You Gotta Be Kidding Me...
So last week I was reading El Diario and there was an interesting ad I saw that had been placed by out-going Judge Luis Aguilar.
I seriously don't understand it.
The ad mostly tries to explain his decision to hang up his robe and step down from the bench, which is fine.
Here's the ad if you missed it and want to check it out.
But the part that really draws my attention is this paragraph.
For me, it blows my mind that he would include it.
So the judge that won't do an interview explaining why he wanted to step down despite being asked multiple times by multiple outlets went through the trouble of paying for an ad to be placed in the paper criticizing another newspaper their coverage of him not speaking to the media about why he's stepping down?
Are you kidding me?
If he felt that strong about it, why didn't he actually return calls from the media. Specifically, why didn't he pick up the phone and call the Times?
For context, Mike Izquierdo, who works for the Council of Judges was asked during an agenda item in front of commissioner's court discussing if tax payers were going to be stuck paying for his out of town training trip. Commissioners appropriately asked Izquierdo if Aguilar was gonna stay on the ballot or ask to be pulled off the ballot.
They asked Lefty because Aguilar wasn't there.
So he doesn't go to Commissioner's Court when he is the subject of an agenda item (he had court, so there's no issue with him not being there), but he knew there was an item. Izqueirdo said he spoke to Aguilar, so the judge is essentially saying Lefty lied to Commissioners.
Mind you, the judge didn't answer questions from the media on the issue when his office was contacted.
If he had an issue with how the answer was characterized to Commissioner's Court, why not pick up the phone and call the media and straighten things out for the public? Why take out an ad rather than go on the record and answer questions/
Moreover, how the hell does El Diario not take the opportunity to ask the judge about it?
This is the crazy, crazy world we now living in people.
I seriously don't understand it.
The ad mostly tries to explain his decision to hang up his robe and step down from the bench, which is fine.
Here's the ad if you missed it and want to check it out.
But the part that really draws my attention is this paragraph.
For me, it blows my mind that he would include it.
So the judge that won't do an interview explaining why he wanted to step down despite being asked multiple times by multiple outlets went through the trouble of paying for an ad to be placed in the paper criticizing another newspaper their coverage of him not speaking to the media about why he's stepping down?
Are you kidding me?
If he felt that strong about it, why didn't he actually return calls from the media. Specifically, why didn't he pick up the phone and call the Times?
For context, Mike Izquierdo, who works for the Council of Judges was asked during an agenda item in front of commissioner's court discussing if tax payers were going to be stuck paying for his out of town training trip. Commissioners appropriately asked Izquierdo if Aguilar was gonna stay on the ballot or ask to be pulled off the ballot.
They asked Lefty because Aguilar wasn't there.
So he doesn't go to Commissioner's Court when he is the subject of an agenda item (he had court, so there's no issue with him not being there), but he knew there was an item. Izqueirdo said he spoke to Aguilar, so the judge is essentially saying Lefty lied to Commissioners.
Mind you, the judge didn't answer questions from the media on the issue when his office was contacted.
If he had an issue with how the answer was characterized to Commissioner's Court, why not pick up the phone and call the media and straighten things out for the public? Why take out an ad rather than go on the record and answer questions/
Moreover, how the hell does El Diario not take the opportunity to ask the judge about it?
This is the crazy, crazy world we now living in people.
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