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09/05/10
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of previews of contested races in the Sept. 14 state and county primary elections within The Capital's coverage area. For races in other districts, see hometownannapolis.com. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES Here are the candidates for Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge: Alison Asti Ronald Jarashow Laura Kiessling Find Us On Facebook
--- Anyone still on the fence about who should fill the two available seats on the county's Circuit Court bench better make up his mind soon. Because of a quirk in Maryland law, there is a chance this month's primary elections - not the Nov. 2 general election - will be the final vote on which two of the county's three judicial...
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Alison Asti - 2010-09-13 21:12:54
I sent the following message to Alison Asti earlier this evening:
Dear Ms. Asti,
I received an automated phone call at home this evening asking me to support you in tomorrow's election. I had seen your signs (in fact I think I may have seen you foolishly standing in the middle of Route 2 during rush hour, waving one of your signs), but I had not really paid much attention to the judicial election. Your phone call got my attention so I looked up your web site. What struck me immediately was the negative statements about Governor O'Malley and the supposed bias of the judicial selection process. Then, I saw endorsements from Bob Ehrlich and my old PG County friend Audrey Scott. Of course none of these facts were mentioned in your phone call. Based on this, I would never vote for you. I think it is unfortunate that a seemingly well-qualified lawyer such as yourself would stoop to making misleading phone calls the night before the election.
Sincerely,
Tim W
Edgewater, MD
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values Count - 2010-09-08 09:59:48
It is in the candidates values that people need to choose judges. There is a fundamental difference between the Democrat approach to judgement and sentencing that is philosophically different than republican judges tend to deliberate. We dont want to become another Vermont where we let offenders get off easy and plea bargans are readily accepted by judges (MD has a 94% plea rate). We need a real person that is willing to stand behind their good, solid values. I dont know a lot about law schools, but I do know that I want someone who will stand up and be willing to be a judge, not a negotiator and on the take by the OMalley camp.
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tier 2 - 2010-09-07 11:27:26
Well it seems the tier rankings are alien to some , that being the case don't take my word for it due your own research. Kiessling is not anyone you want on the bench, she is embittered and vengeful. Furthermore, she is a woman and we need more men on the bench., Thereofer we must vote for Jarashow and the other one to avoid keissling.
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Clear Choice - 2010-09-06 22:47:01
Mr. Cavern, I note you are not a licensed attorney in Maryland. What qualifies you to classify Catholic as a 3rd tier and Maryland as a 2nd tier? I am not sure that what law school you go to is an indication of intelligence. You would have to conclude that George W. Bush was a smart man (which he obviously was not) under that thinking. The reality is that criminal cases dominate the circuit court docket and Asti lacks the experience to deal with it. With regard to no experience, their is a significant distinction between the qualities for an appellate judge and those for a trial judge, Kagan has the experience for an appellate court such as the Supreme Court, Kiessling has the qualifications for a trial court like the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.
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Asti is Friends with - 2010-09-06 09:03:55
Stephanie Hodges who is running for State Delegate in Distric 32.
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/ElectHodgesMD32?ref=ts
Hodges has been doing nothing, but smearing the good name of an upstanding politician and member of the community Ted Sophocleus. This is a video she posted on Youtube smearing him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4GD7bOR1o
Stephanie has also been smearing the Jarashow-Kiessling campaign. This is a picture from here Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/photo.php?pid=6688210&id=206608835812&ref=fbx_album
Do we really want people in office who are involved in this type of dirty politics?
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Having it both ways? - 2010-09-06 08:09:10
On her campaign webpage, Ms. Asti has stated "But my greatest professional accomplishments were . . . being President of the MD State Bar Association." She lists numerous positions with bar associations on her resume. Odd to cite that role as one of your greatest accomplishments and then dismiss the MSBA endorsements of your opponents as "carr[ying] no weight". Parallel logic suggests that either Ms. Asti's positions with the Bar Association also carry no weight as professional accomplishments, or the MSBA endorsement is meaningful.
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clear choice - 2010-09-05 10:17:02
I will cross party lines and vote for Asti. Catholic is a tier 3 school and Marylqnd is a tier 2 school, this necessarily means Asti is smarter. My 2nd choice will be Jarashow due to type and depth of knowledge and experience. Kiessling has too many state connections and lacks breadth of experience. The mind of a prosecuter is not a very good lens from which to Judge.
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No experience? - 2010-09-05 02:36:29
"You should not have a judge where her first trial is in a robe," Kiessling added.
Really??? Hmmm if I recall correctly, now wasnt Elena Kagan put on the Supreme Court with absolutely no prior experience as a judge??
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