Greed

Making a terrible situation even worse, District Judge Mike Herrera has taken the step of removing his Associate Judge Jesus Rodriguez from all cases from Herrera's court because they are opponents in this primary for a County Court seat.

The whole reason Rodriguez is a judge at all is because there is a backlog of cases in family courts. His boss is Mike Herrera, who is a District Court judge. Herrera is pursuing a County Court seat for one rather obviously and seamless reason, he wants to double-dip.

Why this isn't a news story that a judge with a public reprimand from the State Commission on Judicial Ethics is going after another court seat to double dip, is beyond me. I think the media is failing this community on this one.

But Herrera's move, which became official just late last week, makes the backlog of cases even worse now. If you think Herrera is going to work that much harder now because of his own selfish moves, you're probably gonna be disappointed.

Herrera has been seen around town, during what most people would consider normal business hours, waving at street corners.

Your tax dollars at work ladies and gentlemen.

Now look, I'm sure there are people that think Herrera is a great guy. And maybe he is. Its messed up that it appears he used his position as a judge to gain an advantage in his own divorce, but I'm sure there are Herrera supporters. But objectively speaking, you'd have to admit that its pretty greedy to go from one family court position to another for no other reason than the ability to double-dip.

Seriously, its egregious.

And I don't disagree with him taking the cases away from Rodriguez, frankly I think he should've been moved out from under Herrera the minute Herrera decided to run against him. But the move underscores all the consequences to the tax payer for Herrera's greed.

A bad problem is now worse because Mike Herrera wants another taxpayer funded paycheck.

And this is why people so often have their faith in government shaken.