BREAKING NEWS

HarryHurley.com
EXCLUSIVE


DAY 1 OF DIXON VS. CALLAWAY ... JUDGE BAKER STAGING LONG HOURS ...

8:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. DAILY

Crafty Carbone representing Callaway today ... Joe Gindhart representing Dixon


NEWS FLASH

By HARRY HURLEY
HarryHurley.com

ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic County Judge Max Baker is staging long days and nights to get the trial of Stephenine Dixon vs. Craig Callaway in ... While still leaving enough time to get a winner certified and on the ballot.

The shame of this latest rush job by Judge Baker ... is that (simply) had he done his job right from the very beginning ... there was ample time to hold a fair and balanced trial ... with more than enough time to handle all of the ballot construction issues, etc.

As you may recall, Judge Baker has been reversed and remanded twice already by the state of New Jersey Appellate Court.

To be reversed a third time would be beyond the ultimate embarrassment. Yet, if he once again rules in favor of Craig Callaway ... Which, quite frankly, we expect ... Then Baker will potentially face a third reversal.

Should this occur ... this time we believe he would simply be overturned ... and, the matter would not be sent back to him for a fourth time ... at least we certainly hope not.

Although it is just our non-lawyerly opinion ... this could well be a first ...

Some serious questions will be asked after this one is over, including: Why did Baker short circuit the process twice ... thereby creating the emergency time frame that is now regrettably in place?

Why did Judge Baker apply the criminal standard of "clear and convincing" evidence ... vs. the civil standard of "preponderance of the evidence" regarding the allegedly fraudulent ballots?

After all, this is and always has been a civil trial?

The tentative schedule according to a source is that Carbone will complete his part of the trial by Wednesday. This will then turn it back to Gindhart for his last crack at overturning the June Primary Election results.

For Gindhart to win, Judge Baker will need to be convinced (we hope by a preponderance of the evidence) that the outcome of the election was affected by the absentee messenger ballot (alleged) problems.

I'm betting on Judge Baker to swing and miss for the third time on this one ... Then, we'll all get to watch what the New Jersey State Appellate Court does with a third drink from this "poisoned  political well."

This matter should have long ago been resolved. Only through a bad performance by the trial Judge (Baker) is this one going down to the wire.