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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The Honorable Judge Kevin Emas,  who was this close to being our next Justice Of the Florida Supreme Court has taken the time to write in in support of Judicial Conferences. This was emailed to us and printed in it's entirety. 1. Can?t We Cancel a Conference and Save Some Jobs? The monies used to fund judicial education cannot be used to pay salaries. While the loss of jobs and reduction of the workforce within the judicial system continues to be of great concern to us, canceling a judicial conference would not translate into saving jobs. You may recall that when the budget crisis first emerged, many judges offered to reduce their own salaries or take furloughs in an effort to save people?s jobs. However, this could not be done under the budgetary scheme...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 07, 2008 (boomark / email).