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SCHERER WANTS AVALOS REAPPOINTED

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DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWTuesday's results bring surprise endings"Cuban American Bar Association President Marlene Quintana said she was ?disgusted? by the outcome. ?I don?t know what the motivation is to unseat qualified judges that have integrity and character and have been good to litigants and the attorneys who practiced before them,? she said. ?It baffles me.? ...Prominent Fort Lauderdale attorney and political powerbroker William Scherer echoed the sentiment of the Hispanic Bar leaders. ?Those are the three races that really disappoint me, because those three judges were hardworking, very good judges,? he said. ?I hope and trust that in the future we?ll do better, and it does not portend that people with ethnic surnames are going to be knocked off just because of that...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on August 28, 2008 (boomark / email).