We can't recall this being actually covered in years past, but this is EXACTLY why we vote "NO" on every single Cook County judge:
- A secret vote is underway to determine which of 138 Cook County judges should keep their jobs.
If you didn’t know about it, that’s no surprise. The only eligible voters for this insiders-only balloting are Cook County circuit judges. It’s up to them to decide who among the current associate judges should stay on the bench, getting new, four-year terms.
Votes are being cast until the end of May.
Supporters of the system say it results in merit selection to a greater degree than the public elections in which circuit judges are chosen.
Merit? Don't make us laugh.
This is where favors are cashed in and judges the voters rejected are once again inflicted on the electorate, this time without their input and behind closed doors.
The parallels to the "merit" process of the CPD are astounding - incompetent connected morons picking more incompetent connected morons and telling each other how "qualified" everyone is while the institution circles the drain.
At least if you vote "NO" on every single judge, the odds are pretty good that there will be too many favors owed to others that the few who couldn't even win a rigged retention vote go to the back of the line.
This is where favors are cashed in and judges the voters rejected are once again inflicted on the electorate, this time without their input and behind closed doors.
The parallels to the "merit" process of the CPD are astounding - incompetent connected morons picking more incompetent connected morons and telling each other how "qualified" everyone is while the institution circles the drain.
At least if you vote "NO" on every single judge, the odds are pretty good that there will be too many favors owed to others that the few who couldn't even win a rigged retention vote go to the back of the line.
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