Rami Amaro: More Mess Than Prank

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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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  Nightshift on November 23 at 7:12 p.m.

  I spent a large part of the last two weeks at Rami Amaro's home helping her get ready for her fundraiser. During that time the kids who egged her house got caught (sorry MamaJD - no big conspiracy theory and no mysterious enemies - just a high school prank). I also saw many other people helping Rami - just as she has helped so many in her life. In fact, even during the last two weeks Rami spent many hours helping various former clients and old friends with their frustrations about their legal issues. She did this this happily and voluntarily (no charge) even in the middle of a very difficult time for herself and her family. MamaJD it is obvious that you either have a personal issue with Rami or you have no humanity left in you. Otherwise why would you, in response to finding out about her husband's injury and her serious illness, have nothing to say but to suggest that people file bar complaints against her? She hasn't even been practicing law due to her illness. Maybe you need some counseling to move on from whatever it is that is eating away at you. Rami is losing her vision, the use of her limbs, her cognitive functions - she needs support not baseless attacks. She has more balls then most of the attorneys in North Idaho (who were happy to recuse Mitchell and complain about his lack of judicial ability in private - but who wouldn't stand up for themselves or even stand behind Rami). She shows her strength even more by taking on what is a very serious treatment with a high mortality rate so that she can be there for her family. Maybe take the advice everyone else learned from their moms - if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.

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  LanceAmaro on November 25 at 7:05 p.m.

  Mamajd - I have not been on this site in a long time. I was appalled to read your attacks against my wife. I won't “out” you, but I do know who you are.

  I won't apologize for my wife being a strong woman - able to be a great mom, a great wife and a great attorney - all at the same time. I won't apologize that she stood up for what she saw as a failing justice system - and was willing to put her name and her bank account on the line for her views. I won't apologize for the fact that my wife is a constitutionalist, a conservative and believes in god. I won't apologize for the fact that my wife AND I believe criminals should actually serve time.

  I will apologize to my wife for having to put up with attacks from women like you who are simply jealous that my wife actually put her J.D. to real, meaningful use. I was an army ranger - and we had a saying - “there are ranger tab wearers and ranger tab bearers”. I consider you a judicial doctorate wearer - but you opted out. How dare you attack my wife for bearing that cross. It is always easy to be a Monday morning quarterback in the shadows of the internet - hiding behind your laptop.

  Let your hubby know his party won't be in power for long, as Obama is a one term president - a “one hit wonder” and will leave nothing but misery behind.

  And yes I have the courage to always sign my posts with my real name .

  John Lance Amaro

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  MamaJD on November 25 at 7:27 p.m.

  Mr. Amaro- In the timeline of reporting, the egg prank issue came up as a blog topic before the information regarding MS. I do not believe a difference of political opinion or subjective views on professional reputation equates to wishing someone ill will. While I have a different point of view on other matters, I am human and a mother. I am sympathetic to Mrs. Amaro's personal situation and I have wished her well some time ago. I believe you missed my post regarding your wife's physical condition. I will repost here because I believe it is relevant to restate:

  MamaJD on November 10 at 12:19 p.m:

  I'm not sure where my opinion about Rami Amaro — judicial candidate, crosses on a topic of Rami Amaro — MS sufferer. I have known people who suffered with MS and witnessed firsthand the very things Ms. Amaro has had to face. I wish her the best of luck as she tries to find a cure for her condition because it truly robs one of a fruitful life.

  Wishing that someone would physically suffer because years ago you didn't politically agree with their platform as a candidate is not acceptable.
  

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  MamaJD on November 25 at 7:30 p.m.

  And by the way, my husband voted for McCain. Don't know why Obama is relevant.

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  Phaedrus on November 25 at 7:34 p.m.

  his party won't be in power for long, as Obama is a one term president - a “one hit wonder” and will leave nothing but misery behind.

  What does this have to do with the topic?

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  LanceAmaro on November 25 at 7:53 p.m.

  MamaJD:

  The letter to the editor my wife wrote clearly stated that she was in the middle of a stem cell transplant and clearly discussed my injury from a fall. Despite this, your only response was to claim my wife had significant enemies who would rightfully “egg” her and to encourage people to file bar complaints against her. That is simply inhumane. The only point that you backed down was when you yourself were being attacked for your horrific posts - not only on this site but on the CDA Press site as well.

  I don't have an issue with people having differences of opinion on politics, religion, or any other issue. Debate is what our country is based on. But this wasn't political, or religious, or debatable in any way - and your comments were completely uncalled for. To this day my wife and I always pray for John Mitchell and his family - we always respected him and his family as people - we simply disagreed with his views. But if I were to read in the paper about something bad happening to him or his family I would NEVER suggest that anyone had a basis to “egg” his house or advise people to file bar complaints against him.

  I am still amazed to this day about the crazy things people say about my wife. I've heard that she is a completely right wing conservative, a muslim, a mormon, a baby stealer, someone who never actually got a J.D., a “Scrooge” like employer, and the world's worst mother.. it is insane - and its fed by people like you.

  Nobody knows my wife went to Evergreen State College - or that she has donated thousands of hours of pro bono services, or that she had some of the best pay and benefits of any law firm in North Idaho. Nobody knows what a great wife and mother she is. I remember one comment about the fact that since my children were in daycare they were bound to fail. Funny - my oldest is on a full ride scholarship to the country''s most expensive college - and on the dean's list.

  Maybe that is why your comments bother me so much. We are by no means perfect people. Nobody is perfect. We just do the best we can and we stand up for what we believe in. Like the song goes - if you don't stand up for what you believe in you don't stand for anything. We just want to leave a better world for our kids - and my wife just wants to be there and see that better world.

  Shame on you.

  John Lance Amaro

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  nic on November 25 at 8:18 p.m.

  Mr. Amaro…

  1st, let me express some measure of condolences to you and your wife. I cannot imagine what you are going through and the stresses your family is taking on.

  2nd, please don't let that stress blind you. The only line in the letter to the editor that hinted at medical issues mentioned that you had just returned from a stem-cell transplant. That says nothing of your injury or your wife's MS. Reading only the letter, I would never have known the burdens you're suffering. Set aside your anger toward Mama JD and realize (like she pointed out above) that she has done nothing but express sympathy toward your wife's illness since it was publicized here.

  3rd, thank you for taking time to contribute here. If you hang out long enough, you might find there are not as many here that are ideologically opposed to you as you probably imagine. I also appreciate the irony in your remarks - that you spend a full paragraph talking about how perfect you are and then tell us that you're not perfect. That (in my opinion) is blogging genius.

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  LanceAmaro on November 25 at 8:34 p.m.

  Here comes the calvary - to be expected. RE-READ the letter to the editor. It discusses stem cell transplant (which would lead most to think cancer - which my wife has already survived) AND my injury. Mamajd's response was outright WRONG. No ifs ands or buts around it. I'm not posting out of anger - I am just calling a spade a spade. I am sure it is not fun for Mamajd - a regular - to be called out on the carpet on her own turf. But there is no way around her inappropriateness. By the way - my post never said my family is perfect, but it did point out many of the positive things about my wife and kids. Sorry to ruin the image you had about them. Come on out calvary - and talk among yourselves all you want - I've said my piece and I'm done. Phaedrus - you are absolutely right - no connection - just letting Mamajd know I know who she is. A simple apology for a clear wrong would do - and life goes on.

  John Lance Amaro

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  nic on November 25 at 8:57 p.m.

  Wow… I'm the “calvary” (sic). Thanks for the copliment.

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  Phaedrus on November 25 at 10:41 p.m.

  - just letting Mamajd know I know who she is.

  Mr. Amaro, I happen to know who mamajd and her husband are, too, and I would swear under oath that neither of them are from the President's party (I am, but that's another story.) Anyway, I just wondered why you threw in a gratuitous, partisan political comment in a post that was ostensibly dealing with your perception of comments made here in reference to your wife.

  I hope the fundraiser is a huge success and that Mrs. Amaro's treatment brings the desired results.

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