I wish the Calaveras
Republican Party hadn’t injected partisan politics into the races for Superior
Court Judge and other nonpartisan races.
I think it is really inappropriate, and I would feel the same if the
Democrats had done likewise, which they haven’t.
Party affiliations can
be important in national and statewide races like President, Governor, and
members of the legislator, but they have no place in our elections. That’s why our local positions are labeled
nonpartisan.
Calaveras County office
holders are seldom called upon to vote on the bombing of Syria, Immigration
issues, or the treatment of Ebola.
In no place is being
nonpartisan more important than in the election of a Superior Court Judge.
There is no such thing as Republican law or Democrat law; there is just equal
justice for all. You certainly would not
want a judge who is swayed by a plaintiff’s or a defendant’s political
allegiance. Everyone deserves fair and
equitable treatment.
Tim Healy and Dana Pfeil
actively sought and now flaunt their Republican endorsements. They either do not believe judges should be
nonpartisan or they don’t care.
In a recent letter to
the editor, Cathy Mason, Membership Chair of the Calaveras County Republican
Party, wrote that to receive the party’s endorsement “the candidates have been
interviewed and have proven that they meet our basic criteria.” An interesting statement since they never
interviewed Judge Hugh Swift, or Commissioner Grant
Barrett. Maybe that’s because these two
distinguished members of the Superior Court system are nonpartisan.
Bob Reagan
