Brian Hunt
To the Editor:
The upcoming primary elections offer us an opportunity to select a very well-qualified candidate for the Juvenile Court judge position. Brian Hunt brings integrity, discipline, dedication, a commitment to public service, and human warmth to this critical role. The importance of a person of Brian’s character for a position that both protects children and intervenes when young people err cannot be overstressed.
Young people too often suffer at the hands of those who should protect and care for them. The Juvenile Court judge guarantees that such suffering stops and a more secure and loving environment is provided. The judge can guarantee that parents receive the assistance better to meet their children’s welfare, as well as supervising and assuring that foster care and adoptions are appropriate and well-placed, monitored, and supported. For children at risk, the Juvenile Court judge is a refuge for children who otherwise have few other resources.
Young people in trouble with delinquent acts are also at risk. Inappropriate responses to these delinquent acts may have lifelong repercussions of further delinquency and often adult crime. Mindful and appropriate interventions, on the other hand, can stop delinquency and promote moral and lawful growth. Here the judge’s wisdom and discernment can bring about very important outcomes both for the delinquent and for society.
Selecting someone with the knowledge, the skills, the judgement, and the compassion to fulfill these two faces of intervention for young people is one of our most important duties as voters. I urge you to select wisely, and I can think of no wiser decision than selecting Brian Hunt.
Brian is a long-term resident of Anderson County, and he and his wife have chosen the area as their permanent home. His grandparents were upstanding citizens of Anderson County and served the area through social activities and advocating for the rights of citizens. Brian graduated from a prestigious Tennessee university and completed his legal studies at a prestigious law school. He currently serves in the Army Reserves in the Judge Advocate General Corps and has served as a municipal judge in Lake City.
Brian’s legal acumen has been honed and demonstrated through his Anderson County legal practice as well as in these other settings. Both those with whom he works and those he represents uniformly praise his careful attention to detail, his hard work excelling in his duties, his compassion, and his integrity.
I urge you to get to know Brian Hunt better and then to make the wise choice: support his candidacy as Anderson County’s next Juvenile Court judge.
Allen Scarboro
Clinton
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