Thursday, November 3rd, 2005...10:08 pm
Wow, That’s an Awful Lot of Money
Kathleen Dunbar and her attorney are now claiming a specific amount of damage that political free speech has done to her. Yesterday, her attorney sent letters threatening lawsuits against the Amphitheater School District and the Pima County Democratic Party for $1,000,000 each.
I know that I adopt a snarky, sardonic tone on this blog. But, in all seriousness, this is really disgusting.
And, it is part of an ongoing pattern of behavior from the councimember.
Take a look at this paragraph from a 2001 Tucson Weekly profile of libertarian candidate Jonathan Hoffman:
Hoffman’s campaign has been overshadowed by the aggressive bantering between Aboud and Dunbar. A recent debate degenerated into material for America’s Funniest Home Videos when Aboud, complaining of an amateur videographer in the crowd, began covering her face with papers while she responded to questions, while Dunbar got mad enough to threaten to sue her Democratic opponent.
I wasn’t at this event, so I don’t know what got Dunbar so up in arms. What this shows is that this latest spate of lawsuits isn’t a reaction to the Democrats being particularly nasty this time, but a habit of hers. I guess it’s easier to threaten to sue than to actually respond. It would be interesting to see whether or not she contacted counsel back then.
That year, she also threatened to sue a group of employees at a women’s shelter who raised money for Paula Aboud. True class.
What happens when she loses on election day? Does she sue 35,000 voters? For a million each?
1 Comment
November 4th, 2005 at 11:33 am
This is a cheesy way of getting money to make up for her loss next week.