"Mr. Keigher sir you have been hacked," one friend posted.
"Looks like Nancy Pelosi is running your FB (Facebook)," another wrote.
Last week, many of Keigher's Facebook friends received posts from the conservative Gaston County commissioner with derogatory or offensive comments.
At the same time, hundreds of his friends and constituents received a note from an e-mail address that claimed to belong to Keigher. It endorsed his Republican opponent in the upcoming May 4 primary election, and claimed that Keigher likes to raise taxes. The address was not Keigher's, but it was similar, and whoever sent the e-mail clearly had access to Keigher's address book.
His opponent Jack Brown said, "My folks, I'm sure, didn't do anything like that."
Keigher agrees.
He suspects the hacking is related to a burglary at his home this fall. Several computers were stolen and Keigher thinks the thieves accessed his accounts.
"Just some small, little person that wanted to make fun of my nearly 12 years of service," he said.
"It's just not me, anybody that knows me knows it's not coming from me but those that really don’t know me," Keigher said, "that's where the damage is done, and I feel bad for those people. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's nothing I had any control over. I didn’t do it, and it's just all bogus."
Keigher said his computer is infected with a virus. County IT officials have taken it and are working to repair it.
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