A not guilty verdict, bad ratings, a positive out of not being picked, and a decision to stay out of the race. See who made this week’s Ups & Downs!
Larry Farnese. The federal jury came back with a not guilty verdict for State Senator Larry Farnese. He was acquitted of all charges in the case stemming from bid to run the Eighth Ward in Center City Philadelphia.
WIlliam Caye & Irene Clark. Both received the dreaded “Not recommended” from the PA Bar Association in its rankings of 2017 judicial candidates. It will be important to see if the ranking hurts their chances of earning their party’s endorsement next weekend.
Thomas Hardiman. Thomas Hardiman may not have gotten the final nod for the Supreme Court, but becoming a nationally known jurist may help his chances if another vacancy should open on the Court. Plus, he will avoid what may be a historically tough nomination process.
Hal English. State Representative Hal English was a surprise late entry into the Superior Court race, but after barely making a splash in the last two caucus straw polls, he decided to end his bid.
Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has to issue a boil water advisory to thousands of its residents after it was found the water going to those neighborhoods might have been contaminated. The discovery forced many schools in the city to close for the day.
Seth Williams. The Philadelphia District Attorney has found himself trailing three of his four challengers in fundraising for the DA’s race. This stacked against the legal and ethics issues he is dealing with do not help his reelection chances.
The tweet of the week goes to Philly Voice contributor Brian Hickey for his tweet about the charges against Farnese:
Kinda surprised the feds didn't charge state Sen. Farnese for visiting me in the hospital.
— Brian P. Hickey (@BrianPHickey) February 2, 2017
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Kathy Kane may endorse Seth
@daviddiano The down arrow belongs to Wolf or should I say Mary Isenhour and Beemer. OIG is not a law enforcement agency. It has no power. Where’s Mr Integrity Josh Shapiro and his phony outrage. This report by OIG is bull crap. What about a chart asking the White Shirt instructors how long they cheated ? Old boys club wins again. Losers
Need a down arrow for PA State Police Academy
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-state-police-academy-cheating-report-20170203-story.html
“Pennsylvania State Police Academy instructors helped create a climate of cheating by sharing answers with cadets and using the same testing material year after year, allowing graduating classes to pass down study guides to newer cadets, a special state investigation shows”
Add to Seth’s woes – the NAACP is looking for a new trial in the building collapse criminal case, now that the two Black men, the only ones charged and serving time, were found to be the least liable in the whole mess. Not a good message if you’re counting on every last Black vote in town.
Not to mention – why isn’t the $8,272 transferred from his old committee on 12/31/2015 when it was dissolved, showing up in the new committee’s annual report? Where did it go?
Both candidates from Allegheny county not recommended,must be something in the water.
I don’t know how the Pgh water and sewage authority fell to such a low operation. It was only a few years ago that La Familia did a $350 million bond issue for us, I mean them, and now they are back on hard times. Maybe we could help ourselves, I mean them, with another big bond issue. That would be really cool since we got double crossed on the scotia pick