Judge Giordano Wins Retention With 71%

Judge Giordano with his sister and brother. Thank God his sister looks nothing like him . (This caption was written by Ron Angle so he is the one you need to hold in contempt, Your Magnificence. )

Northampton County jurist Emil Giordano won retention with 71% of the vote. Superior Court Judge Jack Panella, who started out as a judge in Northampton, was at 69.56%. That's remarkable because, unlike politicians, judges invariably make people unhappy. No matter how they decide an issue, one side is going to walk away disappointed.

Supreme Court justices were far more unpopular. Max Baer won with 58%. Ronald Castille, the Chief Justice, got only 56% of the vote. I voted No to him. There is no doubt in my mind that he would have raised the retirement ages of judges by judicial decree, but for the fact that he was caught.

While discussing judges, let's look at the Superior Court race between Democrat Jack McVay and Republican Vic Stabile. In a democratic County, Republican Stabile defeated Democrat McVay, 16793 to 15308. That's a wider margin of victory than the Brown-Callahan race. It is additional proof that Republicans voted and Democrats did not.