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The district attorney, being an elected prosecutorial position, can spend money during the election; I chose the candidate who did not have a political action c
by Kednicma 6y ago
The district attorney, being an elected prosecutorial position, can spend money during the election; I chose the candidate who did not have a political action committee funded by the police union.
Yes, it's stressful being a vigilant voter. But what's the alternative? Not caring?
- fzeroracer 6y agoThe alternative is actually having punishments for officials that are corrupt or breaking the law. Instead we have a situation where, as the article points out, corruption is swept away where people get to walk away with a cozy retirement and say 'well gosh I regret my mistakes' as if that fixes the fact that they ruined someone's life over a failure to pay traffic fees. That's the example of the revolving door and people who abuse it get away scott-free.
- cgriswald 6y agoSo the main benefit of being able to vote for judges is that you can vote against one who is doing something that wouldn’t be allowed in a sane system anyway, by voting for one who did the same thing just with groups you don’t disapprove of...?
- chrisseaton 6y ago> But what's the alternative? Not electing prosecutors and judges. That's where this thread started.