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Thanks to whoever egged our home Friday night, Oct. 30. My husband and I returned Saturday 
from Seattle where I am in the beginning stages of a stem cell transplant — only to find that our home and car had been hit with an entire crate of eggs (60)! The stench was horrific and the eggs were extremely hard to clean off. My husband is disabled from a fall from our roof last October and thus he could not climb a ladder to clean it. My back was so sore from bone marrow aspirations, lumbar punctures and a blood patch that I could do very little either. My children ended up cleaning what they could reach and the rest still sits on our siding/Rami Amaro, letter to the editor, Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.
Question: Rami Amaro, of course, was the attorney who challenged Judge John Mitchell in one of the zaniest races ever to hit the HBO Blogosphere. However, there’s nothing funny about the egging that vandals did to her house. Has your house or vehicle ever been egged or T-P’d?
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Cabbage Boy on November 04 at 2:51 p.m.
It's JOHN, not Tom. Come on DFO, get that straight.
btw, wonder if all the hucksters can account for their where abouts last night. :)
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DFO on November 04 at 3:42 p.m.
@ Cabbage Boy re: “Come on DFO, get that straight.”
You're too young to be that cranky, Cabbage. I remember John's father, Tom, from the Blue Flame trial that I covered when I first pulled into town in the mid-1980s. That's why I flipflop those names so often. BTW, Tom was far more cantankerous than his son is.
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Howard_Martinson on November 04 at 4:02 p.m.
Vehicle - yes. My car was trashed over Labor Day weekend many years ago. Windshield bashed in and paint remover or acetone poured all over the car. $3,000 in damage. I'd still like to know if it was a random act, or if someone was SERIOUSLY ticked off at me.
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MamaJD on November 04 at 4:10 p.m.
My guess is that it was not intended to be a funny prank. I just say that because, in my opinion, the lady has burned a lot of bridges and has created a large laundry list of suspects. We are lucky to have Judge Mitchell instead of her.
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Sisyphus on November 04 at 4:11 p.m.
Man, these events do not sound like your run of the mill teenager pranks to me, Howard. I trust you called the cops.
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Phaedrus on November 04 at 4:14 p.m.
Windshield bashed in and paint remover or acetone poured all over the car.
You weren't a police officer back in 1979 were you?
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Phaedrus on November 04 at 4:15 p.m.
I think it was John Mitchell.-mamajd
are you saying john mitchell egged ramaro's house? ;-)
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Cabbage Boy on November 04 at 4:22 p.m.
Not cranky DFO, just wondering why you keep flipping those names? It isn't like John Mitchell hasn't been a popular subject here in the past. :)
Remember the fish?
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DFO on November 04 at 4:44 p.m.
@ Cabbage Boy; I think I'll just say Judge Mitchell from now on.
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MamaJD on November 04 at 5:57 p.m.
Geez — no I didn't mean to suggest that Judge Mitchell would have egged her house. But if I were to guess, he would be placed a lot lower than others on the suspect list. ;)
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MamaJD on November 04 at 5:58 p.m.
DFO — Now that you have corrected your typo, it appears as though I am blaming Judge Mitchell. And I'm taking some heat over it. Thanks a lot.
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DFO on November 04 at 7:14 p.m.
@ MamaJD; sorry, I deleted that comment to avoid confusion. I tried to get by on too little sleep today. Also, for the day after election, I had a lot of loose ends to tie up. So I'll plead the usual excuse — blogging at the speed of light.
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spokelooneh on November 04 at 7:17 p.m.
From what I read of Amaro, I never liked her politics or style.
However, she and her family shouldn't be subject to this kind of petty harassment.
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RedMan on November 04 at 10:32 p.m.
MamaJD on November 04 at 4:10 p.m.
My guess is that it was not intended to be a funny prank. I just say that because, in my opinion, the lady has burned a lot of bridges and has created a large laundry list of suspects. We are lucky to have Judge Mitchell instead of her.
So are you saying she deserved her house to be egged…come on JD help us out here.
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MamaJD on November 05 at 6:55 a.m.
Not saying she deserved 60 eggs thrown at her house. Just saying that I'm surprised an act of harassment towards Amaro is as “petty” as eggs. Time would be better spent filing complaints with the state bar, IMHO. For legitimate complaints, not for purposes of harassment, of course.
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