In a judicial race, throwing the book at a nasty campaign mailer

Judge Laura Polizzi was surprised to find out through her mailbox a few weeks ago that she's an uneducated carpetbagger, but hey, says her opponent, that's politics.

Maybe so, and that's unfortunate — partly because the assertions are ridiculous, and mostly because there's too much venom in elections already without bringing it to a nonpartisan race for a community-level judgeship.

Polizzi, the incumbent, was appointed to the bench by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in May. While she's a graduate of a lightly regarded law school, former Gov. John Engler and plenty of successful lawyers hold the same diploma, and she passed the Michigan bar exam a dozen years ago on her first try.

As for carpetbagging, she largely grew up in the same area she now serves in the 52-3 District Court for Oakland County, based in Rochester Hills, and moved back five years ago. For most of the remainder, she was 10 minutes away in Shelby Township, her home base as she commuted to Oakland University and the since-closed Cooley Law School campus in Auburn Hills.


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