[Mpls] MCCL Doing Calls for Hennepin Judge Candidate Steve Baker

[Liberty Wyrum]

Sponsored by the Hennepin County Bar Association, the Minneapolis League of 
Women Voters of Minneapolis, and WATCH, in cooperation with Dorsey & 
Whitney.

Present Hennepin County District Court Judicial Candidate Forum

Location:
Dorsey & Whitney law firm
50 South 6th St., Suite 1500
Downtown Minneapolis
Refreshments provided.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Date:  Thursday, October 7, 2004
Time:  12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Moderator:  Cyndy Brucato, KSTP Anchorperson and Chairperson of the Board on 
Judicial Standards

Candidates in the primary race for the open Hennepin County District Court 
seats have been invited.

The candidates are:
Steve Allen Baker
Susan N. Burke

Thor Anderson
Julie Delgado O'Neil

LaJune Thomas Lange
Kevin Kolosky

For more information please phone WATCH at 612.341.2747, or see 
www.watchmn.org.  lwyrum at watchmn.org.

>To: Subject: [Mpls] MCCL Doing Calls for Hennepin Judge Candidate Steve 
>Baker
>Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:55:17 EDT
>
>I have known Steve Baker for almost ten years.  He is a 13th ward  resident
>and was active in the community when I worked for Steve Minn at City  Hall.
>
>Baker is a moderate.  He is not a Greg Wersal nut case.  He  probably leans
>more right of center than left, thus the support of some GOP  politicians 
>that
>he has probably volunteered for in the past, but he also has  the support 
>of
>some well known moderate, pro-choice politicos like me, Linda  Koblick, 
>Walt
>Dziedzic and Steve Minn (who was on the NARAL Board).  Not  exactly people 
>on
>the MCCL "favorite" list.
>
>Who can say why MCCL is calling, if they are.  I certainly have not  been
>called by them.  I did get an AFSCME call for Susan Burke.  Am I  to assume 
>she
>will make sympathetic labor rulings to the determent of the  public?  I am 
>sure
>not.
>
>The abortion question is a high court issue that will never be decided at
>the local level.  Baker is not going to violate the canon of ethics and
>campaign on an issue so he is powerless to refute the unfounded suggestion 
>he is
>anti-choice.  He is known as a fair and reasonable prosecutor, with a high
>conviction rate.  That shows passion for the law.
>
>After prosecuting heinous violent crimes as a Florida AG, I suspect any
>speeches about the death penalty before he was a candidate were made in the
>context of his prosecutorial experience.
>
>I think the point we have here is that there are two highly qualified  
>public
>prosecutors seeking the job -- a refreshing change from the anonymity of
>candidates in the past.  When I vote for judges I look to their legal
>credentials (identical) their community service (equal) and the  
>endorsements/supporters
>(equality impressive).
>
>I know Steve Baker, I do not know Susan Burke.  Any reader on this  list
>should take comfort that Baker's passion for the law will only guarantee an 
>  equal
>passion for interpreting and applying the law fairly.  What else  could we
>ask of a judge?
>
>Karen Collier
>Linden Hills
>
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