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04/18/26 12:51pm [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1], 2, 3, 4 ]
Subject: Ask the DA


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Josh
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Date Posted: 10/26/06 6:55am
In reply to: political blues 's message, "his own blog only has tired ole tiac posting but you might try" on 10/25/06 1:10am
 Give me a break!

Name a SINGLE elected official, certainly in Clatsop County, or in the state for that matter who puts himself out there like I do. I invite ANYONE, anon or otherwise, to ask me questions. I post my opinons on a wide variety of subjects - many controversial and sure to anger some - on my blogsite (joshmarquis.blogspot.com)
I challenge you to find a more transparent elected official.
I answer every question asked except for the pure nutcases.
Unile other blogs I don't require people to "register" or identify themselves to post or ask questions.
More people voted for me - unopposed - than ANY other candidate running county-wide in the May 2006 eletion. I had the lowest "undervote" of any candidate. There were FOUR candidates for Circuit Judge in May and ONE for DA. I love the job or I wouldn't be doing it.
My budget is public record and every year I have to justify, no usually fight, for the funds to do my job. The Oregon constitution made the DA an independent state officer for a reason.
I personally try cases, both major (murder) and smaller (DUII). I am in court every day and courts are open to the public. If you are interested, come watch.
I am honored to be asked, on my own time, by newspapers like the Wall Street Journal to write book reviews. Feel free to criticize them. The Governor appointed me to the 7-member Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and my fellow prosecutors in Oregon elected me for 8 years to represent them on the Board of Directors of the National DA's Association. ALL my out-of-state travel is paid for by the people who want me to come speak, NOT Clatsop County taxpaters.
Unless someone is WAY more clever than me the only thing one can tell from a posting is the ISP from which it originates (i.e. Charter, AOL) etc. I have neither the ability or interest in checking out who's writing.
I maintain the blog, privately, to - answer one question posed on this thread - to tell people what I beleive in.
I have a listed phone number and someone doesn't want to hear my opinion just click on another site.
I have been hearing that I am "just in this job to run for higher office" for the almost 13 YEARS I've had it. There hasn't beeen a DA who stuck with the job in this county that long in almost 100 years.
See me running for anything else? Actually as you can tell being DA is a lousy jumping off point because if you do the job aggressively you piss off too many people. Eventually lots of people have a freind or family member who gets tagged for DUII or worse and I challenge ANYONE to cite a case where someone got special treatment because of who they were or who they knew.

That's my response to several of these postings so feel free to fire back.
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question for DAanon10/26/06 9:31pm
I don't agreeThe Guy Who Writes This11/ 1/06 7:00pm

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