<p>"Bishop’s husband, James Anderson, depicts his wife as a normal - if not a bit harried - mother of four. She was the stage mother for their young son’s most recent school play, where she helped with makeup, costumes and keeping up with the male actors.
“We just had a regular life,” Anderson told The Huntsville Times.
Like their mother, all four children are musicians and scientists. “I taught them to do tissue cultures by the time they were 10,” Anderson said. There’s a constant ferrying of them to their various music lessons and performances.
“Amy was very involved in the children’s lives,” her husband said.
When frog eggs were discovered in their swimming pool, they brought them inside and let them hatch. Now, they’re raising a couple of frogs.
“It’s a house full of geeks,” said Anderson, who has continued to talk to news outlets since the shooting, and recently appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Bishop had a reputation at her children’s schools as being very involved, sometimes pushy when it came to her children’s education.
“The way I saw it, she was always high energy,” said a principal who asked not to be named. "She was either very excited and exuberant or very strong in voicing her opinion in an excited manner.
“She was adamant about wanting answers but not to the point that I never, ever, would have thought about calling security.”
[Why</a> did Amy Bishop snap? A picture of a driven woman with a troubled past emerges | Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com](<a href=“http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/02/why_did_amy_bishop_snap_a_pict.html]Why”>Why did Amy Bishop snap? A picture of a driven woman with a troubled past emerges - al.com)</p>
<p>[Colleague’s</a> claim that Dr. Amy Bishop was ‘crazy’ may have led to EEOC complaint | Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com](<a href=“http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/02/colleagues_claim_that_dr_amy_b.html]Colleague’s”>Colleague's claim that Dr. Amy Bishop was 'crazy' may have led to EEOC complaint - al.com)</p>
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<p>Right, I absolutely think that pursuing a gender discrimination lawsuit on Amy Bishop’s behalf would be an appropriate use of governmental resources.</p>
<p>07Dad- Do we know that it was Capt. Polio who short circuited the investigation? Could it have been Charles Solomini who was the one on the phone? And could Ron be his son?
I don’t remember seeing anywhere where it states that it was Polio, but maybe I missed something.
I was wondering if the old Capt. Solomini was returning a favor for a friend, Amy Bishop. It sounds like they may have been friends.</p>
<p>Something strikes me about the photo of Bishop and her husband accompanying this article:</p>
<p>[Why</a> did Amy Bishop snap? A picture of a driven woman with a troubled past emerges | Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com](<a href=“http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/02/why_did_amy_bishop_snap_a_pict.html]Why”>Why did Amy Bishop snap? A picture of a driven woman with a troubled past emerges - al.com)</p>
<p>When I first watched an interview with him, his eyes were red, his face drooped, he had a kind of half-frown, and I figured he had probably been crying, sleeping poorly, and was depressed, as you’d expect of anyone in his situation.</p>
<p>But in the photo of the two of them, he looks exactly the same way! Could this mean something? Or am I making too much of it?</p>
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Maybe it wasn’t a gender discrimination suit - maybe it was discrimination against crazy people.</p>
<p>Charles Solomini is the father of officer Ron who arrested Amy at gun point. The town meeting to delay Chales retirement was about 6 months prior to the shooting. Charles probably was not the one who ordered the release because he probably already retired by the time of shooting due to unsuccessful extension. But the fact the Judy went to bat for a policeman may suggest that she had closed relationship with many officers in the police department. If you read chief Frazier public statement that was recently released, it seems to suggest that Ron Solomini does not agree with how the original investigation was done. Now, the current DA, former DA and the governor are all calling for detailed investigation of this case. Maybe something definitive will come out of it, but somehow, I doubt it.</p>
<p>moonchild–look at #1094. That is a quote from an article and says who is saying it was Polio.</p>
<p>^^I see, although Polio does deny it. I wonder if there is any relationship between the Capt. and Officer Solomini.</p>
<p>Ron is Charles Solimini’s son:</p>
<p>“He’s the youngest 65-year-old I’ve seen in a while. He’s not looking forward to retiring,” Judy Bishop said of Capt. Charles Solimini shortly before town meeting members defeated his petition on May 14, 1986.</p>
<p>Polio said yesterday that it was that captain’s son, Officer Ronald Solimini, who found Amy Bishop hiding behind a business after she shot her brother on Dec. 6, 1986.</p>
<p>[William</a> Delahunt to speak on Bishop probe - BostonHerald.com](<a href=“http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100222william_delahunt_to_speak_on_bishop_probe/srvc=home&position=1]William”>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100222william_delahunt_to_speak_on_bishop_probe/srvc=home&position=1)</p>
<p>But again, it sounds like the son Ron is not happy with the investigation in 1986. I don’t think he is the one that would be involved in the cover-up if it did in fact happened.</p>
<p>Boston Globe obtained the file from the invetigation in 1993 pipe bomb incident. There is a lot of good information about the investigation and details that look really bad for the husband.</p>
<p>[ATF</a> files show talk of revenge from Bishop’s husband in ’93 bomb case - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/23/atf_files_show_talk_of_revenge_from_bishops_husband_in_93_bomb_case/]ATF”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/23/atf_files_show_talk_of_revenge_from_bishops_husband_in_93_bomb_case/)</p>
<p>Very interesting article that ttparent linked to:</p>
<p>"After two pipe bombs arrived at the Newton home of Dr. Paul Rosenberg in December 1993, a witness told investigators that Jimmy E. Anderson Jr. had said he “wanted to get back at’’ the doctor by shooting, bombing, stabbing, or strangling him, according to files released yesterday by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.</p>
<p>Nothing in the files indicated whether investigators found the unidentified witness credible. But the files confirmed that Anderson and his wife, Amy Bishop, were questioned in the attempted mail bombing. The documents also provided more details about why investigators may have focused on them - although they were never charged.</p>
<p>Rosenberg, a Harvard Medical School professor and physician at Children’s Hospital, told investigators that weeks before the attempted bombing, he played a role in Bishop’s resignation from her job as a postdoctoral research fellow in the hospital’s neurobiology lab because “he felt she could not meet the standards required for the work,’’ according to the documents.</p>
<p>Rosenberg said Bishop’s co-workers felt she had “problems with depression,’’ that he thought “she was not stable,’’ and that there had been growing concerns because she had “exhibited violent behavior.’’</p>
<p>pretty hard to give the H “the benefit of the doubt” after reading that.</p>
<p>And people wonder why many think the kids should be taken away from him, too.</p>
<p>Oh my God! How could UAH not have picked up on her workplace issues when they were considering hiring her??? She was basically fired from two positions in the nine years between graduating from Harvard and working for UAH! And her publication record before UAH was weak. In those 9 years, she only published 5 papers where she was the lead author.</p>
<p>Well, hopefully the university will review its hiring practices and train people to look at CVs very carefully. A half a day’s worth of phone calls would have revealed the discrepencies in her resume and her anger issues in the workplace. That should have been enough to eliminate her from consideration.</p>
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<p>Actually, that’s not really true. Former employers typically will not give out that info. Former employers will typically only verify that the former employee did once work there - and perhaps give the dates of employment. </p>
<p>Because we live in a “lawsuit happy” world, many/most employers (especially larger ones) will not give more info than that.</p>
<p>We keep hearing that “UAH should have made a few phone calls.” We have no idea if they didn’t. They may have, but weren’t told anything because of standard practices.</p>
<p>She deliberately did not disclose her post-doctoral position at Children’s Hospital in the biochemistry lab. An easy question to ask her was “When did you actually defend your thesis?” and “What did you do immediately afterwards?” and then verify those answers. That would have revealed the lie on her resume and should have been enough to eliminate her from consideration.</p>
<p>It is easy enough to confirm the accuracy of the timeline of a resume without getting into personal issues. It is easy enough to ask for additional information from the candidate to determine why an employment period was shortened.</p>
<p>Bottom line: she held two positions in 9 years where she was not asked to return. And her publication record was weak. She never should have been hired.</p>
<p>And in a more typical world … Jayson Williams receives 18 months sentence for his accidental homicide:</p>
<p>“The prosecution contended that Williams was recklessly handling a 12-gauge shotgun when it discharged …”</p>
<p>Williams received an additional five year sentence for trying to cover up his role in the accidental killing.</p>
<p>[Former</a> NBA star Jayson Williams gets five-year sentence in shooting - CNN.com](<a href=“Former NBA star Jayson Williams gets five-year sentence in shooting - CNN.com”>Former NBA star Jayson Williams gets five-year sentence in shooting - CNN.com)</p>
<p>Another twist:</p>
<p>[Files</a> show Ala. suspect’s husband wanted revenge - washingtonpost.com](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022302134.html]Files”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022302134.html)</p>
<p>An easy question to ask her was “When did you actually defend your thesis?” and “What did you do immediately afterwards?” and then verify those answers.</p>
<p>I’m still not convinced that those questions would have likely been asked or would have revealed anything. </p>
<p>For the second question, she could have said she stayed home with a baby for awhile - so no place to call and verify that. </p>
<p>The first question may not have been asked because it would have been assumed that she defended her thesis shortly before her PhD was awarded - the date she had on her CV.</p>
<p>I think it’s very easy to point fingers at UAH, when the fault belongs with Amy and the Braintree police dept.</p>
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<p>Don’t HR people get the gist of a problem employee by asking “If this individual ever reapplied for work at your institution, would you re-hire her?” If the answer is “Absolutely NOT,” that pretty much sums it up without getting into the dirty details.</p>