PETER ADRIEN TO CABA: "DROP DEAD!"

Every judicial candidate, every incumbent and every challenger showed up at the Cuban American Bar Association's lunch and judicial forum on Thursday but one: Judge Peter Adrien, after confirming he would be at the forum- failed to appear.

The title links to the DBR article.

From the article:

After the event CABA president Manuel A. Garcia-Linares said was dismayed that Adrien agreed to appear but did not, preventing association members from getting to know him.

“We made it a point to invite everyone, and he was confirmed,” said Garcia-Linares, managing shareholder of Richman Greer in Miami. ...

Assuring CABA members he is the best candidate could have been a hurdle for Adrien, who received the lowest ratings of any judge in lawyer polls by CABA and the Dade County Bar Association.

Adrien did not return calls before deadline.

Rumpole wonders: What's he afraid of? What kind of person confirms his attendance at a community event and then doesn't even give the organizers the courtesy of a call to explain his absence?