I fully admit that my decision to utilize my work email was inappropriate and was not the best decision, professionally or personally. Frustrated, and overwhelmed I lashed out at a reporter who, once again wants to focus on the symptom of a problem, and not admit it is time to fix our differences. I do my best to represent the judiciary and Lewis and Clark County properly. If the people want perfection, I can’t deliver that and you have elected the wrong person. I can only do the best I can and make the best, fair decisions with the thousands of cases I have yearly. I am passionate about my position and seek only to help those who are victims, and even the convicted, who need to be restored. I live in a town that is not the one I grew up in. A country that is so divided, it doesn’t matter who is in the White House, or Congress. Nothing changes and as soon as I or anyone stands up, we are branded, a racist, a liberal, a whacko conservative, the name calling changes nothing. We have lost touch with who we are.