To give credit where credit is due (johnd are you listening?), Senator Brown has done the right correct thing here in sticking up for the cab driver who assaulted his tracker: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/08/30/brown-don-punish-cabbie-tracker-incident/Fa70ziQoHK6d7vdscUzDwJ/story.html
The actual letter is available here: http://www.scottbrown.com/2012/08/letter-from-scott-brown-urging-oak-bluffs-selectmen-to-spare-warren-cab-driver-license/
I, for one, am impressed. Score one for human decency.
And for those who don’t want to soil their Internet history with a visit to Senator Brown’s website, here’s an edited version:
It has come to my attention through media reports that you are considering revoking the taxi cab license of Mr. Morgan Reitzas, a driver for Elizabeth Warren who was involved in a recent confrontation with a videographer employed by the Massachusetts Republican Party…
… Mr. Reitzas was put into a situation that is foreign to most people, he did not understand what was going on and he let his emotions get the better of him. While this doesn’t excuse his behavior, Mr. Reitzas has recognized that he was out of line and his attorney has expressed regret on his behalf for what happened.
I do not think that taking away this man’s livelihood is the appropriate response to what occurred.
to recognize two people doing the right thing.
Scott Brown took the step of understanding while someone did something wrong, we shouldn’t let a mistake cause someone to lose their job and potentially have a serious effect on his family and maybe the rest of his life. Thanks SB.
To theloquaciousliberal, thanks for recognizing what SB did. We are typically so polarized about our politics that we can’t see when the people we agree with do anything wrong and the people we disagree with do anything right. Thanks for being honest and I hope I can do the same.
I agree we should not let partisanship get in the way of recognizing good deeds or actions. Except for the NY Yankees – they are always evil.
Scott Brown doesn’t want any type of investigation or hearing, because then we will all learn the facts. The Mass GOP description of this event is inaccurate. The tracker took provocative actions that included actions that distorted the event. There are witnesses.