An arrogant lady lawyer

BULL’S HIT
Rudy Garcia

BAGUIO CITY -- The city police Station 7 under Insp. Paul John Mencio raided the Bingo sa Barangay, a fund raising activity for the fiesta of Hilltop Barangay, Based on the report from the police and information by a police insider, they conducted the said operation because the barangay reportedly doesn’t have a permit to conduct the bingo and considering it also violates the anti-gambling law.

But a hilltop barangay kagawad who is a close friend of mine said they have shown their permit to the policemen during the raid but allegedly, Mencio just ignored the permit they showed.

The issue here is simple, whether the bingo has a permit or none, and whether there is really a gambling or any game of chance or none. But it seems to me there are more to dig on why a simple bingo which is supposed to be a fund raising for a barangay fiesta was a big deal for our cops who should be more active in going after those big time illegal gambling dens here in this summer capital city.

If it is true that hilltop barangay has a permit to conduct bingo and yet the police pounced on them then, perhaps it is interesting to find the truth of the reported demanding of protection money by the police prior to the raid.

I have high regard and full respect to Mencio thus, I challenge him to give his side on this matter through this column. Pakisagot nga apo mencio, ano ba talaga ang totoo?
***
Rarely I do get mad at lawyers especially to lady lawyers I consider a rare breed but I was not able to control my temper this time when a popular lady lawyer tried to scare and treated me like I have no balls and an elementary kid starting to learn his ABC.

It started when I delivered personally a furnished copy of a demolition advice with an annotation from the city mayor to the respondent who was in Zamora Street one afternoon. This was just to inform and furnish a copy for the respondent of the demolition who is the client of this lady lawyer.

Since it is a standard operation and for the sake of due process, I let the respondent sign for the document she was furnished with but she instead called her lady lawyer through her cell phone and talked to each other after which she handed her cell phone to me. This lady lawyer who was on the other line then started cursing me and made bluffing blah blahs maybe to scare me.

I don’t have anything against lawyers especially to ladies but this act of the lady lawyer just made me more disgusted with her kind whose profession is to uphold the law in their most humble way.

If you want to guess right who this lady lawyer is, then I am giving a simple point for her identification. Her name rings popular in Baguio because it resembles a former respected highlander politician. Her initial? FC as in Foolish Cowgirl.