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Luzerne Co. Judge Candidates Talk About Election

Luzerne Co. Judge Candidates Talk About Election - Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11:00PM EST

Reported by: Joe Holden
Monday, Sep 21, 2009 @ 11:00pm EDT
LUZERNE COUNTY -- 14 people are implicated in corruption in Luzerne County. 12 are Democrats. Republican party leaders have suggested those numbers should persuade voters in the upcoming election, which is now just 6 weeks away.

In recent days, there's been talk of party persuasion, a possible Republican resurgence after months of corruption publicity.

Republican candidate for Luzerne County judge Dick Hughes spoke with Eyewitness News after opening his Hazleton campaign headquarters.

ÒI think it's very refreshing. I think you're going to see the Luzerne County electorate come out, look at the person, look at the qualifications and judge us on that and that's how it should be,Ó said Hughes.

While county Republican party leaders have said the stain of corruption will benefit their party, democrat bosses believe individual candidates will overshadow party identity. Tina Polachek Gartley said, ÒI think it boils down to who are the political insiders and who are not. The judges who are arrested and they are insiders.Ó

Gartley says she's a political outsider. She told us her place as one of three candidates for the court is a sign of frustration, claiming voters want a fresh face. ÒI have no political ties, I've never held a solicitorship or have been given a position by political tie or linkage,Ó she said.

Candidate Bill Amesbury says whoever is pressed into the job, it won't be easy. ÒThere's a stain, a cloud cast over the Luzerne County judiciary,Ó he said.

Amesbury told us it's definitely the person, not the party, and that voters want pride returned to the courthouse. ÒThose judges are going to have to restore the confidence and trust in our judicial system,Ó he added.
 


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