A challenge to the bench

I love this article.  And wow, has it really been 15 years?

So Circuit Court Judge Lenore Gelfman is up for another 15-year term on the bench-- a term that she won by running against the two sitting judges at the time, Diane Leasure and Donna Hill.  Hill was beaten out for the spot on the bench by Gelfman in the 1996 election.

I supported the sitting judges at the time, a position that was publicly assailed by many in the HFC, Democrat and Republican alike.  I felt that Judge Hill brought tremendous diversity to the board-- in terms of age, ethnicity and gender-- and her defeat is one of the moments in my political experience that frankly made me the most sick.

So, reading that local attorney Clarke Ahlers is running for the Circuit Court against Gelfman-- well, I think I'll be supporting Mr. Ahlers.  Turnabout is fair play.

Comments

[Alan Romack]

So is there anything Judge Gelfman has done wrong? Any verdicts that were, in your opinion, erroneous? I am unfamiliar with the previous election, as I was living in Michigan. How does Mr Ahlers bring diversity to the position. He looks like an older white guy to me. I am not sure what turnabout is fair play is referencing. Help me to understand.