Posted by pearl
a resident of another community
on Dec 24, 2014 at 3:06 pm
pearl is a registered user.

Retired county judges are part of the county good-old-boy system. Use arbitrators if you want a fair and impartial decision.

Posted by tired of same old same old
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 27, 2014 at 9:17 pm

@Pearl, retired judges don't have as much to lose (if anything at all) as do professional arbitrators who rely on keeping the "customer" satisfied with their rulings. Look at the (disgraceful) statistics of professional arbitrators allowing cops to stay on the job after criminal wrongdoing that led to their firing.

Thank you Kirsten Keith for your ethical position on this matter. I'm sorry your fellow councilmembers took the easy way out.