This sleazy self-dealing was made worse when Governor Schwarzenegger endorsed and then championed a statewide ballot initiative, Proposition 64, that banned the same type of lawsuit he'd filed against me a mere two months before.
Imagine that: Arnold campaigns before business groups with speeches about greedy trial lawyers filing frivolous shakedown lawsuits. The public responds to his rhetoric, and the ban on such suits passes in the November election by a fairly large margin.
But then Arnold can't recall that he too relied on the very same law he complained about to file his own frivolous shakedown lawsuit.
Either Governor Schwarzenegger has no idea of his own hypocrisy, or he's aware and doesn't care.
Nevertheless, I now have to raise another $44,000 to make up for the diverted, missing, lost or unaccounted funds that were meant for the Kristen Ann Carr Fund for Sarcoma Research, www.sarcoma.com .
That's not to mention the personal legal expenses in the $20,000 range caused by Schwarzenegger's frivolous shakedown lawsuit (funds that should have gone to my two kids' college savings). I have two years, perhaps six, to achieve this goal.
The only option is to fight back, in response to the arrogance, greed and hubris of Paul Wachter and Marty Singer.
The fact that Governor Schwarzenegger or Maria Shriver, or anyone authorized to act on their behalf, haven't taken steps to amend this injustice speaks volumes about their lack of character too.
Otherwise, for the rest of my life I will regret not fulfilling my charitable pledge and caving to an overly-sensitive, un-American, sissified bully in Arnold Schwarzenegger.
When you're in the Lion's Den with a Barbarian, you defend yourself any way possible. You take any weapon they hand you.
Especially when the weapon's the First Amendment.
Not to mention a bobblehead, condoms, chew toys, car ribbon magnets, thongs, and an ever-expanding range of other "Arnold in a Pink Dress" satirical products.
Annoy Arnold. Buy One.
John Edgell
April, 2005
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