Posted on 10/15/2010 11:02:37 AM PDT by RingerSIX
California Judicial Elections
Judicial and school elections have no party affiliations in California, which can make it somewhat difficult to determine who's decent and who's a lousy Communist mole.
In looking at my Tulare County sample ballot I see the following names up for judicial elections. Any opinions?
Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
Ming W. Chin
Carlos R. Moreno
Brad R. Hill
Jennifer Detjen
Chuck Poochigian
Bert Levy
And these names for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Larry Aceves
Tom Torlakson
And these names for Board of Education Member Trustee Area 2
Rod Burkett
Deborah Lynn Holguin
I know most of these judges also. Carlos Moreno is pleasant and dissents a lot, meaning he is not afraid to take a side; Ming Chin Chin is well-balanced so seems fair; Tani Cantil-Sakauye is the new appointed Chief Justice taking over for Chief Justice George;she is out of Los Angeles, so I don’t know her, but if she is Chief Justice George’s pick, she’s a good one. All I know about Judith McConnell is she has a great sense of humor and is very pleasant and friendly (very down to earth); Carol Codrington is the governor’s new appointment to Riverside, she is said to be a hard worker and also down to earth; Manuel Ramirez is a tyrant and an egomaniac—the amount of taxpayer money he has spent decorating and furnishing his courthouse in Riverside is obscene; David Sills is or was very ill, so is hardly ever at “work”; I don’t know Eileen Moore’s work in the appellate court, but she was a good superior court judge, so...; I don’t know William Bedsworth except I too have read his articles and he is very entertaining, but talks over ones head.
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I think odds are in our favor to vote “NO” on all these judges. Being “pleasant” is not my idea of a good recommendation for a judge; following the law is. And so far, no one has any experience with that aspect of these judges (probably because none of us have ever had to be judged by them, thank goodness). ; - )
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