Voting recommendations for the Primary Election
Voting recommendations for the Primary Election
Mail your ballot before Tuesday, Sept 19 (or by 5 pm that day if you want to take a chance).
Mary Kay Becker - re-elect her as a judge to the Appeals Court. Her opponent, Teichert, is ba
Mary Kay Becker - re-elect her as a judge to the Appeals Court. Her opponent, Teichert, is ba
Mail your ballot before Tuesday, Sept 19 (or by 5 pm that day if you want to take a chance).
Mary Kay Becker - re-elect her as a judge to the Appeals Court. Her opponent, Teichert, is basically a right wing, extreme property rights pawn who is bought and paid for by the developers. He has never been a judge. Mary Kay has provided fair and knowledgeable service and is respected by virtually all the state judges. This position will be elected in the Primary Election, so be sure and vote.
For State Supreme Court, we want to re-elect chief justice Gerry Alexander over John Groen. Alexander has served well and more importantly, Groen has never been a judge and is another extreme right winger paid for by the big development interests. This position will also be elected in the Primary Election.
Vote for re-election of the other two Supreme Court justices, Tom Chambers and Susan Owens. Both are good judges and again, their opponents, Stephen Johnson and Jeanette Burrage, are far right zealots who are not really qualified to even be judges at the County level. Johnson has never been a judge and is well known in the state legislature as an extremist on the religious right. Burrage has horrible ratings from attorneys and other judges. Chambers position will be decided in the Primary Election, while Owens may go to the General if she does not win a majority.
If conservatives want to win seats on our higher courts then they should put forward qualified candidates who have served as judges, have decent peer reviews from practicing attorneys and have some independence. That will only happen after the Republican party breaks away from the control of the hell and damnation fundamentalist religious right and of narrow interest big money PACs.
Regarding the partisan offices - I'm not even voting in this charade of an election process. The Republicans and Democrats have rigged this so badly that I will vote for my representatives only in the General Election in November. Besides, the results are a dead lock already because the two parties work together. Your vote here is useless. Save it for November. The parties just want to use us for a polling process (at taxpayer expense) to assess their chances in November and decide how much money to throw at their candidates. But do vote for the judges.
Mary Kay Becker - re-elect her as a judge to the Appeals Court. Her opponent, Teichert, is basically a right wing, extreme property rights pawn who is bought and paid for by the developers. He has never been a judge. Mary Kay has provided fair and knowledgeable service and is respected by virtually all the state judges. This position will be elected in the Primary Election, so be sure and vote.
For State Supreme Court, we want to re-elect chief justice Gerry Alexander over John Groen. Alexander has served well and more importantly, Groen has never been a judge and is another extreme right winger paid for by the big development interests. This position will also be elected in the Primary Election.
Vote for re-election of the other two Supreme Court justices, Tom Chambers and Susan Owens. Both are good judges and again, their opponents, Stephen Johnson and Jeanette Burrage, are far right zealots who are not really qualified to even be judges at the County level. Johnson has never been a judge and is well known in the state legislature as an extremist on the religious right. Burrage has horrible ratings from attorneys and other judges. Chambers position will be decided in the Primary Election, while Owens may go to the General if she does not win a majority.
If conservatives want to win seats on our higher courts then they should put forward qualified candidates who have served as judges, have decent peer reviews from practicing attorneys and have some independence. That will only happen after the Republican party breaks away from the control of the hell and damnation fundamentalist religious right and of narrow interest big money PACs.
Regarding the partisan offices - I'm not even voting in this charade of an election process. The Republicans and Democrats have rigged this so badly that I will vote for my representatives only in the General Election in November. Besides, the results are a dead lock already because the two parties work together. Your vote here is useless. Save it for November. The parties just want to use us for a polling process (at taxpayer expense) to assess their chances in November and decide how much money to throw at their candidates. But do vote for the judges.
