You be the Judge! Nassau County Clerk Crawford seeks opinion from First District Court of Appeal

Editor’s Note: This week the Florida First District Court of Appeal heard oral arguments regarding the dispute between Nassau County Clerk of Courts John Crawford, and Circuit Court Judge Robert Foster and Chief Judge Donald Moran. We encourage our readers to view the 28 minute arguments and send in your opinion as to which party prevailed. Let us know your thoughts! The comment option is located at the bottom of our webpage. Another option is to email [email protected]

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Editor’s Note:  This week the First District Court of Appeals heard oral arguments regarding the dispute between Nassau County Clerk of Courts John Crawford, and Circuit Court Judge Robert Foster.  We encourage our readers to view the 28 minute hearing and send in your opinion as to which party will prevail by submitting your comments.  The comment option is  located at the  bottom of our webpage.

November 21, 2013 11:45 p.m.

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Michael Spicer
Michael Spicer (@guest_16222)
10 years ago

I believe the attorney for John Crawford made the strongest case and will prevail.

Judy
Judy (@guest_16242)
10 years ago
Reply to  Michael Spicer

Michael Spenser – What video did you watch? I have no doubt the judges thought the Clerk’s case had absolutely no merit. If the Clerk was truly only interested in determining if the payment was legal or not, why in the world did he hire an outside attorney? Why didn’t he use his staff attorney which would not have cost the taxpayers any additional money? I believe his pride and arrogance cost the taxpayers big! $85,000 and still counting!

tony crawford
tony crawford (@guest_16223)
10 years ago

I have enough trouble keeping track of the 3 ring circus within our City government without worrying about the County.

Dave Lott
Dave Lott(@dave-l)
10 years ago

While I have always admired John Crawford’s dedication to counting every penny for the taxpayers of Nassau County, I just have to believe there was an alternative way to resolve this other than spending an estimated $85,000 to address a $5,000 expense. Based on the questions posed by the judges, I think John is not going to prevail on this one. In any event, all the taxpayers have lost no matter the final decision.

Dave Lott
Dave Lott(@dave-l)
10 years ago

Just another comment in John’s defense. If you look at the video of the 11/20 commission meeting that covers John’s preamble before Danny’s questions, he says that before the legal action was commenced, he and his attorney met with Judge Foster and asked them to submit the expense to the State and the Judge refused to do so. He indicated he also tried to meet with Judge Moran to ask the same and the Judge refused to meet with them. So it certainly appeared that John did make a sincere effort to avoid the costly legal action. Always two sides to the story. I still think John is going to lose on the legal arguments as it appears there is pretty wide discretion in how the judges can spend these funds, but time will tell.