inquirer editorial board

Editorials, letters for Wed., Sept. 9

fishbowluser — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:18:06 +0000

Editorial: Keep ban on contributions

Editorial: Obama’s pep talk

Letters to the Editor

Letters: White House spreads lies about Obamacare

Inquirer endorsements – May 19 Pa. primary

fishbowluser — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:46:07 +0000

(Contested races only)

- Supreme Court, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court

- Phila. Common Pleas Court and Municipal Court

- Phila. District Attorney

- Phila. City Controller

- Ballot Question 1 – YES
- Ballot Question 2 – NO

fishbowluser — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:40:38 +0000

By The Inquirer

Phila. Bar Association ratings

fishbowluser — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:41 +0000

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Recommended:

Christine Adair
Daniel Anders
Adam Beloff
Gregory A. Coleman
Robert P. Coleman
Anne Marie B. Coyle
Joyce Eubanks
Angelo J. Foglietta
Vincent Giusini
Jonathan Q. Irvine
Daniel A. Rendine
Angeles Roca
Thomas Francis Shields, Jr.
Diane Thompson
Donna M. Woelpper

Not Recommended:
John J. Capaldi
Roxanne Covington
Judge Hall
W. Fred Harrison, Jr.
Elinore O’Neill Kolodner
Sharon Williams Losier
Beverly Muldrow

Philadelphia Municipal Court

Recommended:
Christine Adair
Patrick F. Dugan
Charles Hayden
Jonathan Q. Irvine
Joseph T. Murphy, Jr.
Thomas N. Nocella
Kenneth J. Powell, Jr.
Dawn A. Segal
Joseph C. Water, Jr.
Not Recommended:

Lopez Thompson
Ted J. Vigilante

Where they stand: Pa. judicial candidates respond

fishbowluser — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:49:00 +0000

The Inquirer Editorial Board asked judicial candidates in the Philadelphia region and statewide to complete a questionnaire. Following are the responses received, listed alphabetically. Other helpful resources include:
- ThePhiladelphia Bar Association judicial ratings.
- The Pennsylvania Bar Association ratings.
- The statewide judicial reform group, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, judicial elections information.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

- Jack Panella
- Joan Orie Melvin

Pennsylvania Superior Court

– Robert J. Colville
– Anne E. Lazarus
– Kevin F. McCarthy
– Sallie Mundy
– Judy Olson
– Temp Smith

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

- Kevin Brobson
- Barbara Behrend Ernsberger
- Linda S. Judson
- Patricia A. McCullough

Philadelphia Common Pleas Court

- Dan Anders
- Adam M. Beloff
- Robert Coleman
- Anne Marie B. Coyle
- Roxanne E. Covington
- Joyce Eubanks
- Daniel Rendine
- Angeles Roca
- Fran Shields
- Diane Thompson
- Donna Woelpper

Philadelphia Municipal Court

- Pat Dugan
- Charles Hayden
- Joe Murphy
- Kenneth J. Powell Jr.
– Dawn Segal
- Joseph C. Waters Jr.

Bucks County Common Pleas Court

- Robert Baldi
- Wallace Bateman
- Gary Gilman
- Lawrence Otter
- Michael Rubin
- David Zellis

Delaware County Common Pleas Court

- Linda Cartisano
- Nancy Rhoads Koons

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court

- Wendy Demchick-Alloy
- Cheryl Lynne Austin
- Joel Bernbaum
- Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio
- Patricia E. Coonahan
- Joanna M. Cruz
- Richard Haaz
- Jeff Lindy
- Lois Murphy
- Garrett D. Page
- Michael Shields
- Gary Silow
- Kelly Wall
- Ann Thornburgh Weiss

Meet the staff

fishbowluser — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:40:25 +0000

(Return to the Say What? blog)

Chief editorial writer Russell Cooke, a veteran member of The Inquirer Editorial Board, comments on a wide range of topics for which he has received a number of regional and statewide journalism awards.

Prior to joining the Editorial Board, Cooke was a reporter in The Inquirer’s City Hall bureau. His work there, in addition to reporting for the paper’s neighborhoods team, afforded him extensive knowledge of city government and civic issues. Cooke also did an overseas reporting stint for The Inquirer during the Falklands War. He holds a degree in English and also studied international politics at the London School of Economics.

Cooke’s recent commentary on the Say What? blog has included postings on a teacher-student affair, a controversial environmental proposal from Brazil, and the beating death of a Phillies fan outside Citizens Bank ballpark.

Inquirer Judicial Candidate Questionnaire

fishbowluser — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:11:53 +0000

Name:
Judicial post for which you are running:
Political Party:
Campaign e-mail and Website:
Daytime phone (will not be published):
Digital photo e-mailed to judge@phillynews.com ? Yes / No
1. Why are you qualified and well-suited to serve as a judge on the court for which you are running?

2. Did you receive a rating of “recommended” or higher from the state or local bar association? If not, why not?

3. If you are an incumbent judge, what’s a recent instance in which you acted to preserve your judicial independence? If you are an aspiring judge, how do you plan to remain independent if elected to the bench?

4. A number of Pennsylvania judges have been sanctioned for campaign activities, ex parte dealings, and other alleged misconduct. How can the state’s judiciary prevent discipline scandals of the type seen recently?

5. If you believe that gender, racial, ethnic, class or other forms of bias can infect the justice system, how will you work to keep your courtroom as bias-free as possible?

Please e-mail your completed questionnaire to:
judge@phillynews.com. You may also include a resume.

Josh Gohlke

fishbowluser — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:41:38 +0000

Appointed Inquirer commentary editor in mid-2008, Josh Gohlke previously worked on the opinion pages of The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record. In July 2007, he became the Record’s assistant editorial page editor. Prior to that he reported from the paper’s statehouse bureau in Trenton and had previously covered county politics. He was been with The Record for 7 1/2 years, after leaving its sister paper, The Herald News in West Paterson. Mr. Gohlke also worked for New Jersey’s Daily Record and at small papers in California. His writing has garnered praise from the New Jersey Press Association as well as from the state’s SPJ chapter. In 2006 Mr. Gohlke was a contender for the National Press Club Sandy Hume Award for Excellence in Political Journalism and received honorable mention. He has a dual bachelor’s degree in communication and English from Stanford University.

Links

fishbowluser — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:52:55 +0000

Extranet
Outlook
Media Center
Desktop access
Nexis
HERMES read-only / Intranet / ASK.IT
Stylebook
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Phila census data by census tract
Philadelphia city government
City Hall phone directory
Hallwatch

fishbowluser — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:47:39 +0000

inquirer editorial board

Editorials, letters for Wed., Sept. 9

Inquirer endorsements – May 19 Pa. primary

Phila. Bar Association ratings

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Philadelphia Municipal Court

Where they stand: Pa. judicial candidates respond

Bucks County Common Pleas Court

Delaware County Common Pleas Court

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court

Meet the staff

Chief editorial writer Russell Cooke, a veteran member of The Inquirer Editorial Board, comments on a wide range of topics for which he has received a number of regional and statewide journalism awards.

Inquirer Judicial Candidate Questionnaire

Josh Gohlke

Links