Letter: "About Those Votes Against Every Cook County Retention Judge..."
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
On Nov. 5, the day following the Illinois general election, a local newspaper photo featured Governor-elect Bruce Rauner at his polling place holding his completed ballot.
An examination of that photo reveals that Rauner voted “no” for every retention judge in Cook County Circuit Court who was on the ballot. As one of a handful of judges sitting in the circuit court who came to the ballot as a Republican, I am disappointed in Rauner that he would recklessly take that action.
Rauner’s actions are disrespectful to all of the various bar associations who donated thousands of hours of volunteer time to screen each and every one of those judicial candidates for retention.
The results of their efforts culminated in a publication which was printed in the newspapers and made available to the general population to assist and educate the general population as to the quality of the judges sitting on the bench.
As an elected circuit judge for the past 18 years, I was proud of my retention class.
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From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
On Nov. 5, the day following the Illinois general election, a local newspaper photo featured Governor-elect Bruce Rauner at his polling place holding his completed ballot.
An examination of that photo reveals that Rauner voted “no” for every retention judge in Cook County Circuit Court who was on the ballot. As one of a handful of judges sitting in the circuit court who came to the ballot as a Republican, I am disappointed in Rauner that he would recklessly take that action.
Rauner’s actions are disrespectful to all of the various bar associations who donated thousands of hours of volunteer time to screen each and every one of those judicial candidates for retention.
The results of their efforts culminated in a publication which was printed in the newspapers and made available to the general population to assist and educate the general population as to the quality of the judges sitting on the bench.
As an elected circuit judge for the past 18 years, I was proud of my retention class.
Read more in our daily News Update...