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Judges express 'no confidence' in Bexar probation chief

While Bexar County District Judges will have the final say, a majority of misdemeanor court judges issued a no-confidence vote yesterday for Bexar probation director Bill Fitzgerald. Reported the San Antonio Express News ("Misdemeanor judges vote to fire probation chief," Aug. 12):The majority of Bexar County's 10 court-at-law judges voted to terminate Chief Probation Officer Bill Fitzgerald three days before a public hearing on the department's proposed budget. In Tuesday's secret ballot, six judges voted to not retain Fitzgerald, who is an at-will employee. Two voted to retain him, while two others abstained. The vote, however, is not the final say in Fitzgerald's fate at the Bexar County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. The nine felony judges in the criminal district courts have not yet decided whether to retain Fitzgerald, and they had no immediate plans on whether to take a vote of confidence, officials said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 12, 2009 (boomark / email).