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April 12, 2006
Some things do get better with age
Roger Abramson's "Nashville Eye" column on the ills of partisan judicial elections was written a couple of years ago. I would add (and I infer concurrence from "judgeships and the like") that sheriffs, district attorneys, public defenders, and other courthouse positions also need not to have people waving party banners in order to convince voters of their qualifications. Primaries would be less expensive (if the public needs to pay for them at all — see today's Civic Forum in the Pulse), and these ostensibly neutral positions might much less often be populated with those rewarded for party loyalty.
Go read Abramson's reposado piece, as it seems to me to have mellowed nicely.
Government | By joe lance | 10:55 AM