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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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???[/quote]

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. 
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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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

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