Lehigh County Bar Supports Steinberg's Retention

(ALLENTOWN, PA) On October 29th 2007, the Judicial Selection Committee of the Bar Association of Lehigh County tabulated the results of a plebiscite conducted among the members of the Bar Association with respect to the upcoming retention election of Judge Robert L. Steinberg for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County.

Of the 611 members of the Bar Association polled, 310 members cast ballots in the secret vote. The question presented to members for a "Yes" or "No" vote was: Do you favor the retention of the following as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County? The vote for retention of the noted Judge was as follows: YES - 304. NO - 6.

PACleanSweep: Get Rid of ALL Incumbent Judges

Joe Owens isn't going to like this. He has praised Northampton County jurist Steve Baratta as "a veteran judge, an accomplished former prosecutor and longtime contributing member of the community. He deserves retention."

I'm not sure that any judge ever deserves retention. And I'm very unhappy with Baratta, primarily because he is part of a judicial branch that has become far too arrogant in Northampton County.

PACleanSweep, a reform movement that rose from the ashes of an illegal legislative payraise, is urging "every Pennsylvanian to go to the polls on November 6 and cast a resounding NO vote in every one of these retention races."

Locally, that includes Northampton County's Steve Baratta and Lehigh County's Bob Steinberg.