Porter Kirkwood appreciates bashing the hard working families of Delaware County

Here is what judicial candidate Porter Kirkwood has posted on his Facebook page.



This is what Porter Kirkwood appreciates - I obtained a copy of the statement by following the link:

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Based on what I have been reading and on my attendance at a recent debate, I would like to take just a minute to compare the two candidates for Delaware County Family Court judge.

Gary Rosa is basing his campaign on basically three facts. The first fact is that he was born and raised in Delaware County. Porter Kirkwood was not born and raised in Delaware County. Does that really make Gary Rosa a better candidate? Not in my opinion.

The second aspect that Gary Rosa is promoting is the fact that he is a town justice, having his campaign pictures taken with a judicial robe. Literally anyone in New York state can be a town justice, provided he is elected. New York state requires more schooling for such occupations as manicurists and hairstylists. Porter Kirkwood has worked as an attorney in the Family Court system for approximately 20 years. I personally would rather have a Family Court judge that has been a practicing Family Court attorney. This experience is insurmountable.

Lastly, Gary Rosa is saying that as a town justice, he has presided over family court matters. Yet, to my knowledge he has never given the public the number of family court cases he has overseen. Porter Kirkwood, on the other hand, has presided over at least 3,000 family court matters. This obviously gives Porter Kirkwood overwhelming experience.

I strongly urge Delaware County registered voters to vote for Porter Kirkwood for Delaware County Family Court judge on Nov. 3.

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So, Porter Kirkwood appreciates:

(1) his supporters express extreme disrespect to his opponent - an attorney and a judge - by saying that "New York state requires more schooling for such occupations as manicurists and hairstylists" (than town justices), thus practically spitting on Gary Rosa's 23 years of public service as a town justice, and

(2) that his supporters misrepresent his experience in Family Court by saying that he allegedly PRESIDED over 3,000 cases - Porter Kirkwood did not correct that statement, he instead "appreciated" it "genuinely".

Only a judge "presides" over cases, so Kirkwood tries to dupe the voters into believing that he has judicial experience - while he has none.

Porter Kirkwood, by endorsing this disrespectful statement of Barbara Cole, showed his real face.

Apparently, "manicurists" and "hairstylists" do not deserve respect, the way Barbara Cole mentioned them - and Porter Kirkwood endorsed that disrespect.

Yet, Delaware County is a poor county, and hairstylists and manicurists actually make good money for the county - and work really hard to get that money.

Kirkwood wants to run on a platform of "public service" and "helping hard-working Delaware County families" by gathering support from those who despise those very people who do his hair and nails?  Great job, Porter Kirkwood, in serving the hard-working families of Delaware County, especially those of hairstylists and manicurists.

Kirkwood learnt from his mentor, Becker, first, mentioned in his campaign interview that more social services supervision is needed of schoolchildren because the quality of schoolchildren has gone down since there are not as many "doctors, lawyers and shopkeepers" in Delaware County - clearly showing that Becker's idea of public service is social control over the poor whom he despises, them and their children, and considers them second-rate.  

Becker was also condescending and disrespectful to his opponent Judge Gary Rosa - which also showed him as the self-important buffoon that he is - same as Porter Kirkwood, Becker's dutiful apprentice.

In 2012, Becker was trying to compare his allegedly "superior" experience to Gary Rosa's alleged lack of experience this way:

 "Gary (note the condescension where Becker calls his opponent by his first name, and his opponent calls him respectfully Judge Becker - even though Gary Rosa at that point was Judge Rosa, too - T.N.) did some family court work when he first came back to Delaware county, but after about four years, he drifted away from it. Currently, he cannot come into my family court and represent a child in an abuse or neglect proceeding or in a custody proceeding because he has never taken the training. 

He’s dealing with traffic tickets and DWIs -- the small stuff. The difference between what he’s doing and what I'm doing is the difference between flying a single engine prop plane and a 747. It’s just a completely different skill set."

Of course, Becker lied, because no additional training is required for an attorney to appear in child neglect and abuse cases, and Gary Rosa not appearing in Becker's court representing child neglect cases does not mean he did not appear in any other Family Courts - but you can expect Becker to lie, one way or another.  In my experience, he always lied in cases - either by misrepresenting the record, or by failing to disclose his conflicts of interest, or by having the Election Board file a false and fraudulent certificate of election when his judgeship was challenged - correctly - as illegal.

Yet, Becker is a past experience for Delaware County.

His 747 has crashed - but his dutiful student Kirkwood is trying to land and saddle Delaware County voters, with Becker's help.

Yet, Kirkwood is the same as Becker:  self-dealing, dishonest, disrespectful to opponents and looking down on the "hard-working families" of Delaware County who he has been splitting in Family Court and robbing by approving awards of no-public-bidding contracts.  

Not a good judge material.