Fannin this afternoon, who stated that in his opinion, the entire story was blown out of proportion and the attack may have been politically motivated. Fannin started off saying that his father was just trying to teach the dog to mind.
“He’s been trying to keep it from going up there and he broke a little switch and smacked it three or four times.”
Fannin continued taking aim at a political rival who owns one of Prestonsburg’s media outlets “On some of the radio stations and stuff (newspapers) they’ve been reporting that he beat it with a pipe, which that never happened.”

“I think this was motivated towards me and I’m sure it won’t be the last (time).
I have not said anything about anybody running and nor am I going to especially about there family members because it’s not right.” Fannin said about the politics he’s faced in this year’s election.

“I’m the one running for office I’m the one working in city hall and I’m the one running the city and I think if you’re running for office and it should be about you and only you and what you can do for whatever position that you’re running for.”

Jail records show the elder Fannin was being held in the Floyd County jail at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and released at 1:15 that afternoon on a personal secured bond. No court date was listed in the jail records.