It was three years late, but San Bernardino family law commissioner Deborah Daniel finally received her retirement party Nov. 30.
Daniel, a 21-year commissioner who shot skeet, sky-dived and traveled internationally in her off-time, retired in March 2020. A retirement party planned for her was canceled due to COVID-19 precautions, , and the annual dinner during which she would have been honored with the prestigious Kaufman-Campbell Award was held in 2021, over Zoom.
“She got screwed,” said master of ceremonies and organizer Joyce Holcomb—a phrase Daniel agreed with, and was the name of the program. Holcomb billed the party at the Redlands Country Club as a roast: “Debbie Got Screwed: The Roasting
