A two-tiered system in which the politically connected could get their traffic tickets fixed but the average person could not has been a well-kept secret in Philadelphia for generations, the administrative judge in charge of Traffic Court said in an interview last Wednesday.
But Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Gary Glazer, who was appointed last year to oversee the minor court in the wake of a federal investigation into ticket-fixing, said he is trying to change the internal culture after giving 12 ethics courses to court employees and not allowing political connections to be a factor in recent hiring decisions.
