Herrera & the Other Council of Judges Issue

For the life of me I can't understand why anyone supports Mike Herrera, but its even more mind-boggling now.

There was apparently another big problem discussed at the Council of Judges meeting last Thursday and that is the absence of Judge Mike Herrera.

Word around the courthouse is that Herrera isn't handling anything that looks like a complicated family law case, and some allege because he's spending more time campaigning than working. Apparently there is a budget that is set for a visiting judge to hear cases.

Sources indicate that several members of the Council of Judges are really upset that the vast majority of that budget is being depleted by Judge Herrera's absence.

One of the judges even questioned why Herrera wasn't even at the Council of Judges meeting to explain the depletion of funds.

This is why you should pay attention to the judicial races. If you look at Alyssa Perez and Judge Mike Herrera, they are text book examples of the fact that the more you learn about a race, the more involved and engaged you have to become as a voters because you get a sense of the consequences of judicial elections are.

Bottom line here, Herrera is costing you even more than you think for his decision to run for another salary.

Speaking of the Perez race, I have more interesting stuff I've dug up on that issue with her representing cops, being a magistrate and representing the indigent. I'll get to that later.