12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 Goldthorpe: He says he has the temperament to stay even-keeled Woltjer: He always tries to explain his decisions to people McIntosh: She says she’ll have no problem dealing with busy docket WKHUH LV D FRQÀLFW ZLWK 5RQ- ald Woltjer — now a munici- Another day he would be in the pal court judge — being mar- gymnasium making sure no one ried to Circuit Court Judge was hurting each other. Once in Cindee Matyas. As an exam- a while, he would have to physi- ple, Goldthorpe says if Matyas writes a search warrant that is cally restrain an inmate. He looks back on his time challenged in court, Woltjer at the prison as an eye-open- could not be the judge to review ing experience. He recalls see- the search warrant, and vice ing how much some inmates versa. That work would always fall to Judge Paula Brownhill. changed for the better. ³,ZRXOGQ¶WKDYHDFRQÀLFW´ “I personally don’t believe a prosecutor should ask to send Goldthorpe said. “I feel I have somebody somewhere that you the experience that would make me an excellent judge, and my haven’t seen,” he said. Becoming a judge has been a experience shouldn’t be deval- lifelong goal for Goldthorpe. He ued by just years as an attorney.” believes he has the personality Goldthorpe said he would bring and temperament to stay even- a different world of experience keeled in the courtroom and to the Circuit Court. Growing up, he became an make the right decisions. “It’s always a job I’ve seen Eagle Scout. He lived in Europe myself willing and able to do,” for two years experiencing how the world works outside of the he said. As a deputy district attorney, United States. As a judicial Goldthorpe only represents the clerk, he helped handle child state. He said he does not have abuse, drug, homicide and civil WKH VDPH SRWHQWLDO FRQÀLFWV DQG cases. His work in the District baggage as his opponents. He $WWRUQH\¶V 2I¿FH UDQJHV IURP believes Dawn McIntosh, an attempted-murder cases to traf- attorney and former prosecutor, ¿FYLRODWLRQV No matter who is elected, could not be the judge on a hear- ing for the many people she rep- Goldthorpe said, they will have resented in private practice. She a learning curve. “Everyone is KDVDQDXWRPDWLFFRQÀLFWKHVDLG going to have their areas that In addition, Goldthorpe said, they have to learn,” he said. Continued from Page 1A ZLWK UHVSHFW WR ¿QG VROXWLRQV to problems, she said. Working in private prac- When she became a dep- uty district attorney in Clat- tice before serving as a judge sop County in 1998, McIn- means McIntosh will come tosh supervised all child-abuse across people she has repre- prosecutions. She was also sented. In response to con- a founding member of the FHUQVDERXWSRVVLEOHFRQÀLFWV Lighthouse for Kids, a child- McIntosh said, the fact that a abuse assessment and preven- judge knows somebody does not change their job of being tion center. McIntosh is not concerned fair and impartial. If she did represent some- with the potential emotional one in the past and they came toll from being a judge. “As a judge it’s not a steady before her, a different judge diet of child abuse. For me, for would have to handle the case. that many years, it was,” she However, McIntosh said, con- ÀLFW UXOHV DUH VSHFL¿F DQG said. Five years after moving many times people are willing to Clatsop County, McIntosh to sign waivers and proceed. McIntosh also points out went into private practice. In VKH VWDUWHG KHU ¿UP LQ that both Judge Philip Nelson Gearhart. and Judge Paula Brownhill As a Circuit Court judge, were lawyers in the commu- McIntosh said, she will have nity before taking the bench. no problem handling a busy “Just because you dealt docket. with somebody doesn’t mean “Anybody that knows me WKHUH LV D FRQÀLFW´ VKH VDLG knows that the workload is ³