Just business as usual in Philadelphia:
Candidates for judge paraded before a gaggle of ward leaders assembled by consultant Pete Truman last Friday at the Airport Sheraton.
They entered one at a time. Each candidate handed each ward leader an envelope. Each envelope contained a check, $1,000 or $2,000, depending on the size of the ward.
If the ward leader planned to support the candidate in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the check was accepted. If not, it was returned.
(Gar Joseph, “Like sheep being led to slaughter”, Philadelphia Daily News, May 13). And various Philadelphia political figures convicted of crimes have emerged after serving their sentences as practitioners of a largely unregulated trade, serving as campaign consultants to judges (Tom Ferrick Jr., “Judicial process isn’t all negative”, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13).
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