2008-12-16

Hogwash

Our attorneys had warned me that there might be some level of interrogation by the opposition, and that thought sort of lingered in the back of my noggin for a couple of days prior to the proceedings. My role would be as expert witness of sorts, defending the County staff in their decision to issue my client a permit to build their 250 megawatt power plant.

I didn’t know what exactly to expect. Would the opposition be bringing traffic and transportation experts of their own? Perhaps they were already so knowledgeable, or perhaps my previous work so full of gaping holes that they could drive right through any argument I may have presented.

I was almost expecting the high drama and theatrics of the multitude of crime procedurals on the idiot box. I didn’t know what to expect, but took comfort in the fact that I can fake it pretty well, and that I had some minor confidence in my work going in to it.

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