PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS: And in the category of, hey, in politics ya can’t do nuthin’ without tickin’ somebody off, Gov. Corbett is catching flak for nominating his chief of staff to be an Allegheny County judge.
First, fellow-Republican and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille says he had a deal with Corbett not to fill judicial vacancies because courts are in a fiscal pinch and judges cost money: in the case of county judges, $200,000 a-pop….
Plus, Castille said the state court system has an $8.7 million shortfall and each local judge, with salary, benefits, office and staff, costs taxpayers about $200,000 (each county judge currently makes $169,541)…. (more)
