On top of his throwing Laura Chick under the bus and the whole controller issue, here’s another major case where he actively courted people and their money then made them Public Enemies Number one. Why does the Times refuse to point out this major flaw in character, from someone who was elected to enforce the laws fairly and ethically? He ran a nasty campaign whose veracity about himself and opponent both brought his own ethics into question to many (as did his consultant John Shallman’s campaign for Essel and against Paul Krekorian). The Weekly’s article seems to pointedly sidestep this issue too. This and the other cases of seemingly arbitrary “Obey or else” enforcement, combined with making allegations against people of vague criminal conduct to hold as a club but then being unable to back it up (like with AEG’s Liewike), added to his refusing to take any cut of his staff or personal salary “because I made more in private practice,” should make the public and media look closely at this now sad-seeming photo op “victory” as representing much more than just this issue. Since he wants to become DA in Cooley’s place, we can’t just ignore such behavior and reward him for it.