Threats are so..............unseemly

The tactics playing out in this recall effort are amusing. Attorney Huffman and his clients think they will be recipients of $10,000 per signature on the recall petitions when and if they finally they face Sally Gump in court.

Word is that Huffman, who thinks Sally is "on the dark side" and shouldn't be "disrupting the election" with a recall, is ranting and raving about suing every "Jane and John Doe" associated with the recall and all the people who sign the petitions. He wants Sally in his office for a deposition.

I suppose this heavy-handedness is in direct response to Sally's lack of interest "negotiating" with Doug's when he approached her at 13 Nights, but maybe it's really about Tom Henderson's article in the Spotlight about how the councilors don't stand much of a chance of winning a suit against Sally for exercising her first amendment rights.

I thought I was embarrassed for the political naivete of the councilors, but it's a toss up now as to whether I'm more embarrassed for them or their out of control attorney, or maybe just for them because they chose him.

Like Sally says, this is a real education. And, a great example of why people often think poorly of attorneys. If you can't win justly, huff and puff and threat a lot. Ok, maybe just for today, I'm more embarrassed for Huffman.