Running for Office: Juvenile Court judge, Section 1A, Arbour
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Jerry Arbour, a Baton Rouge lawyer and president of the East Baton Rouge School Board, is running for Juvenile Court judge, Section 1A.
“I’ve worked all of my professional life to improve the quality of life for the citizens of our parish,” Arbour said. “I am ready to take the next step and serve as our Juvenile Court judge.”
Arbour, 61, the former chairman of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Party, will face Troy Humphrey, a Baton Rouge lawyer, and incumbent Juvenile Judge Kathleen Stewart Richey in the Oct. 4 election.
Juvenile court is split into two voting districts — 1A and 2B — divided by a jagged boundary line that runs north to south, cutting the parish roughly in half. Section 1A is the eastern half of the parish.
Arbour said he has worked to improve the quality of life in the parish including when he worked to combat underage drinking as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Arbour said he has also tried to help the school district recover from a desegregation order placed on the school.
If elected, Arbour said he would work to solve the problem of truancy.
“Not only does the child miss out on instruction but the state Department of Education penalizes the school by factoring in the attendance figures in the school’s performance score,” Arbour said.
Arbour said he also would reestablish a juvenile drug treatment program in East Baton Rouge Parish.
“Drug possession and use by elementary school students has increased with no resources to help parents and educators to combat the devastating results of drugs in our society,” he said.
Arbour is a graduate of Catholic High School, LSU’s Ourso School of Business and Law Center. He has been a lawyer for 33 years.
“I’ve worked all of my professional life to improve the quality of life for the citizens of our parish,” Arbour said. “I am ready to take the next step and serve as our Juvenile Court judge.”
Arbour, 61, the former chairman of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Party, will face Troy Humphrey, a Baton Rouge lawyer, and incumbent Juvenile Judge Kathleen Stewart Richey in the Oct. 4 election.
Juvenile court is split into two voting districts — 1A and 2B — divided by a jagged boundary line that runs north to south, cutting the parish roughly in half. Section 1A is the eastern half of the parish.
Arbour said he has worked to improve the quality of life in the parish including when he worked to combat underage drinking as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Arbour said he has also tried to help the school district recover from a desegregation order placed on the school.
If elected, Arbour said he would work to solve the problem of truancy.
“Not only does the child miss out on instruction but the state Department of Education penalizes the school by factoring in the attendance figures in the school’s performance score,” Arbour said.
Arbour said he also would reestablish a juvenile drug treatment program in East Baton Rouge Parish.
“Drug possession and use by elementary school students has increased with no resources to help parents and educators to combat the devastating results of drugs in our society,” he said.
Arbour is a graduate of Catholic High School, LSU’s Ourso School of Business and Law Center. He has been a lawyer for 33 years.
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