Sakai challenged colleagues to think about what they could do better and how they could streamline work.
“For those who aren’t aware, I’m Peter Sakai, and I’m your new county judge,” he said to chuckles throughout the room at the start of his first meeting. “The guy that was here was here for quite a while.”
A former district judge, Sakai is used to presiding, but he pointed out that he was the sole person on the bench when he served in the judicial system. As the head of the county’s governing body, he’s joined by four commissioners in the decision-making process.Nelson Wolff goes from politician to professor — will teach at St. Mary’s and UTSASakai challenged his colleagues to think about what they could do better and how they could streamline their work.
The agenda item was presented by Pct. 3 Commissioner Grant Moody as a way to address some of the major problems brought up during his first meeting back in November, including deputies falling asleep at the wheel on their way home after working 16-hour shifts.Moody himself is new to the court. He won a special election for the seat after former Commissioner Trish DeBerry, a Republican, resigned to run against Sakai in the county judge race.
His wife, Rachel, sat observing in the back of the room for the first half of the meeting, which wasn’t as packed as his swearing-in ceremony.
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