According to a juicy little tidbit of gossip I heard in the past hour, Jill M. Waite recently wrote an email to the Star Tribune complaining about how a recent article about suspended attorney Jill Clark was allegedly "unfair" and contained "inaccurate" info. Jill Waite and Jill Clark were thick as thieves, back in the day, but Waite was suspended from practicing law over non-payment of taxes and then Clark, well, we all know about Clark.
(Finger-pointing swirly gesture near the head)
But I could almost find myself in agreement with Waite.
The article WAS inaccurate.
It was inaccurate in the sense that it conveyed a sort of deference and respect upon Jill Clark, calling her "controversial" when, in fact, for the last several years the solid consensus in the community has been Clark is, in fact, chock full of nuts.
Of course, when I say "community," I mean...
...normal and decent people. I don't mean mortgage fraudsters and/or their friends and associates, or slumlords, or Level Three Sex Offenders, or the convicted Chat Line Rapist, or members of religious cults, or people with the last name Yzaguirre, or a member of the Vice Lords who has miraculously survived into his dotage.
No, by "community" I mean the people who are competent to assess reality. Lawyers who aren't suspended. Law abiding home owners. Police. Solid, upstanding citizens whose sexual habits do not cause them to have their own special little portion of the Department of Corrections Offender Locator.
In any case, Jill M. Waite thinks Jill Clark is being treated unfairly by the Star Tribune.
Well, let me see if I have a community based, easily accessible, public health resource handily available to deal with Jill M. Waite's feelings about this issue...
Oh, yes, here it is.
I have it.
Just dial 1-800-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
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You have to realize that before you had cause to see Jill Clark in action, some were critical.
I reread Abby Simons' report, here, and it is factual. Judgmental parts, arguably, what, this?
"Clark has written about the case on her blog, Jill Clark Speaks, in which she refers to herself as a judicial reformist. She has repeatedly run for Minnesota chief justice and placed third in a primary in August with more than 61,000 votes, or 20 percent of the ballots cast.
"Clark, who has practiced law in the state since 1988, is controversial in some legal circles for zealously defending clients and has been accused of obstructing the legal process and causing trouble. She and Jill Waite earned notoriety for several cases, including their successful defense of two Iowa brothers accused of assaulting an off-duty Minneapolis cop and of a former state representative accused of spousal abuse."
Avidor sang in a different key, closer to you than the neurtal tones of Strib, here.
Do have a look.
Oh, my word. There's all kinds of Jill Clark stuff mentioned on that Dump Mark Olson blog.
Fascinating.
Representing the downtrodden.
My recollection is it was Heidi Olson who got trodden down.
Mark Olson was the aggressor. Even other Republicans turned their backs so Mary Kiffmeyer could take Olson's legislative seat, but Jill Clark stood firm.
At a guess this was not pro bono work. Nor criminal defense on a contingency fee ...
Excuse me, did you mean exorcism?
No, I mean excommunication. She is being cast out of the community of lawyers for her sins. Therefore it is more like an excommunication. As for an exorcism, I don't think the demon that possesses her can be exorcised nor is there any meaningful attempt to exorcise it.
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