Special to the Progress
Vera Foreman announces her campaign for re-election as Cherokee County Precinct 4 justice of the peace.
Foreman, 52, is a longtime resident of Cherokee County and attended Jacksonville schools. She began her public service as the court clerk for the late Judge Polly Kite.
Cherokee County commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Foreman to complete the unexpired term of Kite upon her death after an extended illness.
The court took into consideration Foreman’s education, the legal training she received as court clerk, and her demonstrated abilities and dedication to her duties and responsibilities, according to a Foreman press statement.
At the conclusion of that term, the voters of Cherokee County elected Judge Foreman to a full term as Precinct 4 justice of the peace. In addition to her duties as JP, Foreman was recently appointed municipal judge for the city of New Summerfield upon the retirement of Judge Bobby Caveness.
“Having served as court clerk, both Judge Kite and Judge Caveness introduced me to the duties and responsibilities of the court and to the day-to-day business of maintaining a court’s busy schedule,” Foreman said.
The experience that I have gained over the last three years as your justice of the peace, as well as my continuing legal training as judge, uniquely qualifies me to be justice of the peace. When elected, I promised that everyone who appears before my court will be met with professional behavior, honesty, understanding and fairness. I have devoted full time to the position and will continue to be available to those whom I serve.”
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