Prattsville justice court and its luck with judges. Judge Rikard, would you, please, pee in a cup before each court session?

In August of 2014, the "father-and-daughter" court team in Prattsville, NY, (the father as a judge, the daughter as a court clerk) "resigned amid investigation" into the alleged "financial irregularities".

Now who was the replacement judge? 

David Rikard!  The attorney who lost custody of his child in the past because he used cocaine and was never disciplined as an attorney (see my blog here)!  Rikard's defense in the custody proceeding was that he did not use cocaine in the presence of the child.  My question is - does he use cocaine now and does he use it before coming to the bench?  My experience (as an attorney) with people who use cocaine is - once they get on it, they never get off it.

Moreover, according to the information I have, David Rikard requested the Town of Prattsville not to create a second judgeship because he allegedly "could handle it all" as a Town Justice on his own.

So, people of the Town of Prattsville were supposed to use just David Rikard as a judge - who obviously does not like competition.

I wonder whether voters of the Town of Prattsville knew of the decision by the Appellate Division Third Department in 2011 when David Rikard ran for judge in 2013.

When Judge Rikard tried to prevent an second judgeship from being created though, the Town of Prattsville voters, thankfully, voted against such a proposition at a referendum.

The second judgeship was created, and the local businessman Robert Compton who was voted in as the second judge, pledged to serve for free and return his salary to the town, and to attend the judiciary school at his own expense.

I wonder how cases are assigned between judges Rikard and Compton in the Prattsville Town Court, but if your case is assigned in front of Judge Rikard, you should be "very afraid".

And, since the possible use of drugs by a judge is a matter of public concern, do we need to make sure that Judge Rikard did not use illegal drugs before he gets on the bench by asking him to pee in a cup before every court session?