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- Written by: Rob Brown
Susan Krones continues to rack up her many endorsements, while Farrington makes excuses for not winning endorsements by saying he is somehow above politics. That does not explain why he has flip-flopped his registration three different times to three separate affiliations in attempts to further his selfish political aspirations.
Farrington makes numerous claims on social media and in his campaign literature that he will “fund the police” and, while this makes a cute bumper sticker slogan, one might ask why is it that no law enforcement organization or agency has stepped forward to support or endorse him?
I have previously challenged Farrington to name any criminal jury trials that he, as the attorney of record, has seen through to verdict. The challenge has gone unanswered. I am going to drop the bar even lower and try to make it easier for Farrington to be transparent. Mr. Farrington, can you name just ONE single criminal jury trial that you have completed?
If, as I and many others strongly suspect, Farrington has never actually done even one criminal jury trial, how exactly is he going to “take back our neighborhoods’ like his recycled campaign signs promise he will do. He is a civil attorney who handles divorces and car accidents and the like. Unless the neighborhood has been taken by an ex-spouse or an ambulance, one wonders how exactly he plans to get it back.
It seems obvious to me that Farrington’s moral compass is going south and the voters of Lake County should not let him take us with him.
Rob Brown lives in Kelseyville, California.
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- Written by: Ed Robey
I have known and worked with both candidates for many years. Without doubt, Susan Krones has the best background and experience to continue doing a very good job as our district attorney.
But in addition to her impeccable legal credentials, she is a dedicated public servant who is committed to pursuing justice — an essential quality in a district attorney.
Plus, the DA has to have the legal knowledge and judgment to decide which cases to prosecute and the degree of prosecution to be pursued, so that taxpayers' dollars are not wasted but spent on cases which will take criminals off the streets.
Being district attorney requires more than just a legal degree. It’s a specialized area of the law requiring experience, knowledge and judgment.
Susan Krones has a proven record of imprisoning hundreds of child molesters, domestic abusers and other violent criminals throughout her 29-year career.
She has directly supervised the other attorneys in the DA’s Office for over 10 years. She was elected as our district attorney four years ago and has proven that she can do the job.
Susan deserves to be reelected as our district attorney. That’s why I am endorsing her and encouraging all voters in Lake County to please vote for Susan Krones for district attorney.
Ed Robey is a retired Lake County supervisor for District 1. He lives in Lower Lake, California.
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- Written by: Dace McCarty
Dace McCarty lives in Upper Lake, Calif.
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- Written by: Rob Brown
He actually claims that the position of district attorney does not need a lawyer, but a “leader.”
Based on my decades of observing him, I don’t believe he qualifies as either and furthermore, I couldn’t disagree with him more. That would be like saying the Forty Niners don’t need a football player as quarterback, they need a people person and so the water boy is perfectly qualified.
Farrington also quotes statistics given by Crimegrades.org. What he doesn’t add is their disclaimer that, “Crime Grades do not represent the crime in any given year, but are instead our projection of what crime will look like in a typical year,” and that these statistics are created by them as advertising in order to further sales of home security systems.
In typical disingenuous Farrington fashion, he tries to divert voter attention away from his complete lack of qualifications in order to scare people into believing that the current district attorney has absolutely anything to do with funding the police. This not only demonstrates a lack of knowledge about the position, but is nothing more than a political sleight of hand and a feeble attempt to distract from his utter lack of meaningful criminal law experience.
He attempts to use his past experience as a county supervisor to try and fool people into believing that he has any ability to run this very important office. Noticeably missing still is his answer to my very simple challenge to name ANY criminal jury trials conducted and seen through to jury verdict with him as the attorney of record.
Let’s lower the bar and try and make it even easier for him by asking him to name just two. As he has some trouble recognizing what qualifies as a criminal jury trial, let’s give him a hint: case numbers start with a CR and the caption begins with “The People of the State of California versus …”
I am glad that we have District Attorney Susan Krones as our quarterback, and I urge you to not elect the water boy.
Rob Brown lives in Kelseyville, California.
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