Posted on 10/22/2022 10:13:09 AM PDT by Beowulf9
I found this site helpful in my choices as I voted. I did also look up these people prior to finding this site and they were all conservatives that I saw.
In Arizona we have voter ID and early voting mail in ballots.
I am now looking up the judges as I go through my ballot wanted to pass on some information for Arizona voters who don't know about the judges.
Found this one for David B. Gass
Court of Appeals/retain?
“Judge Gass is a member of the LGBTQ+ community”.
“JUDGE DAVID BRUCE GASS grew up in central Pennsylvania but spent a year taking classes in Chihuahua, Mexico. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth V. McGregor before joining the Phoenix law firm of Lewis and Roca, LLP. He spent seven sessions working as Counsel at the Arizona House of Representatives, before going to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
In 2009, Judge Gass was appointed to the Superior Court in Maricopa County. He served on all four major assignments. He sat on the Arizona Bar Association’s Civil Jury Instruction Committee and served as President of the Arizona Judges’ Association. He and Judge Pamela Svoboda established the STRENGTH Court in Maricopa County. STRENGTH Court works with victims of sex trafficking who are in the juvenile justice system.
In 2019, Judge Gass was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. He began serving as the Vice Chief Judge in June 2021. He is a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Diversity, Equality, and Justice. He chaired the 2022 Child Support Guidelines Review Subcommittee.
Judge Gass was awarded the 2005 Arizona State University College of Law Alumni Association recognition for outstanding service, the 2014 Michael D. Ryan Award for Judicial Excellence from the State Bar of Arizona Public Lawyers Section, the 2018 Pete Dunn Above and Beyond Award as outstanding ambassador of the Judges in Arizona, and the 2018 Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Judicial Officer of the Year. The State Bar of Arizona awarded him its 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award. In 2021, the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on Judicial Education and Training awarded him the Excellence in Education Award.
Judge Gass is on the Arizona Town Hall Training Committee and has worked with Arizona Anytown Youth Leadership.
Judge Gass is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He focuses and speaks on diversity and inclusion issues. He has been active in many related projects. Several are listed here. He developed a training module to unpack and demystify the judicial application process to encourage diversity in Arizona’s courts. He also developed an undergraduate internship program at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One to give diverse undergraduate students experience working in the courts and to encourage them to go to law school.
Most notable, Judge Gass felt strongly that Arizona should officially recognize the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution so that we never forget the wrongs done to persons of Japanese descent and their families. He spent five years making it a reality so we always remember our constitution and our civil liberties are fragile and require our constant attention.
And he saves stray dogs on the side”.
Judge Kent E. Cattani
Not much could I find but He was appointed to the court by Republican Governor Jan Brewer. https://dev.ballotpedia.org/Kent_Cattani
Went to Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Class of 1986
J.D.
University Attended Brigham Young University
Class of 1982
B.S.
magna cum laude
https://www.lawyers.com/phoenix/arizona/kent-e-cattani-48900-a/
Any recommendations for Phoenix Union SD. Stephanie Parra ?
Charles Lucking sounds woke.
Judge Michael c Blair Superior Court
Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointments of Michael Blair, Todd Lang, and Erin O’Brien Otis to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Michael Blair is a partner at Baird, Williams, & Greer, where he has practiced commercial, real estate, and construction litigation since 2000. He also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court and serves on the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review.
Michael graduated from Brigham Young University in 1995 and received his law degree from Brigham Young University Law School in 1998. In law school, he was a member of the Brigham Young University Law Review.
“Michael has extensive experience as a commercial and business litigator,” said Governor Doug Ducey. “In addition, his years of experience as a Judge Pro Tempore make him a uniquely strong addition to the bench.”
Todd Lang is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Civil Division
https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2016/09/three-appointments-made-maricopa-county-superior-court
Here are some other issues, people I’ve vetted:
No on 211. Privacy
308 no immigrant tuiton
309 Yes. Voter id
Corey Michan CAP water board
Of the picks that I know are good they match mine. Is there somewhere that makes the choice for the ballot initiatives clear? There are 18 of them!
As far as judges go I want to know if they go by the law as written or if they legislate from the bench.
Looking up stuff. She is on Twitter where I find some very interesting things...
Her profile on Twitter:
“Latina Leader | Advocate for ALL Students | AZ Grown | Exec Director @allinedaz| Gov Board Member @PhoenixUnion@naleoBoard of Directors | 💭 mine”
From the net:
“https://www.notinourschools.net › phoenix-union-high-schools-fight-club
Phoenix Union High School’s Fight Club | Not in our Schools
Jul 19, 2022Governing Board member Stephanie Parra is so focused on diversity, inclusion, abortion, and LGBTQ she has been silent about the ongoing fights at Phoenix Union. Evidently her focus on females has come at the expense of males because it’s pretty much the guys who are involved in the altercations”.
https://www.notinourschools.net/phoenix-union-high-schools-fight-club/
This is her post on Twitter:
“Stephanie Parra, M.Ed.
@_stephparra
·
Oct 18
I look forward to joining Phoenix Union CEA and CTA
@ArizonaEAin support of @kathyhoffman_azand @katiehobbs
this Saturday 10/22. Join us to make sure pro-public education candidates win up and down the ballot.
@Arizona_List”
She’s for Hobbs.
The Honorable John Blanchard - Trellis
Hon. John Blanchard is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Doug Ducey in 2019. During his judicial tenure, Blanchard has held an assignment in the Family Court.
https://trellis.law/judge/john.blanchard
From Ducey’s Twitter post “Cassie Bray Woo and John Blanchard are going to be excellent additions to the bench. I am pleased to appoint them to the Maricopa County Superior Court”.
It’s hard to find information on some of these and I am not trying to decide for you but if Ducey liked Woo so much and so did Red Wave I’m hoping that Blanchard being touted as a good addition is a good pick. IMHO
Don’t get overly confidant, the RATS will always come up with new and unique ways of stealing it.
Thanks to Trump, the days of people ignoring voter/election fraud are way over. Lots of activist and people with lots of cameras are now watching very intently.
Hon. Theodore Campagnolo See Rating Details
Superior Court Judge
Famous case in which this judge worked on was a local care center in which an incapacitated woman ended up pregnant by a staff member.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-oks-15m-settlement-over-rape-incapacitated-woman-n1271031
There are a lot of complaints against this judge on this website. I don’t claim to know if they are sour grapes or valid but it is interesting. http://therobingroom.com/arizona/Judge.aspx?id=22854
This is the official endorsement list by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club.
It does not cover all Republican’s running, only the ones endorsed by the club!
Hon. Gregory S. Como is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Doug Ducey in 2015. During his judicial tenure, Como has held assignments in the Criminal and Family Courts. Prior to joining the bench, he worked in private practice.
https://trellis.law/judge/gregory.s.como
This is all I really can find on him.
Hon. Katherine Cooper is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jan Brewer in September 2011
https://trellis.law/judge/katherine.cooper
Guy on Twitter who’s name is Arizona @EuphorbiaZ is a dem and I think a lib, hates her. Responding to someone else about the mask mandate: “Maricopa County Judge Katherine Cooper says she’ll rule on AZ ban on mask mandates by Sept. 29, date law takes effect. Hearing lasted 1 hour. Summary:
➡️’Law is blatantly unconstitutional.’
⬅️’Legislature has a lot of wiggle room.’”
“Arizona
@EuphorbiaZ Maricopa County Judge Katherine Cooper is a Jan Brewer appointee. The date is no accident”.
Then I’m ok with her.
Hon. Mark H. Brain is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jan Brewer https://trellis.law/judge/mark.h.brain
https://roselawgroupreporter.com/2013/07/no-brainer-lawsuit-against-phoenix-councilman-tossed/
By Dustin Gardiner | The Arizona Republic
A Maricopa County judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit filed by three Phoenix residents accusing Councilman Sal DiCiccio of campaign-finance violations related to his creation of a non-profit corporation.
Superior Court Judge Mark Brain took several swipes at the merits of the suit during a hearing, suggesting it had been filed for political reasons. DiCiccio is in the middle of a heated re-election fight for his District 6 City Council seat, and the plaintiffs in the case support his opponent, Karlene Keogh Parks.
“You want me to declare it that he’s doing something illegally so you can wave it around like a bloody flag in the news,” Brain said to the plantiffs’ attorney. “Don’t ya?”
DiCiccio very conservative. I’m thinking he’s being fair and these people are not liking DiCiccio.
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So, according to that do nothing. Nope.
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