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Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Oct 21 2010
Campaign to oust judge coming to West Valley City
By pamela manson
The Salt Lake Tribune
A man who is urging voters to remove Justice Court Judge Keith Stoney
from the bench in Saratoga Springs has expanded his campaign to West
Valley City, where the judge also sits.
Edward Peltekian, who was prosecuted in Saratoga Springs after his dog
got loose from his property, has set up a political action committee
called Vote No on Judge Stoney. He wants citizens in Utah and Salt
Lake counties to vote in the Nov. 2 general election against retaining
the judge.
To that end, Peltekian has planned a rally Saturday in Saratoga
Springs and another Tuesday in West Valley City to call for Stoney's
ouster. He organized a previous demonstration in September in Saratoga
Springs.
Peltekian, who claims Stoney violates the civil rights of defendants
who appear in his court, said, `I like to fight for what's right.'
Stoney has denied Peltekian's allegations.
Peltekian said he and members of his family were charged last year
with misdemeanor counts of allowing a dog to run loose and not having
registration, offenses he said should have been classified as
administrative code violations instead.
Charges were dropped against Peltekian but the city then filed the
charges against his son and his sister. In addition, Peltekian's wife
was ordered by Stoney, who presided over the case, to spend a night in
jail for contempt of court after she used her cell phone to record one
of the hearings.
The sister was sentenced to six months' probation in March in a deal
that will erase the conviction from her records. The son pleaded
guilty to two misdemeanors and was placed on 12 months' probation and
fined $1,000.
Stoney - who was elected this year by his fellow justice court judges
to the Utah Judicial Council, which sets policy for state courts -
could not be reached for comment Thursday. He told The Salt Lake
Tribune earlier this month that `the system was more than fair' to
those calling for his ouster at the September demonstration.
The first report from the Vote No on Judge Stoney political action
committee is due Tuesday. Peltekian declined Thursday to say how much
money the PAC has.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50508971-76/stoney-judge-peltekian-court.html.csp
From: A. Papazian
Oct 21 2010
Campaign to oust judge coming to West Valley City
By pamela manson
The Salt Lake Tribune
A man who is urging voters to remove Justice Court Judge Keith Stoney
from the bench in Saratoga Springs has expanded his campaign to West
Valley City, where the judge also sits.
Edward Peltekian, who was prosecuted in Saratoga Springs after his dog
got loose from his property, has set up a political action committee
called Vote No on Judge Stoney. He wants citizens in Utah and Salt
Lake counties to vote in the Nov. 2 general election against retaining
the judge.
To that end, Peltekian has planned a rally Saturday in Saratoga
Springs and another Tuesday in West Valley City to call for Stoney's
ouster. He organized a previous demonstration in September in Saratoga
Springs.
Peltekian, who claims Stoney violates the civil rights of defendants
who appear in his court, said, `I like to fight for what's right.'
Stoney has denied Peltekian's allegations.
Peltekian said he and members of his family were charged last year
with misdemeanor counts of allowing a dog to run loose and not having
registration, offenses he said should have been classified as
administrative code violations instead.
Charges were dropped against Peltekian but the city then filed the
charges against his son and his sister. In addition, Peltekian's wife
was ordered by Stoney, who presided over the case, to spend a night in
jail for contempt of court after she used her cell phone to record one
of the hearings.
The sister was sentenced to six months' probation in March in a deal
that will erase the conviction from her records. The son pleaded
guilty to two misdemeanors and was placed on 12 months' probation and
fined $1,000.
Stoney - who was elected this year by his fellow justice court judges
to the Utah Judicial Council, which sets policy for state courts -
could not be reached for comment Thursday. He told The Salt Lake
Tribune earlier this month that `the system was more than fair' to
those calling for his ouster at the September demonstration.
The first report from the Vote No on Judge Stoney political action
committee is due Tuesday. Peltekian declined Thursday to say how much
money the PAC has.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50508971-76/stoney-judge-peltekian-court.html.csp
From: A. Papazian