Judge’s Action Not Trusting of Bench
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* I was intrigued by The Times article in which you made known to all how well Ventura County Municipal Court Judge John R. Smiley knows his own kind (“Wife’s Position Blocks Plan to Elevate Judge, March 11).
His decision not to allow Municipal Court Judge John E. Dobroth to become a Superior Court judge demonstrated very clearly Mr. Smiley’s belief that the people comprising the Ventura County Municipal Court do not possess the integrity and maturity to make rational and just decisions uncolored by their personal passions, prejudices and politics.
BRUCE E. BERKMAN
Oak View
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