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2nd
Juvenile Court
Judge
Position Appears Out of Thin Air
Memphis
, TN – November 13, 2006 – Last
week, the Shelby County Commission “pulled a rabbit out of a hat” and
endorsed the creation of another $140,000.00 Juvenile Court Judge position post
without any thoughtful deliberation. “If there is public trust to be
gained, the new commission is moving in the wrong direction,” says
“By
an 8-5 vote, commissioners decided Monday to create a second division of
Juvenile Court with another judge drawing a $140,000-a-year salary to oversee
it.” -- Commercial Appeal
“Since
the judge typically handles the court's administrative duties, it's difficult to
see how a second judge could help the caseload burden. If the commission really
wanted to address that problem, it would have made sense to approve funding for
two or three more referees.” --
Commercial Appeal
“…according
to some commissioners on the winning side of Monday's vote, the court's caseload
has been backing up for years and creating a new elected position is the way to
fix it. It's an interesting argument because commissioners haven't said much of
anything publicly about the court's caseload until this issue surfaced a few
days ago.” -- Commercial Appeal
These
thoughts shared by the Commercial Appeal spell trouble for the future of our
county.
If
you feel outraged, or just want to express your opinion, please contact
commissioners via e-mail (or call them) to reverse their decision. Citizens must
stand up for what is right, we can not depend on our government officials to do
so.
Commissioner Mike Carpenter
District 1, Position 3
(901) 545-4301
mike.carpenter@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner George S. Flinn, Jr.
District 1, Position 2
(901) 545-4301
george.flinn@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Mike Ritz
District 1, Position 1
(901) 545-4301
mike.ritz@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Henri E. Brooks
District 2, Position 2
(901) 545-4301
henri.brooks@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner J. W. Gibson, II
District 2, Position 1
(901) 545-4301
jw.gibson@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Deidre Malone
District 2, Position 3
(901) 545-4301
deidre.malone@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Sidney Chism
District 3, Position 2
(901) 545-4301
sidney.chism@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Joe S. Ford
District 3, Position 3
(901) 545-4301
joe.ford@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner James M. Harvey
District 3, Position 1
(901) 545-4301
james.harvey@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Joyce Avery
District 4, Position 1
(901) 545-4301
joyce.avery@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner Wyatt Bunker
District 4, Position 2
(901) 545-4301
wyatt.bunker@shelbycountytn.gov
Commissioner David Lillard
District 4, Position 3
Office Phone: (901) 524-5176
Home Phone: (901) 751-3366
dlillard@bpjlaw.com
Commissioner Steven Mulroy
District 5
(901) 545-4301
steven.mulroy@shelbycountytn.gov
(this e-mail may not work)