IS SUB-JUDGING NECESSARY? A suggestion for Delegate Dave Albo sidekick Senator Ken Stolle

From: Veronique Wyvell
To: john.hopkins@pilotonline.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Virginia courts miss the forest for the trees . . .

For John Hopkins:

Thank you for Judgeships sought for Chesapeake, Beach (The Virginian-Pilot / PilotOnline.com / 13 January 2007).

The people of Virginia are safer with more slots to accommodate more full-time sitting judges than with our current system of relying on practicing trial lawyers to work both sides of the bench.

Very little media space is devoted to educating the public about "substitute judges." Better public understanding of the inherent danger of substitute judging might just help [Stolle] get that funding for his new judgeships.

Senator Stolle's thinking is that "the funding for new judgeships competes directly with transportation and public safety." Well, many ordinary citizens might just feel that a properly operating judiciary is a "public safety" issue . . .

Veronique Wyvell, RN
McLean, Virginia
VWyvell@patriot.net