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In the event that Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky is successfully recalled on June 5, voters need to choose one of the two candidates running to replace him. If he is not recalled, then the election for his successor will not matter, so voters opposed to the recall should not withhold their vote from this race thinking that it would benefit Persky to do so.

Both candidates are experienced and respected attorneys and both have opted not to weigh in on the Persky recall or the Brock Turner case.

Cindy Hendrickson is a veteran Santa Clara County prosecutor and one of six assistant district attorneys serving as part of District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s management team. She has been in the DA’s office for 23 years and over her career has overseen prosecutions out of the North County courthouse in Palo Alto and the department’s Family Violence Unit. She is a 1990 graduate of UCLA School of Law and has an undergraduate degree from Stanford.

Angela Storey, who jumped into the race in late February, began her legal career handling insurance litigation for Farmers Insurance and then did construction and business litigation. Since 2013 she has been in private practice with her husband in San Jose, where she mostly handles civil cases. Storey graduated from Santa Clara University Law School in 2001 after receiving her undergraduate degree from UCLA.

Hendrickson’s extensive experience in the criminal court system and her management experience make her the easy choice in this election.

Editorial endorsements reflect the opinion of the editorial board of the Mountain View Voice and do not affect the operations of the newsroom or its staff.

Editorial endorsements reflect the opinion of the editorial board of the Mountain View Voice and do not affect the operations of the newsroom or its staff.

Editorial endorsements reflect the opinion of the editorial board of the Mountain View Voice and do not affect the operations of the newsroom or its staff.

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  1. If the Hendrickson endorsement was such an easy choice, I must ask why the San Jose Mercury News endorsed Storey. Maybe it comes down to how each editorial board decides on the Persky recall. For sure, the Mercury provides a much stronger case for Storey than is suggested in the Voice’s editorial.

  2. Vote for Angela Storey

    Angela Storey is a highly respected attorney with experience in both civil and criminal litigation. According to the Mercury News, “Storey has had the benefit of serving as a temporary judge in small claims court and arbitrator for the county’s Superior Court, giving her an edge over her opponent.”

    Angela has been a rape victim herself, and she is against the recall fo Judge Persky.

    I’m voting NO on the recall, and voting for Angela Storey.

  3. ______The whole Santa Clara County is SICK!______

    Just learned though your comment posted on May 25, 2018 PaloAltoOnline Editorial: Hendrickson for judge that you are the campaign manager for Ms. Cindy Hendrickson (I’d call you her collateral); In your poster there was a list of Cindy’s qualifications and achievements, but would you consider it acceptable qualifications for Ms. Hendrickson (1) to take advantage of such an unethical Recall Judge Persky Campaign at Judge Persky’s difficult time? (2) or to censor my comments on her campaign website on crowdpac? (3) or to tune deaf to such a public challenge against real Anti-Humanity crimes with her name and photo in it, which has been going on in Santa Clara County in the past 14 plus years? Please urge Ms. Cindy Hendrickson to answer this public challenge by herself, but not through her campaign manager like you;

    ___Ms. Cindy Hendrickson , you know what you are doing? You are colluding with this local thug Ms. Michele Dauber (please reference Phase7.36.52 of this message), trying to THEFT Judge Persky of his post on lies and false accusations, plus censorship; But please remember, once a THIEF, always a THIEF;
    >> On 3/15/2018 Stanford Daily Cindy Hendrickson said: “[Judges] should reflect the values of the society they serve,” Hendrickson said, “and as a judge, I will reflect the values of the society that I’m going to serve.”
    ___Ms. Cindy Hendrickson, as an officer of Santa Clara DA’s Office for over 22 years, how could you ignore all the real Anti-Humanity crimes coming out of the much heavier Gabriele Scheler’s Stanford Campus Atrocity Case (http://alturl.com/xzzs6) in the past 13 years? Is that you who, from the inside of judicial system, colluded with fascism powers behind criminal suspect Scheler to cover up her crimes while retaliate on victims like me? Who else could it be?
    ___Ms. Cindy Hendrickson, How would you explain this public challenge, with your name and photo in it, to people of Santa Clara County and to the rest of the world? How could you guard the fairness, justice and the living safety of our society if you dare not answer such a public challenge?

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