I mentioned in a recent post to this site that I would explain the genesis of the “rumors” that Susan K. and Bill Taylor often referred to – rumors that I was involved with drugs.
In 1990, I was seeking re-election. On Sunday, September 9, 1990 (less than 48 hours before the polls opened) a young prosecutor who had practiced law for less than 2 years and who was the campaign manager of my opponent, distributed 700-800 flyers on cars in Globe-Miami.
The flyers were titled: “DUBER ON DRUGS:” Below the title, in smaller print were the prosecutor’s interpretations of four rulings that I had made that the prosecutor disliked.
The same day the flyer was distributed, I was told by one supporter that his mother read the flyer and took it to be an accusation that I was on drugs. Within weeks I was called by someone who said he was called because a friend had overheard women in a beauty parlor discussing my “being on drugs”. In February, 1991, I was told by a DPS officer that while he was arresting a man, the arrestee said something like he should be arresting people like Judge Duber because it was “common knowledge” that I was a drug user.
That same inexperienced prosecutor later wrote about the flyer:
“Faced with no practical chance at victory…. I only wanted to make [a] last-ditch effort to narrow long odds. At that I did not succeed but I certainly made a short sharp impact on this small town.” ….
“I admit that the common use of the term “on drugs” would makes (sic) the headline subject to a different interpretation if the colon and the rest of the flyer were omitted…”
“I did not accuse the judge of taking drugs, and to accuse me of making that accusation is as ludicrous as such an accusation itself would be.” (Emphasis added)
In response to a criticism that a twelve year old child and some of her peers had reported that the flyer accused me of being on drugs the author’s response was “I think it more likely they turned the flyer into a joke along the lines of the Judge using drugs. Kids will be kids.”
That young prosecutor was suspended from practicing law in February 1997 after he pled guilty to attempted sexual abuse; in 2000, he was disbarred because of (among other things) his pattern of misconduct, his bad faith obstruction of the disciplinary proceedings and his refusal to acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct.
So, there you have it. An ambitious young, now disbarred, lawyer unhappy with some of my rulings made a last ditch effort to affect the 1990 election. Like that inexperienced, disbarred lawyer, Bill Taylor and Susan K. perpetuated an obvious falsehood to affect my election prospects and for their own commercial and personal ambitions.
In 1990, I was seeking re-election. On Sunday, September 9, 1990 (less than 48 hours before the polls opened) a young prosecutor who had practiced law for less than 2 years and who was the campaign manager of my opponent, distributed 700-800 flyers on cars in Globe-Miami.
The flyers were titled: “DUBER ON DRUGS:” Below the title, in smaller print were the prosecutor’s interpretations of four rulings that I had made that the prosecutor disliked.
The same day the flyer was distributed, I was told by one supporter that his mother read the flyer and took it to be an accusation that I was on drugs. Within weeks I was called by someone who said he was called because a friend had overheard women in a beauty parlor discussing my “being on drugs”. In February, 1991, I was told by a DPS officer that while he was arresting a man, the arrestee said something like he should be arresting people like Judge Duber because it was “common knowledge” that I was a drug user.
That same inexperienced prosecutor later wrote about the flyer:
“Faced with no practical chance at victory…. I only wanted to make [a] last-ditch effort to narrow long odds. At that I did not succeed but I certainly made a short sharp impact on this small town.” ….
“I admit that the common use of the term “on drugs” would makes (sic) the headline subject to a different interpretation if the colon and the rest of the flyer were omitted…”
“I did not accuse the judge of taking drugs, and to accuse me of making that accusation is as ludicrous as such an accusation itself would be.” (Emphasis added)
In response to a criticism that a twelve year old child and some of her peers had reported that the flyer accused me of being on drugs the author’s response was “I think it more likely they turned the flyer into a joke along the lines of the Judge using drugs. Kids will be kids.”
That young prosecutor was suspended from practicing law in February 1997 after he pled guilty to attempted sexual abuse; in 2000, he was disbarred because of (among other things) his pattern of misconduct, his bad faith obstruction of the disciplinary proceedings and his refusal to acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct.
So, there you have it. An ambitious young, now disbarred, lawyer unhappy with some of my rulings made a last ditch effort to affect the 1990 election. Like that inexperienced, disbarred lawyer, Bill Taylor and Susan K. perpetuated an obvious falsehood to affect my election prospects and for their own commercial and personal ambitions.