I did some searching yesterday. Something had popped up, and I ended up in a research rabbit hole, as I am prone to do. I was looking over some things, and I realized that Vermont couldn’t have fired Dave immediately.

I have the public records of his resignation, the meeting schedule, and everything from Vermont. But he made his last filing, I’m assuming ever, eight days after the resignation was signed.

They must have given him two weeks.

The disturbing thing is what I realized last night. I had never gone ahead and read the decision or any of the briefs in his last case. I didn’t know what the cause of the litigation was.

It was civil wrongful imprisonment, yada yada, for a guy accused and arrested for sexual assault. They had arrested the guy and ended up not charging him. Apparently, there was a little use-of-force issue there. I don’t have all the information, and there are pages missing from what I can get.

Dave was defending the state for roughing up a rapist who ultimately wasn’t charged.

He did so eight fucking days AFTER they called him into a meeting and fired him. So the Vermont Attorney General thought it was a good idea for that guy, who they damn well knew had been accused of the same crime and was being discharged from their office for that specific reason, to write the brief?

What the actual fuck?

Like, fine, he had already written it, he was probably more experienced with use of force than others, everyone else was busy, what the fuck ever… but fucking put someone else’s name on that shit. What the actual fuck?

That seems like something someone would be compelled to recuse themselves from or be required to disclose.

Like, that was fucked up reading that shit last night. Like, too much for me.

And that is probably the last brief he will ever write as an actual practicing attorney.

And that is just fucking fucked the fuck up.

I do feel bad his career in public service, as it were, ended in this manner. I’m positive his career in private practice ended much the same way.

But it’s kind of sad. Like, he was a great attorney. It’s a waste. It just is. But the ethical obligations of, well, not so much law per se, but positions of public trust are greater than that. I feel bad I’m the one who lit the match, but he had been pouring gasoline on his life for decades. A spark was going to come someday.

And, of course, he got out of it and landed on his feet, as he always does. I’m certain he was smearing me every step of the way. Turnabout is fair play, and I am not lying like he is. He’s such a good liar, I questioned myself and believed him over me. That’s fucked up.

Anyways, my catharsis has been Govie the Rat. If you know, Govie is a cartoon rat who works for the State of Nevada. Because what are government employees? They’re rats. They are nothing more than rats in suits. They hide things. They scurry around trying to be very busy and very important, but they never get anything accomplished.

Do yourself a favor and watch Govie. Yes, Dave, the rat looks like you. It was actually not intended, some sort of subconscious description of you as nothing more than a rat in a suit. But, Dave, I say this with seriousness: you will fucking love this shit. My dad is dying over it and sending it to people from the FDIC. I always said I was funnier than you.

But the end clip is always going to be Govie with a gin and tonic in his hand, saying some truly unbelievably wrong or dickish thing that I am taking directly from text messages from you.

God has a great sense of humor if I make millions of dollars on Govie the Rat. I’m telling my story right now, but I could easily do this with any political story. It’s making dealing with this way more bearable. It’s an outlet.

Govie has a YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook page right now. Do yourself a favor and check out Govie the Rat.