Who is Shaw Friedman and why should you care? (No, not Kinky Friedman, he’s from Texas)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008(Originally posted by Gonz O. Defenestrator at When the Going Get’s Weird, the Tough Turn Pro. Reprinted with permission)
Greetings again fellow flacks, hacks, and dumpster Divers! This is commentary and I am chagrined to be back in the realm of serious stuff and beg that you don’t throw old, rotten vegetables at me for taking up so much space. Sometimes you just gotta speak out.
Trust me. I’d rather be writing about Obama-blather (his or hers) and the Democrat Party’s slow spiral into insanity. But, I digress…
I recently had to go through the quadrennial “Happy Birthday” pilgrimage to the BMV to get a new drivers license. Let me just say it was no where near the experience I “enjoyed” a scant four years ago. (Friendly, courteous, and fast … In and out … 17 minutes. Certified. I timed it with my citizens Eco-drive Chronograph wristwatch) With all the problems I had had with some of the things in this administration, just the fact that the BMV works is enough to earn my eternal gratitude.
So the administration is trying something new and innovative and all of a sudden the local cage-liner reports that LaPorte County lawsuit seeks to halt welfare privatization. The lawsuit, filed by Messr. Friedman, Esq., is interesting because of this little tidbit from the Tim Evans story which is both instructive and enlightening:
LaPorte attorney Shaw R. Friedman, who is representing the eight Hoosiers who filed the lawsuit, said in a statement.”The only thing that Mitch Daniels and Mitch Roob will respect is a court order, and we aim to get that for them.”
Roob called the suit “transparently political,” noting Friedman is a former Democratic Party leader in LaPorte County. FSSA also rents office space from Friedman and his father, Roob said, and they stand to lose money if the agency moves its county office to a new location.
Look, dissent is a healthy thing. Debate is an integral part of our Civil discourse. But using the Courts to get your way when you lose at the ballot box, to stifle innovation, or to derail a part of the administration priorities, is just wrong.
So I am wondering: “Who is Shaw Friedman?”
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