In re Nominating Petition of OlShefski

DOYLE, Judge.

John J. OlshefsM, Bruce Cizik, Celia Gallis, William Bott, Dean T. Sposto, and Thomas P. Rainey (collectively, Candidates) appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County which struck their names from the ballot for various offices in the primary election to be held on May 20, 1997, because they failed to timely file a Statement of Financial Interests in accordance with Section 4(b)(2) of the Public Officials and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act).1

We believe that the trial judge, Judge Carmen D. Minora, has, in a well-reasoned and incisive opinion,…