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heart never quite left the prose-
cutorial arena, emphasizes his ad-
ministrative experience — he
runs a Bingham Farms law office
with a staff of 11 attorneys and as
a first-term Royal Oak city com-
missioner presides over a multi-
million dollar budget.
Besides, he says, the county
prosecutor spends most of the
time administrating, not litigat-
ing.
But Mr. Kaplan notes that he,
too, has management experience.
He cites his years as a former
member and president of the
Southfield Board of Education as
evidence of his ability to manage
a staff and a big budget.
And, he's served on many
boards, including Haven, Gate-
way Counseling Center, Boys and
Girls Club of South Oakland
County, and the Anti-Defamation
League Michigan Region.
"My administrative experience
exceeds his, but he can't rely on
trial experience," Mr. Kaplan says.
Both candidates agree that the
Prosecutor's Office, which em-
ploys about 100 assistant prose-
cutors, needs a change, and in
most respects, they plan to ad-
dress the problems in the same
way. Both assert that Mr.
Thompson's office routinely "over-
charges" defendants, pursuing
cases that do not pass muster
with judges or juries. That, they
say, has damaged staff morale
and cost taxpayers in needlessly
severe prosecutions.
Most cases prepared by the
Prosecutor's Office are "policy" cas-
es, meaning assistant prosecutors
who see a case through from be-
ginning to end have very little say
in how it will proceed. They can-
not offer any kind of charge re-
duction in order to win a guilty
plea or convince a criminal de-
fendant to turn state's evidence.
Mr. Gorcyca says the policy has
created a climate of fear in the
Prosecutor's Office and led to
criminal charges being judicially
reduced or dropped altogether.
"Philosophically, I agree whole-
heartedly about no-plea-bargain
policies, but you have to be prag-
matic," he says. "Rather than
stamping 95 percent or more of
the cases as 'policy,' we want to
give prosecutors discretion to re-
solve cases without having to
write a memo that goes all the
way up the chain of command."
Mr. Gorcyca, the father of
twins and husband to Carol, be-
lieves a relaxed, sensible prose-
cutorial policy will create an
environment in which career
prosecutors want to stay put.
Mr. Kaplan, the father of two
daughters and husband to Lisa,
agrees.
Under his administration, Mr.
Kaplan says, he would give as-
sistants more authority to resolve
cases involving nonviolent of-
fenders. "I think [the current pol-
icy] has a demoralizing effect. It
takes some creativity out of the
position," he says. "I'm not going
to be micro-managing the office,
but in homicide cases, the assis-
tant prosecutor would come di-
rectly to me."
He has worked up a 10-point
plan for handling murder cases
that includes keeping two assis-
tant prosecutors on a case from
beginning to end, maintaining
close contact with victims' fami-
lies while awaiting trial, and try-
ing cases within six months.
Like Mr. Gorcyca, he plans to
boost staff morale with internal
awards programs, birthday clubs,
and the like. He notes that he
would trim the number of execu-
tive and administrative positions
and appoint a woman to be his
chief assistant. Neither plans to
"sweep" the office of its current
personnel.
This is Mr. Kaplan's second run
for the prosecutor's post. Four
years ago, he lost to Mr. Thomp-
son by 30,000 votes — not a bad
showing for a Democrat in a heav-
ily Republican county. Attorney
Thomas Plunkett was the last De-
mocrat to win the prosecutor's
post, and that was in 1968. He lost
to now County Executive L.
Brooks Patterson in 1972.
Mr. Kaplan, a West Bloomfield
resident who belongs to Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek, raised
$140,000 to Mr. Gorcyca's
$15,000-$20,000 as of two weeks
prior to the election.
Mr. Gorcyca says he commis-
sioned a scientific survey that
shows he has a double-digit lead
over Mr. Kaplan. However, he ac-
knowledged, if President Bill Clin-
ton does well on Nov. 5, his
advantage might be lost.
Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Gorcyca
are both armed with solid en-
dorsements. Mr. Patterson has
thrown his support behind Mr.
Gorcyca, as has County Sheriff
John Nichols, several area police
chiefs, the Command Officers As-
sociation of the sheriffs depart-
ment and the Police Reserve
Officers Association of Michigan.
Mr. Kaplan's supporters in-
clude the Oakland County Deputy
Sheriff's Association; the police of-
ficers associations of Farmington
Hills, Royal Oak and Sylvan Lake;
the Police Officers Association of
Michigan; and the Michigan
Handicappers League. ❑
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