San Joaquin County District Attorney-wannabe Gary Hinkey tried the politician's favorite ploy when he was asked a question he didn't want. He answered a question he did want. Bad move.
The Lodi defense attorney was asked about a pending hit-and-run case. His response was to point out that his potential opponent, Deputy District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, failed the bar exam eight times before passing it.
That's information the public is entitled to know, but that wasn't the question. Not willing to leave bad enough alone, Hinkey also referred to Verber Salazar as a "coffee go-getter" because she was a clerk before she was a prosecutor.
Hinkey referred to himself as "a high-ranking graduate of Pepperdine University" who passed the bar on the first try. "She is better at one thing," he said of Verber Salazar, "and that's she's better looking."
While the public as a right to know about Verber Salazar's trouble with the bar exam -- some, including the 13-year county prosecutor, call that perseverance -- the public also has a right to know about what seems to be Hinkey's rather cavalier attitude toward sexual equality.
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