Brady’s Fate In Hands Of Poles

A judge from Luzerne County will hear the challenge against Bob Brady’s nominating petitions today. Luzerne County, as you may know, is the only county in the U.S. where a plurality of the population reports a Polish ancestry. How this will figure into today’s decision, I dare not venture a guess.

The challenge — funded by (who else) Tom Knox and supported by Dwight Evans — attempts to knock Brady off the ballot for failing to list his City of Philadelphia pension ($8,500/year) on his financial disclosure forms. Luzerne County judge Judge Patrick J. Toole (assuredly Polish) is hearing the case because Brady got a bunch of judges elected and they might rule favorably to him, or something.

Lawyer Paul Rosen doesn’t even want to let Brady’s team argue the disclosure was a “government mandated payment” and didn’t need to be listed, since City Controller Alan Butkovitz tried to knock two challengers from the ballot since they failed to disclose their city pensions. Butkovitz was endorsed by the Democratic City Committee, which Bob Brady chairs.

Blah blah blah. Man, this race was much more fun when it was all Milton and gumdrops. There will be an appeal of today’s ruling between the two rich white guy candidates’ lawyers, and it’ll eventually go to the Supreme Court. No pressure, Judge Toole! Prać swoje brudy publicznie!

Effort to put Brady off ballot will be heard today in court [Inquirer]