Yesterday’s (May 1) Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision throwing retiree Bob Guzzardi off the GOP gubernatorial primary ballot was 5-2 with Max Baer and Debra McCloskey Todd dissenting.
The ruling overturned an April 15 decision by Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt,
The Supreme Court’s rationale was that Guzzardi did not timely file a Statement of Financial Interests with the State Ethics Commission.
It was the type of petty reasoning that ended for most of us with grade-school playground games, and indicated that Guzzardi’s no-money campaign — he was purposely refusing all donations — actually might have beat the incumbent Tom Corbett.