By George Boardman | Columnist
District Attorney Jesse Wilson doesn’t need any advice from me, but he’s going to get some anyway. I have a column to write, and the advice involves a subject I know something about.
The advice involves the duties of the assistant district attorney Wilson is about to hire, a spot left vacant when predecessor Chris Walsh resigned after losing the contest to replace former DA Cliff Newell.
My advice: Don’t use your new ADA as a shield between you and the press and public. Look what happened to Newell.
Newell was essentially a ghost to the public during the 15 years he held the DA’s job. The exception was when he had to resurface every four years to run for re-election. Walsh and his predecessors in the ADA’s slot were tasked with explaining to the public prosecutorial decisions and other matters pertaining to the DA’s office.