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* Last Friday, Matt Belcher posted a link on his law firm’s Facebook page to a post of mine about the Illinois Policy Institute…

That same day, an Illinois Policy Institute staffer gave Belcher’s law firm a “one star” rating on Facebook…

* Belcher’s response…

Kristina Rasmussen your ‘one star’ rating of our legal office seems a bit unfair since you have never even set foot in our office, you never spoken to any of our attorneys, nor partaken of any of our available legal services. Perhaps if one wants people to respect their opinion, one would base the same on actual verifiable evidence rather than ignorance. Just sayin’.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 11:45 am

Comments

Ms. Rasmussen is lucky our state has an anti-SLAPP law (actually we all are, but this is more than petty).

Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 11:58 am
Who knows. Maybe they had a half star before the post? lol

Comment by A guy... Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:02 pm
With all due respect, my guess is that Matt Belcher has never set foot in the IPI nor had a conversation with them!

Comment by 4 percent Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:03 pm
She isn’t the only one-star review. My guess by reading the reviews is that this dude should maybe get political with his comments on his private FB account as opposed to his Law Office’ account.

But, as he so aptly points out, it’s his First Amendment…just don’t be surprised when people don’t agree with what you say and give you the oh so dreaded bad FB review.

Very petty, indeed.

Comment by Phenomynous Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:08 pm
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve accidentally clicked that annoying star rating system on FB. Then once you’ve clicked it, you can’t back out of it… I’ve rated two different campaigns a 1 star by accident. It might seem petty to them, but honestly it was an accident… followed by an unwillingness to change my rating to anything but one star, of course.

Comment by Amateur Hour Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:12 pm
Ratings like these are too easily manipulated to be relied upon. There’s a lot of attention to a story about a restaurant in CA that is campaigning for a one-star Yelp review to expose the fact that Yelp will delete good or bad reviews depending on whether or not a business purchases their advertising - a practice that has held up in court so far. But this is petty, to say the least.

Comment by Archiesmom Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:18 pm
Sounds like she is a fan of The Second City comedy group’s new “Pat Quinn” ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_t_GMGhvQ

== He’ll go so far as to never hire those guys again and give them a poor review on Angie’s List. ==

As for Mr. Belcher, he posted the link without comment. A bit petty, yes.

Comment by Formerly Known As... Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:19 pm
@ 4 percent:

“With all due respect, my guess is that Matt Belcher has never set foot in the IPI nor had a conversation with them!”

IPI’s product is what they write and say. Clearly Belcher has consumed that product because he knows what IPI wrote. Belcher in fact used the product/service IPI produces.

Unless Rasmussen has been a client, been on the opposing side, or otherwise has had some professional interaction — consumed the product of Belcher’s law firm — her review is just based on pettiness and vindictiveness.

Do you see the difference?

Comment by VM Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:33 pm
=== With all due respect, my guess is that Matt Belcher has never set foot in the IPI nor had a conversation with them! ===

Are you really trying to compare the two posts? Apples and oranges.

Comment by Just Observing Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:45 pm
^^ VM said it better

Comment by Just Observing Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 12:46 pm
Bridge closures next? Oh, these almighty staffers and “appointees”….

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 1:17 pm
Belcher posted a link without comment that was seen by a handful of people. Many times more have now seen his response and have heard of his firm.

Giving the one star review was not only petty, it backfired.

Comment by Formerly Known As... Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 2:18 pm
Exhibit #2.

Comment by John Boch Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 2:18 pm
In other news, I read a column over the weekend by a self-described journalist named Scott Reeder who saw someone at the store using a LINK card — proof positive that Indiana is the Lost City of Gold.

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 2:20 pm
And here I thought the IPI was pro-business.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 2:23 pm
I was being facetious and playing the devil’s advocate! However, the fact that he linked to a post from Cap Fax doesn’t mean that he has consumed the product or services. It meant that he linked to a post.

Comment by 4 percent Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 2:28 pm
Who cares what IPI says in the first place…other than their blind donors of course?

Comment by My 2 cents... Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 3:03 pm
IPI is a little testy aren’t they? Somebody over there needs to grow up. This is just one more reason to dismiss the IPI as a complete joke.

Comment by Demoralized Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 4:47 pm
Can I rate Ms. Rasmussen on FB?

Comment by kramden1019 Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 5:40 pm
I don’t think IPI has learned the lesson that Jim Oberweis appears to have learned: politics is a game of addition, and the numbers to be won lie in the middle, not at the ends of the spectrum

Comment by steve schnorf Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 9:00 pm
I would have thought Kristina had tougher skin than that.

Comment by Cheswick Monday, Sep 22, 14 @ 11:36 pm