I completely agree with you that this was not proper for a judge, any judge to comment on. I was then, am now, completely against ONE person filling an open Judge slot. The governor should not be the one who decides on who sits on the bench.
There was something FISHY going on during the reign of Inslee, where more than 200 judges stepped down, retired, or made other excuses MID-TERM and only Inslee knows why he selected those appointed in their place. Washington state does NOT have a Judicial selection process...(we elect ours). There is no back-up system. We don't run special elections, as some states. And the number of Judges that Inslee appointed exceeds any -- record setting -- for every state, for our state. The only requirement is that they must be 'admitted to practice law'. That's it... no judgy experience.
At one point we had all three sitting judges APPOINTED in Clallam County. And, since it's RARE to have anyone challenge these incumbents in elections -- we end up with what we have. Never as the state intended. It was a completely gamed system. And, look what has happened, since!
Now, we simply have two original Inslee appointees... however, we don't know what criteria got them selected. We don't know what favors, donations, or dark and obscure reasons they were chosen. All that's stated in press releases is that the governor and "his team" review them. Not a panel of their peers. (It's probably not bi-partisan, either.)
Olympia has not moved a millimeter to fix the practice of allowing a Governor to stack the judicial benches, including Washington State Supreme Court Justices (the ones who in-turn appoint those on the Judicial Review Committee). Fergy just appointed two... and I don't know why the sitting, elected retired. No one does.
It's hinky as hell.
Mr. Peach was not acting independently -- many were asking him why we had no say about who was getting placed in these positions of power. It was a revolving door of appointees.
Many were silenced for asking this out loud. The PDN article by a sitting judge, was just a message to heed.
Perhaps we should be suspect of the sudden highly publicized "DUI" of Peach that may have influenced the election to oust him. Perhaps we should be suspicious of the Charter Review pushing to make voting for commissioner county-wide and not just by district (this was championed by Norma Turner, btw). I was told by a retired judge, that this was a way to rig the election ---- maybe I was lied to. Perhaps it was just an errant thought and comment.
Thank you! Your ability to expose corruption with dignity and grace is impressive.
Please consider taking on the Family Court system in Spokane. I have another court date on July 7 that could end up with jail time. The obvious abuse is absurd.
I completely agree with you that this was not proper for a judge, any judge to comment on. I was then, am now, completely against ONE person filling an open Judge slot. The governor should not be the one who decides on who sits on the bench.
There was something FISHY going on during the reign of Inslee, where more than 200 judges stepped down, retired, or made other excuses MID-TERM and only Inslee knows why he selected those appointed in their place. Washington state does NOT have a Judicial selection process...(we elect ours). There is no back-up system. We don't run special elections, as some states. And the number of Judges that Inslee appointed exceeds any -- record setting -- for every state, for our state. The only requirement is that they must be 'admitted to practice law'. That's it... no judgy experience.
At one point we had all three sitting judges APPOINTED in Clallam County. And, since it's RARE to have anyone challenge these incumbents in elections -- we end up with what we have. Never as the state intended. It was a completely gamed system. And, look what has happened, since!
Now, we simply have two original Inslee appointees... however, we don't know what criteria got them selected. We don't know what favors, donations, or dark and obscure reasons they were chosen. All that's stated in press releases is that the governor and "his team" review them. Not a panel of their peers. (It's probably not bi-partisan, either.)
Olympia has not moved a millimeter to fix the practice of allowing a Governor to stack the judicial benches, including Washington State Supreme Court Justices (the ones who in-turn appoint those on the Judicial Review Committee). Fergy just appointed two... and I don't know why the sitting, elected retired. No one does.
It's hinky as hell.
Mr. Peach was not acting independently -- many were asking him why we had no say about who was getting placed in these positions of power. It was a revolving door of appointees.
Many were silenced for asking this out loud. The PDN article by a sitting judge, was just a message to heed.
Perhaps we should be suspect of the sudden highly publicized "DUI" of Peach that may have influenced the election to oust him. Perhaps we should be suspicious of the Charter Review pushing to make voting for commissioner county-wide and not just by district (this was championed by Norma Turner, btw). I was told by a retired judge, that this was a way to rig the election ---- maybe I was lied to. Perhaps it was just an errant thought and comment.
Something is very wrong in this state.....
Thank you! Your ability to expose corruption with dignity and grace is impressive.
Please consider taking on the Family Court system in Spokane. I have another court date on July 7 that could end up with jail time. The obvious abuse is absurd.
Check this out:
https://www.investigatewest.org/spokane-prosecutors-are-suddenly-declining-to-charge-more-felony-domestic-violence-cases-citing-staffing-issues/
See my website for my thoughts. JudgeStevensforWA.com