Not only does a local woman work to keep her community informed on Marquette County scanner pages, she s also a Down syndrome awareness advocate as someone with the condition herself.
it s an issue that came up during her debate with challenger greg bernstein. tonight abc 2 news has that story. reporter: a candidate s forum, that gave both bernstein and the incumbent to make their point with the election 6 weeks away. both encumbent and the challenger on hand. it didn t take long for bernstein to criticize conviction rates under patricia jesse a me. i also became increasingly frustrated with the seaming inability of the state s attorneys office to act cooperatively with the police department. reporter: jesse a me responded that while bernstein is a federal prosecutor he spent much of his career in another role. mr. bernstein would have you believe he has been concerned about crime for a long time. he has been a criminal defense attorney. make no mistake, that s what he is. reporter: the recent murder of johns hopkins technician steven pitcairn came up only briefly. bernstein called it another example of the state s attorney s failure to work wit