WA Gov Locke: In public, judges should be sober | Seattle P-I

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Locke: In public, judges should be sober

By DAVID AMMONS
AP POLITICAL WRITER

BLAINE, Wash. -- Gov. Gary Locke, in a valedictory to the judiciary, on Monday urged judges to take the pledge against drinking in public - or at least to hold themselves to a single drink.

Locke advocated a "stringent and even harsh standard of conduct," which he said could apply to all elected officials, as part of his prescription for building public confidence in the courts.

Locke, a Democrat leaving office after eight years, spoke at the state Superior Court Judges Association, gathered for a four-day conference at Semi-ah-Moo resort. In the audience was Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge, who received deferred prosecution and treatment after an arrest for drunken driving last year. She wasn't mentioned by name by the governor, an old friend who appointed her to the bench.

"I couldn't agree more," Bridge told The Associated Press after Locke's speech.

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1. Locke's "prescription for building public confidence"?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Excuse me.

[FlashHarry]

2. The milquetoast speaks.

After his anemic SOTU address "rebuttal," I'll take anything he says with a grain of salt.

[Layman]

3. Locke, a Democrat leaving office after eight years!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank God! Gary Locke, the Gray Davis of Ecotopia. Maybe the Wa. Democrats will nominate a real Democrat this time around.