(Opinion #33. Feb. 25, 2008. Below is the complete 1-page newsletter. Also available as a pdf file.)

A 1-page flyer (Issue #33) distributed electronically at Family Court and the Clark County Government Center on February 25, 2008.

The full issue is available here as a PDF File (45k). (Requires Adobe Acrobat or equivalent, already installed on most computers. For authenticity, the newsletter should be printed on canary (yellow) paper.)

“Democracy is the worst form of government,” said Winston Churchill, “except for those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”

Yes, democracy is probably better than dictatorship, but unbridled democracy can lead to a dictatorship of its own: a tyranny of the masses who don’t understand what they are voting for.

Related Links

• Judge Del Vecchio links, including recent news articles
  • Clark County judge accused of sexual misconduct: Del Vecchio confident 'hearing will clear my name', Review-Journal, 2/9/08
  
  
• Judge Halverson links, including recent news articles. (Note that Halverson is not technically within our domain, since she is not in Family Court. Therefore, our article list is not complete.)
  • Judge Halverson Banned from Courthouse, Review-Journal, 5/11/07
  • Review-Journal article search for Halverson
  
  
• Legislative leaders revive plan to change selection of judges: Voters would decide fate of appointees, Review-Journal, 5/24/07
  
  
• The Winston Churchill quote comes from his House of Commons speech on Nov. 11, 1947, after he and his party lost power in post-war elections. Here is a fuller quote:
  
  
  “Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
  
  
  Also see our Earlier Newsletters