Dear The Ugly,
Of course people cutting up other people for no damn good reason bothers me. But I didn't cause that and from those people
who actually commit those crimes, you shouldn't expect more.
The government however, well, that's something else.
Just today, a judge who was recently appointed to our higher court just 2 months ago started a war with me for no reason.
There are times when I don't wear a shirt and tie to court.
Today, I wore black leather shoes, black denim jeans (extremely clean and nice bought at Neiman Markus), a yellow t-shirt (Land's End)
and a black corduroy sport coat (Ralph Lauren). I only mention the brand names so as to show I wasn't disheveled or sloppy.
Not one single judge has ever had a problem with that attire and it does fit within the Rules of Court although Judges do have discretion as to
what attorneys can wear.
This uptight judge questions my attire in open court. I suggest a meeting in chambers. In chambers he says I can't wear that to his court and I
tell him that no other judge has a problem and I am within the Rules. He says otherwise and warns me not to do it again.
I respond with, "Respectfully Your Honor, I have heard what you have said." Our meeting ends.
Of course, he then calls in another judge to discuss this matter while this news spreads throughout the courthouse and all the Assistant Prosecutors
are now laying odds as to whether or not I will wear a shirt and tie to my next appearance before him.
What I can't understand is why a guy who has lived off the public trough his whole life, who has just got done checking in on his last big political favor
wants to start a war less than 2 months into his judgeship. He was a Municipal Court Judge for quite a few years and I regularly appeared before him there
as well. He had the same temperament there as he does here.
While the letter of the law is a bit vague on this issue, one thing you should do before picking a fight with someone is ask yourself the following:
1) Am I in the right?
2) Is this guy going to back down or fight back?
3) Is this really worth fighting about?
I may have mentioned before that I graduated High School weighing just 88 pounds and that the idea of anyone bullying me anymore was just not going to fly
with me.
I didn't ask for this fight but I sure as hell am not going to back down from a newly appointed criminal judge who has NEVER once even tried a criminal case before
a jury. I am fed up with any system in which political affiliations trump merit.
This fight is on!!!
I hope to have the support of all GetBig.
Harley