In re Referendum Petition to Amend the City of Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Marshall W. Hynes (Hynes), President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) which dismissed his Petition to Set Aside the Referendum Petition (Petition) and directed that the Allegheny County Elections Department (Elections Department) include on the May 20,1997 primary ballot the referendum question presented on the Referendum Petition.

The Referendum Petition, which was filed on February 18, 1997, proposed an amendment to the City of Pittsburgh (City) Home Rule Charter as…