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From the Plain Dealer:
The life stories of both candidates are compelling. [Evelyn] Stratton was born to missionary parents in Thailand and attended boarding school in South Vietnam at the height of the war. At 18, she came alone to the United States to work her way through school. [Peter] Sikora has had to use a wheelchair since a trampoline accident when he was 17.
Stratton is conscientious, and has done admirable work to expedite adoptions and create special dockets for the mentally ill. But in recent years, we have probably disagreed with a disturbing number of her decisions — including several that run counter to open government.
Our history with Sikora is long and complicated. In the early 1990s, we praised his innovative, “able and creative” service. A decade later, we fiercely criticized his temperament and his penchant for meddling during a disastrous stint as the Juvenile Court’s presiding judge. In 2001, he sued us — and lost.
Age seems to have tempered Sikora’s attitude, without dulling his intellect. His knows the Supreme Court’s recent history, and we strongly agree with his support for increased discovery in criminal cases and a mandated study of possible racial disparities in sentencing. In a very close call, he wins our endorsement.
Disclosure: I worked for Judge Sikora while I was getting my law and social work degree.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:35 pm September 2nd, 2008 in Campaigning, Cleveland+, Courts, Elections, Law, Ohio, Politics
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