The Propaganda Dealer (Plain Dealer), the spin machine for the local Democrat Party, gives an in depth look at the stumbling & bumbling of the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Judges.
It appears a more than usual amount of divorce cases in Cuyahoga County may take several years to resolve. The effectiveness of the current judges has been called into question by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo & Judge Shirley Strickland-Saffold....
It's so messy, it's like looking at a traffic accident," Russo said last month.
"We have speedy-trial rules [in Common Pleas Court] that we have to comply with," Saffold said. "They don't have any time rules, which allows room for abuse. Left uncontrolled, it leads to chaos."
It must be pretty bad when judges start criticizing the poor performance of other judges. Things are bad enough in the Domestic Relations Court that top gavel slammer, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, has demanded a review of how each judge performs their duties.
A close review of the Domestic Relations Court by the Plain Dealer shows --
- Failed to meet state-recommended deadlines for deciding 400 to 500 cases in each of the last three years. In 2007, the court missed deadlines for 404 cases, or more than 12 percent of all cases, including divorces, domestic-violence accusations and issues of child custody, visitation and support.
- Allowed some contested divorces to linger for as long as four years. Judge James Celebrezze missed the recommended deadlines on 20 percent of his contested cases between 2005 and 2007.
- Decided hundreds fewer cases than their counterparts in Ohio's other big counties.
- Averaged seven hours or less each workday at the courthouse from June to December 2007. Judge Anthony Russo averaged less than four hours a day, according to records of his arrivals and departures from a county parking garage. More....
Domestic Relations Administrative gavel wacker, Judge Timothy "Fool Again" Flanagan, spittle's there is really nothing wrong and what little wrong there is, is not their fault....
Flanagan said his powers as administrative judge don't include being able to order another judge to work harder or clear cases faster.Good answer there Judge Timmy!
"The old cases on their dockets are their business," he said. "If they choose to ignore the state time guidelines, that's up to them."
Judge Foolagain was up for reelection and Judge Celebrezze is retiring.
With this type of performance and disgustingly care-free attitude towards peoples lives one could only think the Cuyahoga County Republican Party would be salivating over the chance to pick off some of these democrat held seats.
The Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, under the guidance of Chairman Rob Frost, and through his hard work, dedicated service, tireless recruiting efforts, amassing a crack team of loyal RPCC officers, and creating a loyal group of financial supporters - offered up some stiff competition against these two Domestic Relation Court judges --
NOBODY!
maybe party "leaders" have donated to these democrats and don't want to see people theyve donated to lose
ReplyDeleteThe relation between Judge Flanagan and the Stafford Brothers, is more than just a usual relation , it does smell foul, it need be investigated, and if wrongdoing is documented, the Judge has to be at least impeached, but enough is enough, it is time to go home Judge... Shame
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