In Re Nomination Petition of Rizzo

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Ross M. Wolfe and Denise M. Furey (Appellants) appeal from the March 23, 2011, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which denied Appellants’ petition to set aside the nomination petition of Frank Rizzo (Candidate) for City Council.

Candidate participates in the City of Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP). Under section 22-310(2) of the Philadelphia Code, “employees who elect to participate in the DROP make an irrevocable commitment to separate from City service and retire upon ceasing participating in the…