Criminal Courts are leaving Mesa

The efforts to save the criminal courts in Mesa have failed. Moving the court may save the county some money, but it will take away the "everything in one place" convenience to Southeast Valley residents. The Mayor has been open about his opposition of the move, but it looks like there is nothing he can do at this point.

The bigger question here is that they are using statistics in rising court cases to argue that certain courts should be swapped around to serve the people better. If so, there should be a policy that every few years this type of audit is conducted to make sure the best services are offered close to home.

This certainly should not be done just to make sure the shiny new court complex can be rationalized.