Mike: Raap Shoulda Replaced Douglas

Mike: I would feel a whole lot better if Marty was taking Bill Douglas’s place. Marty seems to do what Marty says he will do. The problem is Bill still controls the office. I am still waiting to see if any of the Judges are going to step up to the plate and show some back bone now that the investigation is over. What has been allowed to go on down at the court house does not reflect well on the Judges at all. We know it and they know it. We thought the Amaro/Mitchell race was fun. Wait until next election. I hope Amaro runs again as well as some new blood from out of state for the Judges positions.

DFO: If Douglas decides to run again in two years, he’ll lose. Between his military pension and his county pension, he should be set up well enough not to have to do so — and be embarrassed. Judge Lansing Haynes, on the other hand, could face an aggressive challenge from someone who might make an issue of someone who was chief deputy in an Office Gone Wild. What did Lansing know and when did he know it? Meanwhile, Mike’s right. The ongoing juvenile court fiascos and e-mail scandals involving Douglas and Baughman has smeared county law enforcement and the judicial system.