Posted on 04/03/2006 2:56:34 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Richard M. Goul to a judgeship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Goul, 48, of Newport Beach, has served as a deputy district attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office since 1989. He is currently deputy-in-charge of the sexual assault unit of the Long Beach branch of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Goul was a law clerk for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office from 1986 to 1989. He also served on the Cerritos College Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1985.
Goul earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School and Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California. He fills the vacancy created by the death of Judge Robert Sandoval. Goul is registered decline-to-state.
The compensation for these positions is $149,160.
Last Thursday I posted about the Governor's latest appointment to The LA County Bench, Richard Goul. You can see it here. I have been a critic of the Governor's judicial picks, especially in LA County where the ratio runs 2 to 1 in favor of the Democrats. The California Republican Lawyer Association introduced and got passed a resolution calling on the Gov to appoint Republican to judicial slots.So what's the big deal about this appointment? The press release noted he was a decline to state. That is sort of an abstention in the way most us of count stuff. It doesn't count for you and it doesn't count against you.
Well, guess what a source connected in the LA DA's office told me that Goul was a Democrat. The Orange County Registrar of Voters shows that he was registered for about eight years AS A DEMOCRAT in Newport Beach until 2/21 of 2006 when he suddenly registered as a decline to state voter.
Why did Goul change his registration? Did he do it to mislead us judicial appointment watchers? Did he deceive the Governor's staff as well?
Either way Goul should not accept this appointment, the Governor should withdraw it and his deception needs to be explained.
How many other nominees have done that same thing?
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Typical krap from Arnold, the girlie-man.
One of the silver linings to Pete Wilson's governorship was that he tended to pick a lot of good conservative judges, who remain(ed) in office long after Wilson did.
I've tried to console myself somewhat that such could be the case with Arnold, too, but if he can't muster even 50% GOP picks -- granted, it's LA county, but still, how about HALF? -- then I'll have to downsize THAT hope about him, too. (It's on a long and growing list.)
Who did you support during the recaLL election?
And yet when this board tried to warn the CA freepers to back McClintock and not aRnold, we were told that aRnold would win and that was all that mattered! Voting to get your base in power without the conservative credentials behind him or her, gets you this!
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
I hear ya. According to my unscientific count, only 13 of 34 LA County Superior Court judicial appointments have been Republican.
One of the things that keeps California from going over the edge is its sane Supreme Court... but not for lack of trying sometimes ;-)
Good ol' Deukmejian and Pete done pretty good in that respect. Not sure how many were appointed by who.
Not to worry, his spokeperson will be out tomorrow to let us know it was a language problem.
everything is God's plan anyway, and we know not the reason.
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