Ritter is Hiring
Governor-Elect Bill Ritter wasted no time in announcing his transition team -- and that he's hiring:
The team consists of Daniel Yohannes, a longtime Denver banker; Jim Lyons, a Denver attorney who is a close friend of former President Clinton; and former state Sen. Norma Anderson, a Republican who served as house majority leader. ....Ritter said he would soon set up a Web site where people interested in working for the new administration could submit resumes. "When the inauguration comes we'll be ready to have a government in place," said Ritter.Let's hope Mr. Ritter can balance out the state's District Court bench. Governor Owens had a general policy of not hiring criminal defense lawyers, including public defenders, to the bench, believing that ex-prosecutors would be tougher on crime. In fact, he bragged he had:
Fulfilled his promise to appoint tough prosecutors to the bench with the expectation that victims of a crime, when before the court, will receive consideration on par to that of the offenders.Tough on crime shouldn't be the test. It's the ability to impart justice and be impartial that counts. I'm betting Bill Ritter knows the difference.
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Submitted by Dallas Wolff (not verified) on Tue, 2006-12-19 14:26.
Your state prison's are full and wanting to build more prison's. Are people really committing more crimes or are you locking up a lot of the wrong people??
If your state would release the non violent offender from incarceration and implement a REAL program of rehabilitation, your prison's would be about 1/2 full. Also locking non violent offenders up with the violent is wrong. Also locking up mothers with minor children is wrong. There are many ways you can correct non violent offender's other than incarceration.
You also need to re-screen all the personel working in Colorado corrections!! Seems you have a serious rape and sexual assualt problem in your prison's. Also prison guards who are breaking the law and abusing inmates constantly.
