Reply to Josh Katcher just became Commonwealth’s Attorney in Arlington

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Josh Katcher just became Commonwealth’s Attorney in Arlington "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She wanted him charged as an adult, which isn’t unusual for vehicular homicide defendants two months shy of 18.  Parisa refused, and now the wealthy spoiled killer will be a free man when he’s 19 and eventually have the conviction expunged from his record.[/quote]

Thank you. Has Josh said publicly anywhere that he would have charged the criminal as an adult?[/quote]

Actually, the opposite.  He is on record saying he would have done the same thing.[/quote]

I’m most disturbed with the incivility the occupying CA’s sock puppets are displaying towards Josh and his campaign. Josh answered the question about what he would have done, which is to charge the McLean kid as a juvenile and to seek the three year maximum.

But unlike the occupant, Josh would have WON that three-year sentence. Why? Because the judge LIKES Josh. So too do the other Arlington judges, the police, and all sorts of fine people who just want to be treated with the respect they deserved and to which they’re entitled based on their contributions to the livability of the County and the Arlington Way.

If Josh had known then what he knows now about what he needs to do to win this race, of course he would have supported charging the kid as an adult. But he hadn’t yet established his “reform better” bona fides, which was critical to peel off voters in a Democrat primary. Plus he couldn’t have imagined at the time that the victim’s mother would be so passionate in her hatred of the occupant. So he feared coming across as bloodthirsty. In November, coming off MMH candidates for County Board getting 70% of the vote, he had to figure there weren’t enough Libbytarians and crossover GOP to sneak out of the primary, that he had to throw a bone to people who want to lock down parts of the County but also appear progressive at cocktail parties.

But running a culture war campaign revolving around the mother’s rage at the interloper allows Josh to slam the occupying CA via proxy. While at the same time he reassures successful citizens and parents whose kids don’t run over other well-off kids that he’s not letting silly Soros concerns stop him from using the Arlington PD as the hammer they yearn to be. The occupant is so distracted with the attacks that Josh can reassure homeowners that they’ll be treated with respect. Neither homeowners nor judges nor prosecutors nor court clerks will be forced to confront alleged injustice in prosecutions and sentencing. The CA’s office will get back to using its discretion to cut breaks to the right people and nailing people who could be threats. That’s the kind of judicious CA I want, looking past “principle” to serve the way I know in my gut is best. Josh knows how to do that while being a 21st-century friendly CA.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics