EDITOR:
Alpine County Democratic Central Committee put hard questions to the three contenders for the expected Superior Court vacancy. Because of Judge Richard Specchio's planned retirement county voters will choose among Bob Henderson, Tom Kolpacoff and William Richmond at the June 8 California primary election.
Central committee members met separately with Henderson, Kolpacoff and Richmond and each was quizzed about their legal education, experience, and judicial philosophy.
Each is a practicing attorney with experience in private and public litigation and has been actively engaged in a variety of court cases in Alpine County including juvenile dependency, probation, family matters and property issues. Richmond is the county's district attorney.
Henderson and Kolpacoff live at Lake Tahoe but plan to move to Alpine County if elected, while Richmond is a long time resident.
Each candidate was evaluated at a separate Central Committee meeting, and at the last one, on April 27, the committee members were poised to select the candidate to support. But after considerable discussion it was clear the members felt that each one was well qualified to be the new judge, and the unanimous decision was to have the county's voters decide.
Irving Krauss
Markleeville
