Noting Rev. Ted's promise that judicial selections would be fair, transparent and unbiased - Right Runner points out the appoinments and the Rev. Ted appointed OJARP are anything but...
From Right Runner --
Back in January of 2007 Ted Strickland promised to establish a process for selecting judicial appointments that relied less on the recommendations of county party chairmen and more on the recommendations of the Ohio Judicial Appointment Recommendations Panels (OJARP). This was supposed to make the process more transparent and inclusive of all parties involved.
Well, not so fast folks. Sure, the governor created OJARP but then he lined it with appointments that are all Democrats! Take a look at this....
Wait a second. Do you mean Steven Terry and Lance Mason (the two Cuyahoga appointees) don't owe their appointments to the fact that they're close to Stephanie Tubbs Jones?
ReplyDeleteActually, I wouldn't have a problem with this but for the fact that Strickland is trying to appear as if this whole process is non-partisan.
By the way, to show what a sham this whole process is, I know one applicant who has been an attorney for 10 years who applied. This person was notified three business days after the application deadline that they wouldn't be interviewed.
ReplyDeleteThe applicant has experience working in both the prosecutor's office and the public defender's office.
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