Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State
Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State
Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State
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Hughes: So with all these bright young people there really is hope for America.<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Sure there is, if we can get enough <strong>of</strong> them educated.<br />
Hughes: Do you have strong feelings about that – the educational system?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: You bet. We’ve got to get them more educated. And I was glad to see for once,<br />
Bill Gates came out giving money for education for our own area. I mean everything he’s<br />
done overseas is magnificent, but right now we need help at home, too. It’s like I used to<br />
feel when we were giving aid to everybody, and then we had starving people in New York<br />
in the ghettos. Let’s help somebody here, you know. There’s good things to do right here.<br />
Hughes: Well, who’s the best judge you’ve ever known?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: That’s an unfair question. Why do you have to make me feel that I should<br />
exclude some <strong>of</strong> the others? I’ve known plenty <strong>of</strong> best judges.<br />
Hughes: OK, tell me about some <strong>of</strong> the best judges you’ve ever known.<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Why is that important? It’s just my viewpoint.<br />
Hughes: You’ve had a remarkable career and it might be interesting to know how you feel<br />
about some other remarkable people – maybe ones we haven’t heard about. But you<br />
don’t have to answer it. It’s your oral history.<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: I feel strongly that the judges I’ve associated with, that have become my friends<br />
and colleagues; I can’t fault any <strong>of</strong> them, really. I just think the <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong><br />
does one heck <strong>of</strong> a job <strong>of</strong> vetting the judges, because there’s always vacancies and new<br />
positions, and I just think it’s amazing that we have such a good bench. There’s no<br />
corruption like there is in Chicago. I think everybody appreciates their job, works hard at<br />
it and is doing good. Now, the one judge I don’t like is Judge Judy. I think she does more to<br />
tear down the public’s perception <strong>of</strong> the judiciary than anything I’ve ever seen in my life.<br />
Hughes: Please continue!<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: I think it’s horrible the way she treats people – wise-talking, telling people<br />
they’re liars, diminishing people. If judges actually acted like that they would not be<br />
appointed, nor elected, nor maintain wherever they are. As a matter <strong>of</strong> fact, I just<br />
read in our own newspaper about two judges in our area who were taken before the<br />
commission and criticized for their demeanor in court. I mean that was minor. But Judge<br />
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