Posted on 03/15/2018 6:54:44 PM PDT by Elderberry
The bedrock, foundation stone, must do, can’t fail job when it comes to national security is to keep the kids alive and safe and well – no exceptions, says the young woman who is challenging Precinct 1, Place 2 Justice of the Peace Walter “Pete” Peterson.
If that’s not a national security issue, the most important one of all, then, well, you know…
Judge Peterson has an interesting judicial track record.
He has never once faced an opponent in an election.
The judicial delegation in the highly gerrymandered Constable and Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 were both appointed to their benches in 2014 at the expense of others who had won their elections.
Two precincts were eliminated. Judge Dianne Hensley in Place 1, Precinct 1 was appointed after Judge Kristi DeCluitt, a qualified practicing attorney, got passed over by the Commissioners Court in favor of Hensley.
Peterson accepted his appointment following the resignation of Judge Billy Martin, a former DEA agent. Neither he, nor Judge Hensley, are trained in the law.
The Libertarian candidate for the Place 2 slot is Lauren Daugherty, a young lady who has served that party as developmental director on a national level. Their credo:” The rights of everyone matter all the time – no exceptions.”
Now, what does that mean?
It means in part that if a DA or a police officer bring a Justice Court an affidavit of probable cause that does not tell with specific detail the reason for the request for arrest or warrant of search, the judge has no reason to sign the instrument.
That’s what Peterson did; then he set the bond on nearly 200 people at $1 million in order to “send a message.”
That’s not only not fair, it’s illegal.
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Well, if I lived across the county line I’d have to vote for that young lady. Sadly, in typical local politics, I doubt Wacko will dump an incumbent.
The bedrock, foundation stone, must do, can’t fail job when it comes to national security is to keep the kids alive and safe and well – no exceptions, says the young woman who is challenging Precinct 1, Place 2 Justice of the Peace Walter “Pete” Peterson.
Sounds like an impossible standard. Kids die all the time.
It can also result in shortsighted movements. For example the Parkland shooting. Now more youths perish in Chicago gunfire in, say, a month. But that isn’t grabbing eyes.
And even yet. With the reality that we can’t ever find a perfect person in an earthly election, this might be better than Peterson. It’s something to watch, not necessarily something to boycott the whole idea of voting over.
Do not know what to say, thanks for the info.
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