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Ralph Hess

Ralph HessRalph Hess has been a resident of Prescott since 1991. He retired in 2011 as a full time judge pro tem with the Yavapai County Superior Court.  Prior to his appointment as a full time judge pro tem, Judge Hess served as a part-time juvenile drug court commissioner pro tem for Yavapai County Superior Court.  

Ralph moved to Prescott to become an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Prescott representing the then self-insured municipality in civil rights, personal injury, workers’ compensation, employment, contract, condemnation, zoning, and election matters. He has served on the boards of the Prescott Area Habitat for Humanity, Prescott Fine Arts Association (now Prescott Center for the Arts), and Ecosa. He was a member of Yavapai County Sheriff's Search and Recovery Scuba Unit. Prior to moving to Prescott, Judge Hess engaged in private general legal practices in Maricopa County.  He received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Toledo and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Bowling Green State University majoring in mathematics.

In retirement, Ralph has been supportive of various civil liberty, environmental, and non-violence causes. Locally, he has participated with Occupy Prescott, the disbanded local chapter of Veterans for Peace, the Tom Pettit Chapter, Yavapai County Climate Change Coalition, Save the Dells, and others. He is a member of CWAG and looks forward to working with the CWAG board and members in his new role. 

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain