In researching for a post reply, I came across that judicial branch governance is something that is revisited every three years and that the last vote of governance was a secret vote via e-mail. Well guess what? While Judge Charles Horan’s article does not define the effective date of the vote, the issue of revisiting judicial branch governance should be in front of the executive and planning committee as we type… or quietly moved out of the committee via another secret e-mail vote that established governance?
Might we, a humble little website call upon this states’ judges to assist us in determining what our governance model will be for the next three years and call for an open debate on this issue as opposed to another secret email vote?
Posted in: Branch Boondoggles, Judicial Council of California
judicialcouncilwatcher
March 5, 2011
Another poll. I know, I must have masochistic tendencies to watch a thousand people visit and hardly anyone having an inclination to express their opinion.. even anonymously. Call me crazy but I thought polling about a way out of this mess gracefully might be a grand idea.
wendy darling
March 5, 2011
One would think that a public agency voting on administrative actions in secret by e-mail would violate more than a few provisions of the California Open Meeting Act. Or is the judicial branch exempt from that law too?
judicialcouncilwatcher
March 6, 2011
They’re above the law on BOMA. Heck, they’re just plain above all laws, even if they do apply to them.
judicialcouncilwatcher
March 19, 2011
It’s heartwarming to know that either current judicial council members or the senior leadership of the AOC take an interest of us here at Judicial Council Watcher and participate in our polls.