In Colorado, state court judges are appointed by the
governor, but the public decides in elections whether judges are to be
retained. When you see judges on your
ballot, you’re not voting them in – you’re voting on whether they should keep
their jobs. Most people probably don’t have a clue who to vote for or
against. I have some friends who asked
me if I knew anything about any of them, which I did, and was happy to
share.
Maybe I never noticed before this year, but this election
season for the first time I noticed political signs placed on public lands that
were anti- a particular judge. I happen to
know this judge and think she is one of the best judges we have in domestic
court. The signs read "vote no on Judge
Amico. Anti family, anti father."
Whoever placed these signs is a disgruntled dad who lost a
case. I know her as a judge quite well, having represented fathers before her,
and I can tell you she is absolutely NOT anti-father or anti-anything. She has a reputation as one of the best, most
fair judges we've got. She cares about
kids, and all the people who appear before her.
It may be worth mentioning here that the courts look at a
parent’s ability to put the kids’ needs ahead of their own. That being said, I can see why this amoeba
lost his kids. I didn’t get my way, so I’m going to run a campaign against a fantastic
public servant because she pissed me off. ME ME ME It’s all about ME. This is not the type of rational decision
making that gets you custody.
A judge's job is to decide what's fair based on
the evidence presented, and that means some parties don’t get their way. Please ask a lawyer friend for their opinion
on the judge as a judicial officer, rather than basing your vote on someone's
personal vendetta. Don't be swayed by vindictive
signs. If anything, vote FOR her because
of these signs. She obviously made the
right decision if she awarded custody of these children to the parent who DIDN’T
choose to spend potential college funds on revenge.
