Thank you to all the folks who gave us thumbs up and happy honking horns as you drove by!
01 May 2012
Group Pickets Worley Campaign Event
On Friday April 27, a group of parents and other voters picketed Worley campaign "event" at Salon 21 on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. I say "event" because, outside of the picketers, the only signs that a campaign event was going on were two Worley signs in front of the salon and three balloons posted near the side entrance.
Thank you to all the folks who gave us thumbs up and happy honking horns as you drove by!
Thank you to all the folks who gave us thumbs up and happy honking horns as you drove by!
25 April 2012
Protest Worley's Re-Election: Friday 27 April at 21 Glenwood Avenue
This Friday April 27 from 5:30-7:00 PM, a group a folks will gather on the public sidewalk outside of 21 Glenwood Avenue. Worley will be holding her third campaign gathering, and Parents Against Judge Anna Worley's Re-Election has obtained a permit to picket between the hours of 5:30 and 7:00 PM. If you would like to show your support for removing Worley from the bench, just bring yourself downtown Friday at 5:30 and we will provide you with signs and flyers.
This will be a silent protest, respectful of all businesses around Glenwood South. Our goal is to raise public awareness of Worley's judicial record. Voters have a right to make their own choices, and we hope to provide them with accurate information to make that decision with clarity and consciousness.
Join us if you will!
This will be a silent protest, respectful of all businesses around Glenwood South. Our goal is to raise public awareness of Worley's judicial record. Voters have a right to make their own choices, and we hope to provide them with accurate information to make that decision with clarity and consciousness.
Join us if you will!
Visit Daniel Barker on Facebook: Let's Get the Word Out!
Daniel Barker has a great Facebook page! Please check it out! Honestly, I am not a big fan of Facebook, as I find it boring to read small snippets rather than in-depth articles; however, most folks love it and it seems to get the word out faster than most other internet venues.
Please review his page and if you feel Barker is someone you can support, then get active. Support his campaign by volunteering, putting a sign in your yard, sending out mass emails to friends and colleagues, donating funds.
This time next year, let Worley be a thing of the past! Vote May 8!
Please review his page and if you feel Barker is someone you can support, then get active. Support his campaign by volunteering, putting a sign in your yard, sending out mass emails to friends and colleagues, donating funds.
This time next year, let Worley be a thing of the past! Vote May 8!
24 April 2012
Barker Tops the Judicial Candidate Evaluation Survey
Daniel Barker beat Worley and Gilliam in the N.C. Bar Association's Non-Incumbent Judicial Candidate Evaluation Survey (Barker and Gilliam) and the Judicial Performance Evaluation (Worley). In fact, in the 10th Judicial District, Barker ranked second (missing the number one spot by a paltry .06 points!) amongst the other non-incumbents. His overall performance score is 4.28, topping Worley (3.16) and Gilliam (3.42). Worley is the bottom of the barrel between these three candidates, making the voter's choice simple.
Peruse the survey yourself (Barker is on page 8).
Show up May 8! Cast your vote for Barker! Make a difference for Wake County Families!
Peruse the survey yourself (Barker is on page 8).
Show up May 8! Cast your vote for Barker! Make a difference for Wake County Families!
18 April 2012
Worley: The Kim Kardashian of Judges?
On her web site, Worley focuses on her volunteer experience. In fact, it's really the bulk of information listed. Here's the intro paragraph to her most recent lengthy delineation of her volunteer jobs:
"Our founding fathers promised justice for all, and I have done what I can to maintain that promise. I have chosen to participate in groups and organizations that work to protect those with the least access to resources, the least access to education, and the least access to justice." Worley goes on to list every place she has volunteered since the turn of the century ad naseum.
The problem is this: whatever skills one might gleen from such volunteer experience, those skills still do not translate into her showing up on time each and every day to start court at 9 am. What's Worley's point in spending so much time and internet space telling us repeatedly what a fabulous volunteer she is? As the sole legal custodian of my children, I have sat in Worley's courtroom waiting and waiting and waiting for her to commence court. 9:15-9:30 has been the typical start time in a Worley courtroom. Adding salt to the wound, Worley often sits in her courtroom office, talking and cackling loudly with courtroom staff during the time those expecting to have their cases heard are waiting for her to start. Most of us are professionals and are accustomed to a normal workday and respectful colleagues.
Her apparent egregious pattern of flagrant tardiness is compounded by the fact that often when she does start to hear a case, she apparently has done no preparation and frequently spends the first 5-10 minutes after calling the parties to the front reading through the file while everyone sits in silence. What a waste of time and resources!
Is Worley the Kim Kardashian of judges? Kardashian is a fraud and an imposter in the Hollywood social scene; is Worley following her path? If so, unfortunately for Wake County children, the consequences may be devastating.
Vote! May 8: Daniel Barker!
"Our founding fathers promised justice for all, and I have done what I can to maintain that promise. I have chosen to participate in groups and organizations that work to protect those with the least access to resources, the least access to education, and the least access to justice." Worley goes on to list every place she has volunteered since the turn of the century ad naseum.
The problem is this: whatever skills one might gleen from such volunteer experience, those skills still do not translate into her showing up on time each and every day to start court at 9 am. What's Worley's point in spending so much time and internet space telling us repeatedly what a fabulous volunteer she is? As the sole legal custodian of my children, I have sat in Worley's courtroom waiting and waiting and waiting for her to commence court. 9:15-9:30 has been the typical start time in a Worley courtroom. Adding salt to the wound, Worley often sits in her courtroom office, talking and cackling loudly with courtroom staff during the time those expecting to have their cases heard are waiting for her to start. Most of us are professionals and are accustomed to a normal workday and respectful colleagues.
Her apparent egregious pattern of flagrant tardiness is compounded by the fact that often when she does start to hear a case, she apparently has done no preparation and frequently spends the first 5-10 minutes after calling the parties to the front reading through the file while everyone sits in silence. What a waste of time and resources!
Is Worley the Kim Kardashian of judges? Kardashian is a fraud and an imposter in the Hollywood social scene; is Worley following her path? If so, unfortunately for Wake County children, the consequences may be devastating.
Vote! May 8: Daniel Barker!
Vote Daniel Barker!
Daniel Barker is running against Worley and David Gilliam in the May 8 primaries. Parents Against Judge Anna Worley's Re-Election supports Daniel Barker and hopes you will as well.
Please peruse his thoughtful and informative web site, which includes the Independent Weekly Candidate Questionnaire. Barker is a straight shooter, has children (silent cheer), and is actually deeply involved in his community. His words are better than mine, so please take a few minutes to read through his answers. I've included one here which so accurately assesses the root of the problem in Worley's courtroom. We need Barker! Get out and vote, people!
Barker says,
The most important issues currently facing our District Courts in Wake County are the inefficiency of the system and the high volume of cases. While these issues are distinct, successfully addressing the first issue, will ease the difficulties caused by the second. Historically, efforts to solve problems in government have typically begun with community leaders asking for more resources. In our current economic climate, requesting larger budgets is neither fiscally possible nor politically popular. In short, we are going to have to figure out a way to solve the problems of overcrowded and inefficient courtrooms without spending more money. As a district court judge, I would address these important issues in three ways. First, I will be efficient with the resources we have, starting with time in the courtroom. Arriving and beginning Court on time is critical to the efficient administration of justice when we have such busy dockets. Second, I will advocate for the smart use of technology to improve efficiencies within the district court where the same can be done without interfering with the fairness of proceedings to the parties. For example, expanding the use of web-based scheduling systems currently used in our domestic courts. Lastly, within a given court session, I will schedule matters in a way that will most effectively use the court’s resources while being respectful of everyone’s time.
Please peruse his thoughtful and informative web site, which includes the Independent Weekly Candidate Questionnaire. Barker is a straight shooter, has children (silent cheer), and is actually deeply involved in his community. His words are better than mine, so please take a few minutes to read through his answers. I've included one here which so accurately assesses the root of the problem in Worley's courtroom. We need Barker! Get out and vote, people!
Barker says,
The most important issues currently facing our District Courts in Wake County are the inefficiency of the system and the high volume of cases. While these issues are distinct, successfully addressing the first issue, will ease the difficulties caused by the second. Historically, efforts to solve problems in government have typically begun with community leaders asking for more resources. In our current economic climate, requesting larger budgets is neither fiscally possible nor politically popular. In short, we are going to have to figure out a way to solve the problems of overcrowded and inefficient courtrooms without spending more money. As a district court judge, I would address these important issues in three ways. First, I will be efficient with the resources we have, starting with time in the courtroom. Arriving and beginning Court on time is critical to the efficient administration of justice when we have such busy dockets. Second, I will advocate for the smart use of technology to improve efficiencies within the district court where the same can be done without interfering with the fairness of proceedings to the parties. For example, expanding the use of web-based scheduling systems currently used in our domestic courts. Lastly, within a given court session, I will schedule matters in a way that will most effectively use the court’s resources while being respectful of everyone’s time.
Independent Weekly Withdraws Endorsement of Worley
The Independent Weekly has withdrawn its 2008 endorsement of Worley as a result of her poor performance as Wake County Judge over the past four years. Please folks, allow me to just gloat and do a little invisible victory dance! Read the Indy article below or check out the full text here.
For these reasons, we are endorsing Daniel Barker, 46, a lawyer with 18 years' experience in civil and criminal courts. In his questionnaire, he listed the inefficiency of the legal system and the high volume of cases as the top priorities facing District 10. He understands the budget constraints and yet he details several easy administrative and cost-effective improvements: showing up to court on time and using web-based technology to schedule and run the court room efficiently.
Barker is well-respected among his peers. We were impressed by the sense of humanity with which he approaches plaintiffs and defendants: "I will endeavor to administer justice in a fair and impartial way and to do so with kindness and respect for all who appear before me. As long as a judge acts fairly and impartially, exhibits kindness to all in the courtroom and treats every person with respect, while a party may disagree with a ruling or judgment, at least they can accept it, knowing that they received a fair hearing."
Charles Gilliam, 62, a self-described conservative, is the third candidate.
District 10 (Worley seat)
Incumbent Anna Worley, 41, was elected to the judgeship in 2008. However, over the last four years she has received ample criticism for how she runs her court, including her own tardiness. Worley ranked last in the N.C. Bar Association's 2012 Performance Evaluation Survey for District 10, with a score of 3.16 out of 5. Her lowest scores came in administrative skills (2.84) and legal ability (3.2).For these reasons, we are endorsing Daniel Barker, 46, a lawyer with 18 years' experience in civil and criminal courts. In his questionnaire, he listed the inefficiency of the legal system and the high volume of cases as the top priorities facing District 10. He understands the budget constraints and yet he details several easy administrative and cost-effective improvements: showing up to court on time and using web-based technology to schedule and run the court room efficiently.
Barker is well-respected among his peers. We were impressed by the sense of humanity with which he approaches plaintiffs and defendants: "I will endeavor to administer justice in a fair and impartial way and to do so with kindness and respect for all who appear before me. As long as a judge acts fairly and impartially, exhibits kindness to all in the courtroom and treats every person with respect, while a party may disagree with a ruling or judgment, at least they can accept it, knowing that they received a fair hearing."
Charles Gilliam, 62, a self-described conservative, is the third candidate.
06 April 2012
Worley: Please Submit Your Candidate Profile
April 16 is the deadline for candidates to submit their profiles to the 2012 NC Voter Guide. I am waiting for Worley's to go up. I am hoping for some very detailed information in her candidate statement. Maybe she will address some of the questions in my 22 March "A Few Questions" posting.
Voter's Guide: Gather Info Before You Vote!
Please the 2012 N.C. Voter's Guide regularly during this election year. Take your voter responsibility seriously and make sure that if you are casting a vote for a candidate, you know the philosophy and political agenda of that candidate.
Judicial Activism
Corruption in the U.S. Juvenile and
Family Courts. Full version (Pts 1,2)
Original info: This is a brief preview of an incomplete documentary about the abuses of America's Justice system, particularly in the family courts.
All credit goes to: Paul Ciccotelli, who originally uploaded parts 1 and 2 of Deconstructing America. http://www.youtube.com/user/paulciccotelli
Original info: This is a brief preview of an incomplete documentary about the abuses of America's Justice system, particularly in the family courts.
All credit goes to: Paul Ciccotelli, who originally uploaded parts 1 and 2 of Deconstructing America. http://www.youtube.com/user/paulciccotelli
26 March 2012
Facebook: Worley Speaks
On Worley's recently created Facebook page, she writes in the Info section: "I appreciate the trust that Wake County voters have placed
in me. For the past three years, I have enjoyed going to a job each day that
allows me to help children and families. Now, I am readying to kick off my 2012
campaign and I hope to be allowed to give Wake County four more years."
So, I have some commentary about her perception that Wake County voters placed trust in her. We did not place trust in her - most voters are unaware of a new judicial candidate's position on legal issues, integrity in the courtroom or ability to fairly and appropriately decide complex issues for families in crisis. We placed trust in her promise to apply the law correctly, to practice integrity and to have the background, wisdom and understanding to decide complex issues for families in crisis. For many families who have endured horrific custody decisions rendered by Worley, she appears to have not delivered on that promise.
Administratively, Worley was rated the lowest of any 10th district judge. This is no small matter in family court. Hearings postponed for over a year (my own husband's hearing on his motion for a parenting coordinator in his custody case with his ex-wife was postponed for over a year - he finally just voluntarily dismissed the case, as it wasn't worth missing so many work days only to have Worley continue it again at the request of attorney Steve Palme), court cancelled the morning of, cases pulled from the calendar with barely a day's notice, orders entered over 5 months late, orders NEVER entered.
I know I keep harping on this, but Worley HAS NO CHILDREN. She HAS NO HUSBAND. She HAS NO EXPERIENCE BEING A PARENT RUNNING A FAMILY. How on earth can she possibly run other people's families when she has no context? A book does not experience make.
Does she know about the research which abounds on the negative implications of what appears to be her preference toward a "parallel parenting" philosophy? Because she is not a mother, she has no experience with the damage that parallel parenting can cause to a child. The damage is increased tenfold if one of those parents has a personality disorder (borderline or narcissistic personality disorders). Parents with personality disorders wreak havoc in a family (both intact and divorced families), especially when a family court judge does not understand deeply how personality disorders play out in a courtroom.
I fervently disagree with Worley's assessment of how she has helped children and families. I am a parent that by all appearances should be glad to have been in her courtroom - I have sole legal and primary physical custody, all granted by Worley. But on the way to that final judgment, Worley allowed so much damage to my children. Based on false allegations leveled in an emergency custody motion filed by my ex-husband, Worley granted my ex 50-50 custody for 2 months. In that two month period, my ex drove with my three boys with his driver's license revoked, was pulled by law enforcement and forced out of his vehicle along with my three boys, and told to surrender his license and get another ride home. My ex called his current girlfriend, who came to pick up my children and return them home to me. My ex also took my three boys to my husband's ex-wife's house for 8 gruelling hours while I sobbed and begged him to allow me to come pick them up.
That summer also included a scene in the Whole Foods parking lot during which my ex called me a "fucking cunt" in front of my three boys, told me to "get that pole out of my ass," "shut the fuck up," and reminded me as he had so many times before that I am "mentally ill and everyone knows it." His apparent narcissistic personality disorder rage attack finally ended when my oldest son started yelling at his dad to apologize.
That's how Worley helped my family and my children. That's what she allowed to happen. That's why she needs to be off the bench, in my humble opinion. The damage to my boys from her sudden custody change (when she simply did not have the information to needed to make a decision) has taken years to undue. The offending parent makes no effort to undue the damage done to the children. The offending parent is apathetic. Yet Worley empowers the offending parent seemingly out of her own lack of wisdom about family dynamics, personality problems and the underlying psychological issues that manifest as an inability to communicate and co-parent.
Voters have a right to demand a judge who can adequately address these very complex family and custody issues. In my experience in Worley's courtroom, I just haven't seen her handle these things in a way I think is helpful to anyone.
Please, voters, do not allow Worley to "give" four more years to Wake County! Fight this!
So, I have some commentary about her perception that Wake County voters placed trust in her. We did not place trust in her - most voters are unaware of a new judicial candidate's position on legal issues, integrity in the courtroom or ability to fairly and appropriately decide complex issues for families in crisis. We placed trust in her promise to apply the law correctly, to practice integrity and to have the background, wisdom and understanding to decide complex issues for families in crisis. For many families who have endured horrific custody decisions rendered by Worley, she appears to have not delivered on that promise.
Administratively, Worley was rated the lowest of any 10th district judge. This is no small matter in family court. Hearings postponed for over a year (my own husband's hearing on his motion for a parenting coordinator in his custody case with his ex-wife was postponed for over a year - he finally just voluntarily dismissed the case, as it wasn't worth missing so many work days only to have Worley continue it again at the request of attorney Steve Palme), court cancelled the morning of, cases pulled from the calendar with barely a day's notice, orders entered over 5 months late, orders NEVER entered.
I know I keep harping on this, but Worley HAS NO CHILDREN. She HAS NO HUSBAND. She HAS NO EXPERIENCE BEING A PARENT RUNNING A FAMILY. How on earth can she possibly run other people's families when she has no context? A book does not experience make.
Does she know about the research which abounds on the negative implications of what appears to be her preference toward a "parallel parenting" philosophy? Because she is not a mother, she has no experience with the damage that parallel parenting can cause to a child. The damage is increased tenfold if one of those parents has a personality disorder (borderline or narcissistic personality disorders). Parents with personality disorders wreak havoc in a family (both intact and divorced families), especially when a family court judge does not understand deeply how personality disorders play out in a courtroom.
I fervently disagree with Worley's assessment of how she has helped children and families. I am a parent that by all appearances should be glad to have been in her courtroom - I have sole legal and primary physical custody, all granted by Worley. But on the way to that final judgment, Worley allowed so much damage to my children. Based on false allegations leveled in an emergency custody motion filed by my ex-husband, Worley granted my ex 50-50 custody for 2 months. In that two month period, my ex drove with my three boys with his driver's license revoked, was pulled by law enforcement and forced out of his vehicle along with my three boys, and told to surrender his license and get another ride home. My ex called his current girlfriend, who came to pick up my children and return them home to me. My ex also took my three boys to my husband's ex-wife's house for 8 gruelling hours while I sobbed and begged him to allow me to come pick them up.
That summer also included a scene in the Whole Foods parking lot during which my ex called me a "fucking cunt" in front of my three boys, told me to "get that pole out of my ass," "shut the fuck up," and reminded me as he had so many times before that I am "mentally ill and everyone knows it." His apparent narcissistic personality disorder rage attack finally ended when my oldest son started yelling at his dad to apologize.
That's how Worley helped my family and my children. That's what she allowed to happen. That's why she needs to be off the bench, in my humble opinion. The damage to my boys from her sudden custody change (when she simply did not have the information to needed to make a decision) has taken years to undue. The offending parent makes no effort to undue the damage done to the children. The offending parent is apathetic. Yet Worley empowers the offending parent seemingly out of her own lack of wisdom about family dynamics, personality problems and the underlying psychological issues that manifest as an inability to communicate and co-parent.
Voters have a right to demand a judge who can adequately address these very complex family and custody issues. In my experience in Worley's courtroom, I just haven't seen her handle these things in a way I think is helpful to anyone.
Please, voters, do not allow Worley to "give" four more years to Wake County! Fight this!
3:40 PM: Worley Cancels Hearing to Change Venue
Once again, Worley cancels court. This time, she discovered (close to closing time for today's court) that she will be in a 3-day hearing beginning tomorrow and is unable to hear ANY of the other cases attorneys and litigants have placed on her calendar weeks or months ago. My own case - a Change of Venue from Wake to Orange County (where I have lived for over a year now but still can't get out of Wake County) - was scheduled for 15 minutes. She would not handle it.
So, now I must reschedule for late May. I believe that Worley's unwillingness to handle and resolve custody cases is one of the causes of her overloaded calendar. Isn't 2013 here yet? Let's get her off that bench, voters!
So, now I must reschedule for late May. I believe that Worley's unwillingness to handle and resolve custody cases is one of the causes of her overloaded calendar. Isn't 2013 here yet? Let's get her off that bench, voters!
22 March 2012
A Few Questions for Worley
Over the past three years of dealing with Worley on the front lines, I have thought deeply about what I want in a judicial candidate for family court. Below, I articulate a few questions we should all be asking ourselves about our family court judges. Worley, I challenge to you answer these questions. I challenge you to be transparent about your underlying mental construct which informs your judicial decision-making. Voters have a right to know where you stand on these issues. Your silence could belie an unwillingness on your part to allow voters to decide for themselves. Ramblings about YWCA rallies and donating to children with autism are the politically-motivated actions to which we constituents are accustomed. What do you have to offer regarding the following questions?
First, in applying the best interest analysis in custody proceedings, please specifically delineate what factors you consider in determining the best interest of a child?
Second, is it your opinion that parents should, in the majority of cases, share 50-50 custody of the children? If so, please explain in detail why you believe your opinion should influence a legal proceeding? Isn't it the case that legal proceedings should be governed by our Constitution, state statute and common law?
Third, what is your understanding, and from where did you gain this understanding, of personality disorders in adults and how those personality disorders can impact communication between parents and the success or failure of custody arrangements?
Fourth, describe your stance on parallel parenting. Please supply factual and statistical data to support your stance on this controversial form of parenting.
I have lots more questions, but this is a great start. We are waiting, Judge Worley. We deserve answers.
First, in applying the best interest analysis in custody proceedings, please specifically delineate what factors you consider in determining the best interest of a child?
Second, is it your opinion that parents should, in the majority of cases, share 50-50 custody of the children? If so, please explain in detail why you believe your opinion should influence a legal proceeding? Isn't it the case that legal proceedings should be governed by our Constitution, state statute and common law?
Third, what is your understanding, and from where did you gain this understanding, of personality disorders in adults and how those personality disorders can impact communication between parents and the success or failure of custody arrangements?
Fourth, describe your stance on parallel parenting. Please supply factual and statistical data to support your stance on this controversial form of parenting.
I have lots more questions, but this is a great start. We are waiting, Judge Worley. We deserve answers.
Gilliam: Opposing Worley in the 2012 Election
Please read about Charles Gilliam and make an informed decision when voting in the primaries on 8 May 2012.
21 March 2012
Worley Has an Imaginary Meeting with Child in Custody Dispute
Click below to hear Worley's actual court-recorded rendering of a judgment in a recent custody case. Worley is "explaining" why she arrived at her custody decision, and in so explaining describes in detail a meeting with the minor child at issue in the custody dispute. The problem is, as both parents have to explain to her in open court, Worley has never met this minor child. Never seen her. Never had any discussions with her in any form. Yet she plows forward, even after realizing the memory she has is likely from some other custody case, and maintains the judgment she started with.
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