Historical October 1992 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On August 4, Dee Joyce Hayes surmounted the odds and won the Democratic nomination for Circuit Attorney.
In that contest, she ran very well in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood and the 28th ward. Hayes said that she had campaigned very hard in the ward.
She is also a 20-year resident of Skinker DeBaliviere and had participated actively in the ward over the years. Hayes never thought she would seek political office; she never assumed she would have the opportunity to run.
However, when the incumbent announced that he would not seek reelection as circuit attorney, she quickly decided to run for that office.
Her experience in the circuit attorney’s office was one factor in the decision.
She is a career prosecutor and is dedicated to this subcategory of the legal profession. Hayes felt that the circuit attorney’s office should be guided by certain ideas.
For one, she believes in galvanizing neighborhood cooperation to fight neighborhood crime.
She also wants to seek innovative solutions and would try to find private dollars to pay for worthwhile projects when public money is not available.
She would like to involve people who are not usually involved in criminal justice. Hayes stated that ‘there should be greater cooperation between the police and neighbors.
We need neighborhood support and the police must be responsive to the neighborhood.” Hayes also wants to have an accountable prosecutor’s office.
She never has been involved in any of the office’s financial affairs.
She did not have access to the checkbook and could not sign a check.
She only handled legal matters.
She feels the office needs a system to keep track of the money and detail it.
She would involve a highly regarded CPA firm to set up a reputable and auditable system.
She would issue an annual report on the circuit attorney’s fund. Hayes has an opponent in the November election, Richard Swatek. Swatek was appointed to the office in September after George Peach’s resignation.
She said she is taking absolutely nothing for granted. Although no Republican has won the circuit attorney’s position since 1928, there has never been a Republican incumbent before either.
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Dee Joyce Hayes. Photo by King Schoenfeld.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1992.
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