Judge James R. DePiazza

It was my intention to not publicly insert my self into the primary election for my replacement. However, one candidate has chosen to insert me into it with his misleading rhetoric and, recently, with an easily verifiable untruth. I believe I not only have the right to defend myself, but a responsibility to do so. At a forum hosted by the Frisco Lakes Conservative Coalition this past Sunday, candidate Chris Pochyla stated that I don't allow prosecutors access to my court, which creates a backlog. This is an absolute false statement as prosecutors have assigned courts and days they attend to those courts. Since taking office, the JP2 courts pretrial and trial docket have been held two Thursdays a month. This schedule has never been hindered and there have been times when additional dockets have been added when the criminal caseload increased and required additional time to prevent a backlog.

I confronted Mr. Pochyla on this and he told me a prosecutor from the DAs office told him that. I pressed him and he walked back his statement to, in essence, they don't like coming to the JP2 court because I don't let them do their job. Far different message than I don't allow them access to the court that creates a backlog.

I fully accept that my standards constrain the plea deals prosecutors can do in my court. I stand behind those standards and criticizing those is fair game. But I am not his opponent, so why would he even want to bring that up? That would be a question for him and would like to see him respond. If he wants to have a public debate on my record, here is his opportunity to do so. I can defend any criticism he has about me and willing to do so.

If anyone in Frisco knows the following candidates from the recent city and ISD elections, please ask them to come to the Denton County Government Center in Frisco to take down their signs so the County doesn't have to use its resources to do so. Thank you!

Muni
Sai
Babu
Reddy

Recently celebrating my last birthday in office, my clerks, whom are the true reason that this office is so successful, made it memorable. They work very hard for the pay they receive...been trying to get the Commissioners Court to see their pay is not commensurate to the work they perform for years to no avail...while getting yelled at, cussed at, degraded, given the finger and even had a forty-something year old woman stick her tongue out at them, yet they excel and keep the court flourishing.

Without them, I am nothing! Thank you Lisa, Claudia, Alejandra, Ana, and Nubia for all you do. You all Rock!
..If you notice in the last pic, they reminded me that all of my ducks are almost in a row. 🙂

I will not deny the facts of youth dealing with gender dysphoria. The problem is with the adults and mental health professionals who push the narrative in the wrong direction. As a former mental health professional, who still stays on top of it, I have been saying this since it became a progressive talking point. I will also go out on a limb to say that those who propagated this lie will not stop, even if they read the study. Why? Because when your ideology means more to you than truth, there is nothing that will change your mind! Those people prefer darkness over light.

Landmark Finnish study finds youths’ mental health problems increase after gender ‘transitions’ - Zeale A new study of more than 2,000 Finnish youth found that the mental health problems of young people with gender dysphoria did not diminish after they sought “gender identity” services — and in some cases their mental health issues increased.