Friday, September 29th, 2006...6:36 am
Dunbar’s Last News Story
The Arizona Daily Star reported this morning that Kathleen Dunbar’s lawsuit against several citizens and the Democratic Party has been dismissed. The lawsuit has been headed in this direction for months.
For those who don’t remember, Councilmember Dunbar sued several teachers and Democratic party activists for a mailer that went out. She also threatened to sue people who wrote letters to the editor. I was frustrated that she didn’t try to sue me.
I found this all ironic, given Dunbar’s support for tort reform (she claimed “severe mental and physical anguish” and $1,000,000 in damages) and the charges that she threw around during her past campaigns. I guess I should not have been suprised, she threatened now-Senator Paula Aboud with a lawsuit back in 2001 too. This was not isolated behavior: as a council member she tried to have me thrown off a citizen’s committee because of I didn’t support her agenda (even though I was on the losing side most of the time), and during her last campaign, Pima County Republican Chair Judy White threatened the job of Democratic Chair Paul Eckerstrom on Dunbar’s behalf.
It’s good to see the courts stand up for democracy and citizen participation. Well, this is the last time Dunbar will see her name in the paper. Good riddance.
1 Comment
September 29th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
TEDSKI–
Delicious irony re the lawsuit damage request.
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