Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:20:44 -0700
From: apfanning@yahoo.com ("Alan Fanning")
Subject: [lpaz-repost] Fw: Ed Steele Press Release 6/6/2001
To: lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com ("ALP Repost")
Edgar J. Steele
Attorney at Law
102 South Fourth Avenue, Suite C
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
Admitted in Idaho, Oregon, Washington & California
Facsimile: (208) 265-5329
Telephone: (208) 265-4153
email: <A HREF="mailto:steele@plainlawtalk.com">steele@plainlawtalk.com</A>
PRESS RELEASE - IMMEDIATE June 6, 2001,
2:00 p.m., Sagle, Idaho
Contact: Edgar J. Steele, McGuckin Family Lawyer-in-Exile
Thousands wouldnt believe you, Phil, but dont worry I do. Sandpoint,
Idaho. The time has come to directly address the many false
representations
made about the McGuckin case by local government, as personified by the
Prosecuting Attorney, Phil Robinson. By way of doing so, Edgar J. Steele,
the McGuckin Family Lawyer-in-Exile releases the following open leter,
since
Mr. Robinson refuses to communicate with him in private.
Dear Phil,
Well, its been a pretty wild ride so far, hasnt it? Guess
you didnt expect it to turn into quite the media circus that it has become.
Of course, if those kids hadnt possessed the moxie to defy your storm
troopers, this whole affair would have gone down without a hitch, with
nobody
the wiser, wouldnt it?
I can appreciate why you might be worried now, particularly
since you swore, under penalty of perjury before Magistrate Heise, to so
many
things that so many people now claim are so false.
Like that business about there being no power to the house?
Northern Lights, the utility company, said it was hooked up and working all
along, but they must be mistaken. They dont seem to believe you, Phil, but
dont worry I do.
And about the kids starving and having no food in the house?
The people at the Food Bank, who gave them 200 pounds of food the week
prior,
dont seem to believe you. Nor do the good people at Bonner General
Hospital, who examined the kids after being holed up in the bathroom of that
little house for five days while under siege from their own government, yet
pronounced them to be in good health. But dont worry, Phil I believe
you.
And about that lily pad soup you said the kids were cooking up
in their back yard over the camp fire? I know many people have researched
it
and claim its not true because lily pads are posonous and the kids would
all be dead now, so they must not believe you, either. Dont worry, though,
Phil I believe you.
And about the husband, Michael, dying of malnutrition and
dehydration, the same things you say the kids are suffering from? I hear
that Mr. Coffelt, the coroner, has now recanted and says the death
certificate is wrong, that Mr. McGuckin actually died as a result of
multiple
sclerosis, so he must not believe you, either. But dont worry, Phil I
do.
And about that pack of marauding, vicious dogs? Lots of
people,
including the vet and the receiving animal facility seem to think theres a
lot fewer than 27 and that many of them are actually puppies, to boot, so
they dont seem to believe you. Can you imagine? Now, I saw them myself
the
other day and thought they were pretty small and could have sworn many of
them were wagging their tails, but I just figured it must be some breed of
midget fighting dog. Dont worry, Phil Im with you o this one, too.
And about the house being filthy and strewn with dog feces?
Well, Im absolutely sure youre right about this, and its a good thing
that, once the kids were out of there, you had your people in there taking
pictures without wasting time to get a search warrant, to prove it. I know
there are those doubting Thomases who say the kids had the dogs inside with
them during the siege so your jackbooted thugs (not a phrase I would ever
use, of course) wouldnt shoot them and, of course those vicious, huge,
marauding canines couldnt be expected to use the toilets because the water
was off, so of course there was a huge mess, with dog feces everywhere. Im
sure it was like that all along, just like you said, so dont worry, Phil
I believe you here, too.
And about the kids being poorly educated? Well, we all know
how
inadequate home schooling is after all, the only reason home-schooled kids
are taking top honors in all the national spelling and geography bees is
because they sit at home, 24 hours a day, boning up just for those things
and
ignoring the really important stuff that is taught in the government schools
these days. Yep, Phil, Im with you all the way on this one, too.
And about me being disbarred? They havent told me about it
yet
and, when I called them to discuss the ethics of what you have been doing
and
saying, they said they didnt know anything about my being disbarred, so the
people at the Idaho State Bar dont seem to believe you. But Im sure
youre in contact with those who are really in the know, so, dont worry,
Phil I believe you on this one, too.
And about me being fired by JoAnn McGuckin? Well, of course,
you have issued orders to everybody, including the Sheriff (isnt he an
elected official, by the way?), that I am not to be allowed even to talk
with
any McGuckin family member by telephone and I am not to be told when the
secret hearings about the kids take place, so of course I have to take your
word for this one, as well. But I know you wouldnt lie about something
like
this, Phil.
And about JoAnn being held incommunicado despite Magistrate
Heises recent order? Well, we all know she is stubbornly refusing to sign
that O.R. release paper, thereby admitting that she is guilty and that she
will stay away from her own children, so of course you cant just let her
go. We all understand that, Phil.
And, of course, since she is pretty fragile mentally and
extremely susceptible to being unduly influenced, there are those who say
you
and your minions have been keeping her that way until she falls in line.
But
dont worry, Phil , because I know you would never stoop to that sort of
thing I believe you.
And about the public defender, Mr. Powell, being in your
pocket? There are those who say, because he was a Shoshone County PD before
he came here and because hes kind of hurting for money (his words, not
mine)
and would be doing much better financially if he was one of your assistants,
that he is carrying your water on this case. I think that is a simply
scurrilous suggestion and refuse to believe one word of it, even though he
also refuses to let me talk to JoAnn. Dont worry, Phil, I believe you on
this one, too.
And about your pushing for $100,000 bail for JoAnn, even though
her public defender hadnt gotten around to seeing to her interests, and
getting it without a struggle from Magistrate Heise, even though you and I
both know how difficult it is to get bonds like that for murderers? I know
you, Phil, and I am absolutely certain this is true.
And about your being sorry you didnt have JoAnn arrested
during
her husbands funeral? I have no doubt whatsoever about this one, Phil.
I realize you have a powerful motivation to ensure that
everything you swore to before Magistrate Heise is shown to be true, since
you gave up your unqualified government official immunity when you chose to
testify yourself. Thats the problem with actually swearing out your own
arrest warrant, of course, and why so many district and prosecuting
attorneys
know better. I know, however, Phil, that everybody who says that is why you
are pushing the above things with such a vengeance is just being
mean-spirited, because you would never allow your self interest to come into
play in a case involving a citizen.
Thousands wouldnt believe you, Phil. But dont worry
- because I do.
Sincerely,
Edgar J. Steele
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