A Tucson commission has put the mayor and council in an awkward position again, saying the city s presiding judge shouldn t be reappointed. This time they should be taken seriously.
Tucson council reappoints judge panned by review commission Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Tucson City Council has unanimously voted to reappoint a city magistrate whom a review commission had said unanimously shouldn’t get another term.
The City Magistrate Merit Selection Commission on Feb. 11 made a rare recommendation for a council vote against reappointing Magistrate Geraldine Hale to the $112,000 a year post, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
Mayor Regina Romero said during Tuesday’s council meeting that she wanted to know more about the commission’s process but thought it was “”very unfortunate that there was such a blatant campaign against Judge Hale, but I still believe in her and in her voice, and I believe that she deserves to be reappointed to the bench.”