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People look for judges and their competencies whenever they want to be given justice in case anything wrong happens to them. So, it is not only the judges whose...
People look for judges and their competencies whenever they want to be given justice in case anything wrong happens to them. So, it is not only the judges whose reputation is at stake, but the overall judiciary that can be put to the test at any given day (Gryski, Zuk and Barrow).
Might there be a judicial election reform on tap?
Might there be a judicial election reform on tap?
Readers of this blog are aware of this fundamental truth: I detest, hate, loathe the way we elect judges in Texas.
We elect them at every level on partisan ballots. The system stinks. It has resulted in good judges being tossed out of office only because they belong to the party that isn’t in power in the moment. Republican or Democrat. It doesn’t matter. The partisan election of judges sucks…
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Might there be a judicial election reform on tap?
Might there be a judicial election reform on tap?
Readers of this blog are aware of this fundamental truth: I detest, hate, loathe the way we elect judges in Texas.
We elect them at every level on partisan ballots. The system stinks. It has resulted in good judges being tossed out of office only because they belong to the party that isn’t in power in the moment. Republican or Democrat. It doesn’t matter. The partisan election of judges sucks…
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Why run on partisan labels at City Hall?
A headline in today’s New York Times caught my attention and gave me a moment’s pause.
It reads: “Bill de Blasio — the best Democratic choice for mayor.”
It has occurred to me on more than one occasion during the many years I reported and commented on politics wherever I have lived and worked that it makes no sense for municipal candidates to run on partisan tickets.
Why in the world does it…
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About those elected offices ...
Let’s take an earlier blog post briefly to the next level.
I questioned why we elect certain officials in Texas on partisan ballots, why we choose between Democrats and Republicans.
Here’s the blog.
A friend poses an excellent question: Why must we elect some of these officials at all?
He makes the excellent point that tax assessor-collectors, district clerks, county clerks and treasurers — all…
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Partisan labels ought to go
I arrived in Texas in the spring of 1984 with my eyes open about the state’s vigorous political climate.
Perhaps I should have opened my eyes just a little bit wider so that I could see something that got past me as I studied up on the way things would be done in my new home state.
I knew that Texans like to elect people to public office. We have more elected offices than I’d ever seen, for…
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Democratic or Republican justice?
Democratic or Republican justice?
Two candidates for Potter County justice of the peace seem to have something in common, even though they represent differing political parties.
They both dislike electing judges on partisan ballots in Texas.
Wisdom crosses party lines, yes? Good deal.
A commentary in the Amarillo Globe-News took note of their shared dislike of partisan judicial elections. Democratic incumbent Nancy Bosquez is…
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