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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Ind. Courts - Judge Villalpando's allegations must be properly investigated
"Villalpando's allegations must be properly investigated" writes the Munster (NW Indiana) Times today in its editorial. It begins:
Our opinion: Lake Superior Court Judge Jesse Villalpando's complaints about the Cantrell family's interconnections need to be taken seriously by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.Lake Superior Court Judge Jesse Villalpando believes his real opponent is neither judicial candidates Eduardo Fontanez nor Stanley Jablonski but political powerbroker Robert Cantrell.
Villalpando says he believes Cantrell persuaded both Fontanez and Jablonski to run against him in the Democratic primary.
Fontanez, a Hammond lawyer, is a former legal intern for Judge Cantrell. Jablonski, a Merrillville lawyer, is chief public defender in Judge Julie Cantrell's court. The judge is Robert Cantrell's daughter.
That, however, is the least of Villalpando's accusations about the Cantrells.
Villalpando said he has repeatedly complained about that family's dealing with the courts to the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 14, 2006 08:46 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts