Proposition 220

Your May 17 editorial’s endorsement of Proposition 220, the state ballot initiative that would essentially eliminate the municipal court system as we know it today in favor of a more centrally controlled superior court system, failed to address the key issue in the debate. That issue is local control.

There is no empirical evidence to support the idea that a rigid, centrally controlled court system will improve the performance of our currently established superior and municipal courts.

In Webster’s dictionary, the word municipal is defined as “having local self-government” and “restricted to one locality.” A yes vote on Proposition 220 will take away our local control of the court system.

THOMAS P. LOGAN, Treasurer

Concerned Citizens Committee of Orange County