The Chino Valley Town Council learned Thursday that 12 attorneys from the quad-communities want to succeed Kenton Jones as the town magistrate.
Jones resigned Oct. 23 after Gov. Jan Brewer appointed him to fill the vacancy on the Yavapai County Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge Howard Hinson.
Thursday, in a special council meeting, Judi Schafman, Administrative Services director, said she had initially planned on having the council make the selection in February 2010. However, the Superior Court officials have asked if the council could make a selection this month so the new town magistrate can attend the court's new judges orientation, which starts on Jan. 4, 2010.
The council agreed and authorized a committee consisting of Mayor Jim Bunker, Councilman Joel Baker and Councilwoman Linda Hatch, and Schafman to meet at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10 to narrow the number of applicants down to the final four.
The council also set 5 p.m. Dec. 17 to interview the four finalists in executive session, and to make the final decision in public session after the committee completes its interviews with the four finalists.
Reader Comments
Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009
Article comment by:
apprentice
12 attorney:s applied for one job . business must be slow ..
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
Article comment by:
Resident
Herrman.If you can report then please give the job to somebody who can
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
Article comment by:
Whoooo?
Who are the 12 attorneys? That's the only thing I wanted to find out from the article.
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
Article comment by:
Thurman
Wow 12 real people with honest legal experience, maybe PV could interview some of the left overs and then we could have a real honest to goodness Magistrate (keyword Honest).
Good Luck Chino Valley, keep politics out of the decision and Honesty, integrity, and good character in.
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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How do you have an article with a headline stating 12 attorneys vying for position then not mention who the 12 attorney's are?? What if one of your readers is contemplating legal action and the attorney they choose is one of these and next thing you know that attorney leaves for the position.
