Josh Katcher just became Commonwealth’s Attorney in Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:Their platforms are very similar. This nonsense about fascists and nazis is just plain stupid. An incumbent like Parisa gets the benefit of, well, being the incumbent. She also gets the scrutiny of what happened during her tenure. There’s nothing she could have done to stop the drunk driving incident. Also, it was, objectively speaking, reasonable to try the drunk driver as a juvenile. But just because something is reasonable, doesn’t mean it’s popular. To not even show up at the sentencing hearing for such a high-profile and contentious case was political malpractice. This was a case where she was showcasing the consequences of committing to not trying juveniles as adults (again, a reasonable choice and part of her criminal justice reform platform, but also one that was contentious in this very tragic case and one for which she should have been taking visible ownership). I don’t fault Katcher for exploiting this weakness that Parisa willingly opened herself up to. It’s almost like she assumed she would be running unopposed and wouldn’t face accountability at the polls. Any political strategists out there disagree???

Face accountability for . . . doing her job and not playing politics?

We have enough divisiveness in our country as it is. Do we really need to make this contentious purely over politics? It's really a turn off in this race.

She’s an elected official. The idea that she gets a free pass from the political consequences of her job performance is absurd. As an elected official, she has her professional duties, but she is also answerable to her constituents when the next election rolls around. It’s not “playing politics.” It’s literally the nature of her job as an “elected” official. She is endorsed by a political party, gets fundraising from that political party, and mobilizes their resources to turn out the vote in her favor, it is all politics. If she wants a job where she answers to no one, there are plenty of traditional legal jobs that are not elected positions. I agree that it’s a turn off that it’s heated, but if you don’t want things to be contentious, you’ll have to do away with elections entirely. You don’t get to choose which elections are hotly contested. That’s not how it works.

I respect the fact that she's done her job, she's relied on her line prosecutors to do their jobs, and she didn't pretend to be a vigilante a-hole like Josh Katcher.

Josh has been going around saying that when he wins “punishment is back!”

But that’s for certain sections and people of the jurisdiction. He’ll judge people according to their status and usefulness. That’s all we can ask. Keep the bad people on a leash. But treat kindly those of us who have earned some respect when our kid does something stupid. Parisa treats kids who get in trouble the same way no matter who they are and it’s unfair to those of us who keep our County (or city) well-funded.

I wish that I could believe this is a joke, but as a resident of N Arl, I don't think it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I practice law in Arlington. Josh Katcher isn’t a reform prosecutor. He is a return to biased, win-first mentality prosecution. The difference in his values and character and Parisa Delghani-Tafti is that he, as a white male, comfortably says the N-word in court. Parisa, a woman of color, never would. https://medium.com/@arlingtoncriminaljustice/an-open-letter-to-the-arlington-county-falls-church-legal-community-and-democratic-primary-voters-942f39b71adb

On what planet is Parisa a woman of color?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlingtonva.us%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCourts%2FCommonwealth-Attorney%2FMeet-Parisa&psig=AOvVaw1nLfa_x6q7omB89v2fAtTf&ust=1687275098089000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPjy89jTz_8CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE" border="0" class="embeddedImage" />

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Anonymous wrote:I practice law in Arlington. Josh Katcher isn’t a reform prosecutor. He is a return to biased, win-first mentality prosecution. The difference in his values and character and Parisa Delghani-Tafti is that he, as a white male, comfortably says the N-word in court. Parisa, a woman of color, never would. https://medium.com/@arlingtoncriminaljustice/an-open-letter-to-the-arlington-county-falls-church-legal-community-and-democratic-primary-voters-942f39b71adb

On what planet is Parisa a woman of color?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlingtonva.us%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCourts%2FCommonwealth-Attorney%2FMeet-Parisa&psig=AOvVaw1nLfa_x6q7omB89v2fAtTf&ust=1687275098089000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPjy89jTz_8CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE" border="0" class="embeddedImage" />

She’s Iranian, so not-white. Her husband is Black.

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Anonymous wrote:I practice law in Arlington. Josh Katcher isn’t a reform prosecutor. He is a return to biased, win-first mentality prosecution. The difference in his values and character and Parisa Delghani-Tafti is that he, as a white male, comfortably says the N-word in court. Parisa, a woman of color, never would. https://medium.com/@arlingtoncriminaljustice/an-open-letter-to-the-arlington-county-falls-church-legal-community-and-democratic-primary-voters-942f39b71adb

On what planet is Parisa a woman of color?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlingtonva.us%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCourts%2FCommonwealth-Attorney%2FMeet-Parisa&psig=AOvVaw1nLfa_x6q7omB89v2fAtTf&ust=1687275098089000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPjy89jTz_8CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE" border="0" class="embeddedImage" />

She’s Iranian, so not-white. Her husband is Black.

I realize that this is a complex and difficult topic, but in my view she is white by any meaningful definition of the term. Obviously others may differ, but if your definition of "white" is limited to someone of European descent, that's an unjustifiably narrow view which seems designed to simply single out people of European origin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I practice law in Arlington. Josh Katcher isn’t a reform prosecutor. He is a return to biased, win-first mentality prosecution. The difference in his values and character and Parisa Delghani-Tafti is that he, as a white male, comfortably says the N-word in court. Parisa, a woman of color, never would. https://medium.com/@arlingtoncriminaljustice/an-open-letter-to-the-arlington-county-falls-church-legal-community-and-democratic-primary-voters-942f39b71adb

On what planet is Parisa a woman of color?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlingtonva.us%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCourts%2FCommonwealth-Attorney%2FMeet-Parisa&psig=AOvVaw1nLfa_x6q7omB89v2fAtTf&ust=1687275098089000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPjy89jTz_8CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE" border="0" class="embeddedImage" />

She’s Iranian, so not-white. Her husband is Black.

I realize that this is a complex and difficult topic, but in my view she is white by any meaningful definition of the term. Obviously others may differ, but if your definition of "white" is limited to someone of European descent, that's an unjustifiably narrow view which seems designed to simply single out people of European origin.

Some schools have started including a Middle Eastern ethnicity box to check for identification purposes. As you said, it’s not a clear cut topic.

[Anonymous]

Voting for Parisa tomorrow. Not really a difficult choice at all. I voted for her four years ago for her criminal justice reform policies, and she's kept her promises and done a good job.

I think Parisa has done a far better job than the other reform prosecutors - Biberaj, Descano. I'm gladly voting for her.

- Falls Church voter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Voting for Parisa tomorrow. Not really a difficult choice at all. I voted for her four years ago for her criminal justice reform policies, and she's kept her promises and done a good job.

I think Parisa has done a far better job than the other reform prosecutors - Biberaj, Descano. I'm gladly voting for her.

- Falls Church voter

North Arlington voter here. I’m voting for Parisa tomorrow too. I actually voted for Stamos back in 2019 because A) Parisa had no prosecutorial experience and B) I had no clue how retrograde the office was under Stamos. I’m glad Parisa won. She’s made good on her campaign promises and, unlike some of her counterparts in neighboring counties, hasn’t botched any big cases. Could she improve her public communication skills? Sure. Is there more work for her to do on reform? Absolutely. At least I trust her to keep the work going, which can’t be said for her opponent. She’s earned another term.

[Anonymous]

Parisa Dehghani-Tafti *15,766 56.3
Josh Katcher 12,253 43.7

An estimated 95 percent of votes have been counted.

* Incumbent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parisa Dehghani-Tafti *15,766 56.3
Josh Katcher 12,253 43.7

An estimated 95 percent of votes have been counted.

* Incumbent

Josh has conceded to Parisa. Glad this contest is over.

[Anonymous]

OP: "Josh Katcher just became Commonwealth’s Attorney in Arlington"

Narrator: "He didn't."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Voting for Parisa tomorrow. Not really a difficult choice at all. I voted for her four years ago for her criminal justice reform policies, and she's kept her promises and done a good job.

I think Parisa has done a far better job than the other reform prosecutors - Biberaj, Descano. I'm gladly voting for her.

- Falls Church voter

North Arlington voter here. I’m voting for Parisa tomorrow too. I actually voted for Stamos back in 2019 because A) Parisa had no prosecutorial experience and B) I had no clue how retrograde the office was under Stamos. I’m glad Parisa won. She’s made good on her campaign promises and, unlike some of her counterparts in neighboring counties, hasn’t botched any big cases. Could she improve her public communication skills? Sure. Is there more work for her to do on reform? Absolutely. At least I trust her to keep the work going, which can’t be said for her opponent. She’s earned another term.

+1

[Anonymous]

Eff that loser

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP: "Josh Katcher just became Commonwealth’s Attorney in Arlington"

Narrator: "He didn't."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parisa Dehghani-Tafti *15,766 56.3
Josh Katcher 12,253 43.7

An estimated 95 percent of votes have been counted.

* Incumbent

Josh has conceded to Parisa. Glad this contest is over.

+1000. Katcher ran a dirty campaign and fully deserved to lose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their platforms are very similar. This nonsense about fascists and nazis is just plain stupid. An incumbent like Parisa gets the benefit of, well, being the incumbent. She also gets the scrutiny of what happened during her tenure. There’s nothing she could have done to stop the drunk driving incident. Also, it was, objectively speaking, reasonable to try the drunk driver as a juvenile. But just because something is reasonable, doesn’t mean it’s popular. To not even show up at the sentencing hearing for such a high-profile and contentious case was political malpractice. This was a case where she was showcasing the consequences of committing to not trying juveniles as adults (again, a reasonable choice and part of her criminal justice reform platform, but also one that was contentious in this very tragic case and one for which she should have been taking visible ownership). I don’t fault Katcher for exploiting this weakness that Parisa willingly opened herself up to. It’s almost like she assumed she would be running unopposed and wouldn’t face accountability at the polls. Any political strategists out there disagree???

Face accountability for . . . doing her job and not playing politics?

We have enough divisiveness in our country as it is. Do we really need to make this contentious purely over politics? It's really a turn off in this race.

She’s an elected official. The idea that she gets a free pass from the political consequences of her job performance is absurd. As an elected official, she has her professional duties, but she is also answerable to her constituents when the next election rolls around. It’s not “playing politics.” It’s literally the nature of her job as an “elected” official. She is endorsed by a political party, gets fundraising from that political party, and mobilizes their resources to turn out the vote in her favor, it is all politics. If she wants a job where she answers to no one, there are plenty of traditional legal jobs that are not elected positions. I agree that it’s a turn off that it’s heated, but if you don’t want things to be contentious, you’ll have to do away with elections entirely. You don’t get to choose which elections are hotly contested. That’s not how it works.

I respect the fact that she's done her job, she's relied on her line prosecutors to do their jobs, and she didn't pretend to be a vigilante a-hole like Josh Katcher.

Josh has been going around saying that when he wins “punishment is back!”

But that’s for certain sections and people of the jurisdiction. He’ll judge people according to their status and usefulness. That’s all we can ask. Keep the bad people on a leash. But treat kindly those of us who have earned some respect when our kid does something stupid. Parisa treats kids who get in trouble the same way no matter who they are and it’s unfair to those of us who keep our County (or city) well-funded.

I wish that I could believe this is a joke, but as a resident of N Arl, I don't think it is.

It’s scary that we don’t really know.