So why did the judge do that?
Mike Daugherty - Contributing columnist
Clinton County Municipal Court handles a lot of cases. It amounts to a few thousand different matters every month.
These range from seat belt tickets to preliminary hearings for the most serious felony cases, some of which are reported in the newspaper.
When the articles are published, I always get asked, “Why did you do that?” That is a fair question; I work for the people of Clinton County, and you have a right to know.
Most cases are traffic citations. Most of those go through without me seeing them at all; that is because people pay their ticket instead of going to court.