[Peace-discuss] lawyer stuff

[Ricky Baldwin]

I'll let Carl speak for himself, but just to clarify:

I am the one who contacted Gerstein and he never ever
said he would do anything for free.  He was upfront
about his rate and met with us in good faith, whatever
else anyone thinks of him.  He cancelled the first
meeting scheduled for March 3 (due to his mother's
death) and finally met with us March 31.  In the
interim we discussed the situation at AWARE meetings.

At the meeting with Gerstein, he listened to our
concerns and suggested that HE could write a letter to
the police if we liked (on the theory that a lawyer's
letterhead would impress the cops with our
seriousness) and offered to help us with future
incidents when the cops bug us or drop the ball -- for
the same reduced rate of $100 an hour.

Hope that helps.

Ricky
--- Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Thanks Peter for asking the question. Here is my
> opinion. Carl asked 
> the group about having a preliminary discussion with
> Gerstein that 
> would be exploratory and without cost.  We would not
> ask him to do 
> anything at that meeting. We all agreed. My memory
> is not perfect, 
> but it seems to me that the next time we heard about
> this, we already 
> had a bill for $100.  Also, we got nothing from that
> meeting except 
> advice that we should write a letter.  Of course, we
> already knew 
> that and we are quite capable of writing such a
> letter. Ricky and I 
> are currently writing one.
> 
> In my opinion, we did not get anything from that
> meeting. And in my 
> opinion, I don't think we authorized spending the
> $100 before the 
> meeting. Whatever we think about Gerstein, I don't
> see how we gained 
> anything from that meeting.
> 
> In light of the facts that have come out about
> Gerstein, and not just 
> from the News-Gazette, I am even more opposed to
> spending our money 
> on him.  I heard Carl say that he was willing to pay
> several times. 
> Actually, I think that is the best solution.  I am
> not in favor of 
> throwing away $100 bills.
> -- 
> 
> 
> Al Kagan
> African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of
> Library Administration
> Africana Unit, Room 328
> University of Illinois Library
> 1408 W. Gregory Drive
> Urbana, IL 61801, USA
> 
> tel. 217-333-6519
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> e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
> 
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