BOJKO V LIMA
This is the case where the teacher sued a parent for libel.
THERE WERE SO MANY BIZARRE THINGS ABOUT THIS CASE IT IS WORTH OVERVIEWING FOR THE PUBLIC.
FIRST: THE ATTORNEY FOR THE EAST HARTFORD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER/COACH, MARY ANNE BOJKO WAS EAST HARTFORD'S LONG STANDING STATE LEGISLATOR. IS THIS WHAT POLITICIANS DO...SUE SINGLE MOTHERS?
BOJKO V LIMA OFFERED ME A VERY CLEAR ANSWER AS TO WHY NO ONE EVER REPORTED COACH SANDUSKY.
CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY AND EAST HARTFORD LEGISLATOR CHRISTOPHER STONE REPRESENTED EAST HARTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER/COACH MARY ANNE BOJKO IN HER LAWSUIT AGAINST A PARENT.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS LAWSUIT I SENT ONE EMAILED QUESTION TO THE LEGISLATORS THAT SURROUNDED HIM ON THE STATEWIDE LIVE TV BROADCASTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I WANTED AN ANSWER TO A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION FROM ALL OUR STATE POLITICIANS..."IS THIS WHAT POLITICIANS DO....SUE SINGLE MOTHERS?"
STONE, AN AWARD WINNING CONNECTICUT LEGISLATOR SINCE 1998 DECIDED TO PUT HIS POLITICAL CAREER ON THE LINE IN 2007 WHEN HE AGREED TO REPRESENT THIS TEACHER. STONE. IT BEGS TO ASK THE QUESTION "WHY?"
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FOUNDATIONAL DUTY OF ANY POLITICIAN TO REPRESENT THE MASSES...THE PEOPLE.
WHILE RESEARCHING THE WIDTH AND BREADTH OF STONE'S REACH I WAS ENLIGHTENED TO "HIS WORK". HIS FIRM "CHADWICK AND STONE" WAS LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE TOWN OF EAST HARTFORD, STONE CHAIRED THE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION BOARD AND WAS ASSISTANT COUNCIL TO THE LOCAL WATER BUREAU AS WELL AS STATE LEGISLATOR FOR THE TOWN OF EAST HARTFORD AND GLASTONBURY
SO WHERE IN ALL THIS DOES "REPRESENTING THE MASSES" COME INTO PLAY, AFTER THE SPECIAL INTEREST AND SPECIAL CLIENTS PAY THIER BILLS?
IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, STONE'S BEHAVIOR WAS THAT OF A CAVEMAN AND QUITE DELIBERATELY FRAUDULENT...BARBARIC AT TIMES, OUTRAGEOUS AT OTHERS. WITH A FEW OF HIS ATTORNEY FRIENDS STONE FOLLOWED ME AROUND THE COURTHOUSE POKING FUN AT ME...ARE WE FIVE YEARS OLD? HE THEN PUBLICLY FOLLOWED ME SEVERAL TIMES WITH HIS CLIENT MARY ANNE BOJKO IN TOW...ARE THERE NO STALKING LAWS IN PLACE OR ONLY ONES THAT DO NOT APPLY TO "POLITICIANS" USING THE MARSHALL'S TO DELIVER ALL THE PAPERWORK, MOTIONS WERE ON OVERLOAD, RATHER THAN USE THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE. I HAD TO TAKE NOTE THAT FOR AN ATTORNEY USING THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMITTING YET ANOTHER CRIME...IS THAT WHY STONE'S PAPERWORK WAS HAND DELIVERED BY SHERIFFS? I EVEN HAD A MARSHALL SHOW UP AT MY DOOR TO HAND DELIVER ME A COPY OF THE PAID INVOICE TO STONE FROM BOJKO (40K) DRAGGING MULTIPLE BANKER'S BOXES IN AND OUT OF THE COURTROOM...WAS HE EVER THEATRICAL. MANY JUDGES WERE INVOLVED AND ALL BOUGHT IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER...BUT ONE, JUDGE GRAHAM HAD CLARITY TO THE OUT OF CONTROL SITUATION AND KEPT ADJUSTING STONE, DIALING HIM BACK...CORRECTING HIM AND YES FINDING AGAINST HIM MORE THAN ONCE BUT ALL THE OTHER JUDGES SIMPLY SEEMED TO PLAY ALONG ACCEPTING THE THEATRICS AS FACT.
IS THAT NORMAL? I DON'T KNOW.
IS THIS NORMAL COURTROOM AND TRIAL BEHAVIOR? I DON'T KNOW.
THROUGHOUT THE HEARINGS AND TRIAL STONE "COMMANDED" THE COURTROOM WITH HIS ARROGANCE AND SPEECHES THE TALE HE SPUN LEFT OUT THE VERY BEST PARTS...HOW HIS CLIENT HAD A RECORD FOR RECKLESS DRIVING AND DUI WHICH HE HIMSELF DEFENDED SIMULTANEOUSLY.....IS THAT COMMON PRACTICE ALLOWED IN COURTROOMS BY ALL ATTORNEY'S OR JUST THE ONES THAT ARE ALSO POLITICIANS? I DON'T KNOW.
WHILE IN THE MIDST OF THE BOJKO V LIMA LAWSUIT STONE ANNOUNCED LIVE ON CT-N THAT HE WOULD NOT SEEK RE ELECTION. I WAS GRATEFUL I GOT TO WITNESS THIS...I WAS ALSO GRATEFUL TO HAVE WITNESSED THE LIVE ON AIR MOCKINGS STONE RECEIVED FROM OTHER LEGISLATORS.
ONE HAS TO ASK THEMSELVES "WHY" WOULD A CAREER POLITICIAN DO SUCH A FOOLISH THING OR MAYBE THE BETTER QUESTION IS...IS THIS HOW POLITICIANS AND ATTORNEYS BEHAVED PRIOR TO THE WIDESPREAD TRANSPARENCY THE INTERNET OFFERS US?
WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS BUT WE CAN TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING STONE IS NO LONGER AT THE HELM OF POLITICS IN CONNECTICUT...THE ONCE AWARD WINNING CAREER WAS BROUGHT TO A SCREECHING HALT AND DERAILED BY STONE'S OWN HAND.
IN MY OPINION, IT WAS THE BEST THIING THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAWSUIT
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