The county has hired a team of 11 people to work six-day weeks for up to three months to get Judge Rose's Oak Cliff office caught up, Auditor Virginia Porter said. Judge Rose, a Democrat who has held office for 12 years, has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. He had little comment this week to a reporter when asked about the auditor's findings. It's just a matter of getting the paperwork straight. There's no hint of even an allegation of misappropriation.
Commissioners approve the budgets for justice of the peace courts.
Like most of the 14 Dallas County justices of the peace, he is not an attorney. Judge Rose won re-election in Precinct 8 handily last fall against a Libertarian candidate. The auditor's office has issued critical findings of Judge Rose's office dating to 1993. Judge Rose remains on the job while the auditor's team takes his records and processes them. Judge Rose has cooperated fully with the work, Ms. Porter said.