Bobby Peterson won’t stop fighting for health rights of little guy

Bobby Peterson says people tend to underestimate him, maybe because his blunt speech, thrift-shop jackets and working class background don’t conform to most people’s assumptions about lawyers. “My only blue blood credentials are that I’m a distant relative of Miles Standish,” he says. The Capital Times met with Peterson the morning after Republican senators, in a surprise vote, approved the governor’s controversial collective bargaining measure, which also clears the way for what are expected to be massive cuts and changes to the state’s Medicaid programs. (THE CAPITAL TIMES, 3/21)