"Despite these painful revelations," Eudaly continued, "the fundamental facts of the story I shared remain the same—my father died on the way home from inspecting his trashed rental property, and unfortunately his poor decision led to the accident. The point I was illustrating, though, remains unchanged. And that is that policymaking based on personal anecdote is bad policymaking. The impetus for sharing this aspect of the story of my father's death came when I watched state legislators—who are landlords—share their own bad tenant stories, using them as an excuse to deny all tenants greater protections under the law.