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Peter Sakai - In The News
| 03/08/06 - With nearly
all votes tallied in Bexar County, former children's court Associate
Judge Peter Sakai was beating out trial attorney Ralph Lopez in a
bid to represent the Democratic party in the fall's race for 225th
District Judge. The seat is being vacated by Judge John Specia.... |
| 03/08/06 - Le Juez Sakai gano con 57 sobre
43 por ciento de las votaciones en las elecciones primarias del partido
democrata, contra Ralph Lopez, para la Corte del Distrito 225.... |
| 03/08/06 - With nearly
all votes tallied in Bexar County, former children's court Associate
Judge Peter Sakai was beating out trial attorney Ralph Lopez in a
bid to represent the Democratic party in the fall's race for 225th
District Judge. The seat is being vacated by Judge John Specia.... |
| 02/21/06 - We recommend Sakai for the job. Sakai has
paid his dues and done a thankless job presiding over thousands of
heart-wrenching cases as an appointee of the district court judges.
He deserves election to a district court bench... |
| 02/19/06 -Nacido y crecido en un rancho
del Valle del Rio Grande, el Juez Peter Sakai crecio entre hispanos,
recogio su cultura y aprendio su lenguaje. Amante de la comidia, musica
Y tradiciones de la region, fue un trabajador dedicado, asi como despues
lo fue al ingresar como estudante al colegio y mas tarde a la escuela
de leyes... |
| 01/04/06 - Standing at a podium last Wednesday morning, Judge Peter
Sakai waited for the Brackenridge Eagle train to round a curve and
slow to a stop before launching his campaign for the 225th District
Court... |
| 12/29/05 - With Brackenridge Park's kiddy
train rattling in the background, Peter Sakai launched his campaign
Wednesday for Bexar County's 225th District Court, casting himself
as the most experienced candidate.... |
| 12/04/05 - He left a comfortable private law practice to lead a
brand new court that had no furniture, a cramped office instead of
a courtroom and a docket filled with some of the most gut-wrenching
cases a judge will ever see... |
| 10/26/05 - It is ironic that a group of
judges, including some who are not known for having a strong work
ethic, is forcing one of the hardest-working appointed judges at the
courthouse to resign if he wants to run for an elected bench... |
| 10/26/05 - Maybe the best thing that could have happened
to Peter Sakai was the judicial kick in the gut. Maybe the best thing
was the decision by a panel of civil district judges to deny his request.
Because once Sakai was told he'd have to quit his job to run for the
225th District Court, the phone began to ring... |
| 10/17/05 - My thanks to Ken Rodriquez for his column
on Judge Peter Sakai ("Sakai, irreplaceable kids' advocate, to
leave children's court," Wednesday). Hopefully, most people read
the excellent article on Judge Sakai a few months ago ("Family
man Peter Sakai tries to be true to roots, job," S.A. Life, May
1)... |
| 10/15/05 - Judges make a living studying
and following legal precedent. They operate in an arena where sticking
to the letter of the law is a virtue. And the intended result is a
system where people can reasonably expect to be treated the same way
whether they are in Bexar County or Zapata County... |
| 10/12/05 - There it is, on official Bexar County Courthouse
stationary, a memorandum from Administrative Judge Peter Sakai, signaling
an end to a storied tenure in child advocacy... |
| 05/01/05 - Looking back, what he remembers
most is feeling the searing heat and blowing dust and wondering why
his father had stopped the old Chevy station wagon in this barren,
godforsaken Arizona brush. "Look around. I want you to see where
I grew up," Yutaka "Pete" Sakai told his son.... |
| 06/17/04 - As the judge who presides over
the county's child abuse and neglect cases, he determines what is
in the best interest of children who have been taken into protective
custody by the state. |
| 06/16/04 - The smallest diamond can cut
glass and leaves a lingering jagged scar. A little girl named Diamond
has cut into your heart and left a scar, one salted with the sting
of guilt. |
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