When first asked by the Post-Dispatch about the Scott Eckersley/Ed Martin recording last week, the response from the governor’s office, from two spokespeople, was that the governor’s office was not going to offer “daily running commentary” on the issue.

To the credit of the governor’s office, Lowell Pearson did speak on the record concerning the digital recording in which former chief of staff Martin fired former deputy counsel Eckersley.

And now, here is a statement from the governor’s office about the Post-Dispatch story. Just don’t call it “daily running commentary.”

One correction by the way. The statement from the governor’s office implies the Post-Dispatch story offered a characterization of whether or not it was ethical by Eckersley to record the conversation. The story pointed out that under Missouri law the recording was legal. The story did not make any contention as to whether or not it was ethical. Eckersley’s lawyers, however, have defended the practice.