Last summer, I wrote a long post here describing the political machine that was built up within the State Judiciary back in the 1980s, and came crashing down in a major public scandal beginning mid-1985 and continuing over the next couple of years.

Recently I came across an old cassette tape containing a recording of a talk I gave in the fall of 1985. I don’t recall the specific occasion, or who made up the audience. But I think the recording provides a good window into how the situation looked at that time.

I was able to make a digital copy of the recording, which runs about 25 minutes. It’s not a professional job, and cuts off during a question and answer period, but I’m sharing it anyway.

Now I just have to hope that this link to the audio file works.

Click here to listen to this 1985 presentation.

I also reprised the Judiciary scandal in one of my Civil Beat columns around the same time (“Ian Lind: Illegal Lobbying Machine Was Hidden in Plain Sight”). I couldn’t share it then, due to the terms of my contract with CB. But I’ll share a copy of the full column here tomorrow.