The latest article concerning my position as the elected county probate judge was incomplete and laden with misinformation.

Complaining county manager Gregory Zinser, paid over $120,000 per year, lacks legal education. He’s had an unprofessional ax to grind in an apparent power trip against me. Yet, he testified he knows nothing about probate court operations, history, and pre-existing trial backlogs and needs necessitating the scheduling changes I’ve made. His slanted information on those matters came from high school-diplomaed Register Carol Lovejoy.

Paid almost $75,000 per year, Lovejoy who often relies on me (paid $54,000 per year) for guidance, admitted that our court, funded for only 64 hours per month of judge time despite an exploded child custody crisis caused by heroin addictions, an increasing aging adult population and new legislatively enacted burdens, has needed more judicial time funding.

Court employees Cindy St. Amand and Stephanie Lekakos testified about troubling political motivations, unprofessional meddlesomeness, misinformation, harassment, and lack of support for our probate court from commissioners, Zinser, Lovejoy and county attorney Gene Libby, versus consistent professionalism and dedication to the people I’ve exhibited as judge.

Supreme Court Justice Clifford concluded that our probate court is overburdened. Yet, the commissioners and Zinser refuse to understand and properly fund the court’s functions and needs.

I’ll always put people first. I won’t tolerate internal county nonsense.

I urge voters to vote in educated, supportive Saco Democrat Allan Sicard and oust Lovejoy; vote in Republican James McCarthy and oust anti-everything commissioner Cote; and to continue my experienced, undeterred work for everyone.

Robert M.A. Nadeau
York County Judge of Probate
Biddeford/Sanford