May those who love us love us.
And those that don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn’t turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we’ll know them by their limping
-Irish blessing often quoted by my radio partner Kevin Lynn
Every once in awhile things seem to work out just the way they should. The bully gets popped in the face, the cheater finds out he’s being cheated on, you know what I’m talking about. On Friday, it was stunning to get the news that Judge Edwin Kosik took control of the Ciavarella Conahan case and let everyone know who’s at the controls of this runaway train.
For months, Scooch has tried to explain his way out of the obvious. Ciavarella couldn’t help himself, his mouth and his ego were too big to keep in check. He fought the ‘quid pro quo’ of the case. He defended his actions as a finder’s fee. It was just a tax issue. Never once did this narcissist mention the rights of the kid’s who came before him. Just last week the Ciav had the audacity to say he was helping kids. If it wasn’t so tragic, it might be funny. How could you possibly be helping kids if you weren’t letting them have representation at their hearings?
When asked once about the astronomically high number of kids who didn’t have lawyers at the hearings before him, he was quoted to say “I don’t need to spoon feed people”. As a man who ran juvenile court, no doubt he saw a correlation between the lack of parental involvement and the amount of trouble those kids got in. How could he ever claim to be helping them, by allowing them to suffer the consequences when their guardians made poor choices?
People need to realize that judges, like cops, aren’t just there to protect us from the bad people. They’re also there to help when needed. No, Ciavarella didn’t have to be a lenient judge, but by systematically denying them the right to counsel he assured that the facility he and Conahan made money off of had steady business… and that,Scooch, means “Kids for Cash!” You can’t talk your way out of this one, but you’ll have plenty of time to talk about your innocence where that’s familiar conversation, behind bars!
Corbett
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