The story of the shooting of a NY City Councilman by a “political rival” (really just a crackpot who got close to the Councilman styling himself a politician) just keeps getting more complicated. But perhaps the most bizarre twist is this NY Daily News article indicating that one of the triggers for Othniel Askew’s panic over the possible revelation of his criminal record and his private life was . . . a cover story in Monday’s Daily News!