Freak Show Follow Up

Filling in on observations in the middle of things when I was trying to figure out the posting/liveblogging thing on my own (sorry, I'm new to this).

1. Not only Sandy Frankel, but also Rick Dollinger and Willa Powell -- all three candidates for the nomination to run against Robach, were there. Dollinger and Powell unloaded same empty pandering as Frankel.

2. Demo. leader Harry Bronson acknowledged he signed on to the selection process put forward by Wayne Zyra -- before Gantt got to him. Bronson is an employee of the State Assembly. Gantt can have him fired any time.

3. Gantt was NOT arrested, just escorted out as I posted. He must think if he was arrested for the same thing within a week, maybe he'd face some actual penalty.

Note: What is this about people "deciding" whether they're going to get arrested or not? Like deciding which shoes to wear with an outfit? Don't police decide that? (And what was that stuff on Saturday about "discussions" about who was going to be arrested. Isn't the answer to that question that it's the people who break the law get arrested?)

4. A badly-behaved woman was led out, and actually was arrested, I was told. Seemed like someone living on the streets.  Somebody said she might be a nun, named Grace Miller.  If this is a real "nun," then Britney Spears is the Virgin Mary.

5. Quatro quotes from letter from 1977, from somebody criticizing the process back then, saying Ed Nowak, who was appointed in the 1977 process, was too young and didnt have experience to be good PD. Legislator Ted O'Brien pipes up that, "If we're talking about individual candidates' credentials, we need to go into executive meeting" (meaning kicking the public out.) Legislator Jose Cruz quickly tries to calm down O'Brien, recognizing stupidity of his comment. Quatro then says, we don't have to go into executive meeting to talk about credentials of the candidates of 30 years ago. Duh.

6. Funniest moment. Legislator Carrie Andrews said she was "trembling with rage" over public defenders' selection. Later, Majority Leader Dan Quatro says he and Andrews are "trembling together." Andrews giggles coquettishly.