As a former District Attorney and an attorney who has been a prosecuting attorney for approx. 40 years, I believe there are two things that are the most important qualities a judge can have. Those qualities are trial experience in a courtroom and an ability to listen. As a non-partisan position, it should not matter what political party you are affiliated with, but what you would bring to the bench each and every day. In this judicial race, each and every one of the candidates is a conservative Republican, but two of the candidates stand out with regard to their ability to listen to people and their trial experience. For me, both Lou Schmitt and John Sisto have the necessary ingredients to be excellent judges, and those are the reasons why I am supporting both and ask for your votes for both of them.

David Gorman

Hollidaysburg