STATE’S ATTORNEY CYNTHIA FELAND “TARTED UP THE CRIMINAL COUNT” AGAINST SANDY BLUNT
America’s premier periodical of Insurance, “Risk & Insurance” is weighing in on the Sandy Blunt affair in shall we say “Blunt” terms when their star columnist, Peter Rousmaniere, publishes his article “Blunting Political Vindictiveness”. Having spent a lot of time in study of the travesty of justice which is the Sandy Blunt affair, perhaps my favorite quote from the article is:
Blunt's criminal trial took place in December 2008. Feland, lacking a respectable case, tarted up the criminal count with three more heavier-looking allegations, one of which the judge threw one out (claiming that Blunt had improperly awarded a grant to a volunteer firefighter association).
And….
The prosecution of Blunt was nasty froth atop a wave of popular distrust of the autonomous status of the fund. With the Blunt conviction, North Dakota has marched toward, not away from, more political intrusion into workers' compensation.
Let's hope that this kind of political vindictiveness remains rare in our field. Best wishes, Mr. Blunt, in your career.
The article first appears online, and will be published in the next issue of the print version. The folks that know about insurance and bureaucracy are interested and know what took place in North Dakota even if no one in the N.D. media will say anything.
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