He also ran for state Senate in the20th Dis tric t in an att emptto unseat longtime lawmaker Lisa Baker. In 2009, Haggerty was elected to serve on the county govern- men t stud y comm iss ionto dra fta home rule charter in February, he stepped down as chairman of the transition committee, which was put in place to assistthe new home rule and coun ty coun cil government that will take effect in 2012. It would be a tremendous honor to be a judge in our coun- ty.” Hag ger ty bec ame may or of Kingston in 1998, and has also run his priv ate law pra ctic e in Kingston for more than 20 years. “I think I’ve been a very good ste war d of tax pay er mone y, ” Hag ge rtysaid.“The lawis myca- reer. He told The Time s Leader’ s endors ement boardthat hisexperiencehas pre- pared him to serve as judge. The 45-year -old attorney is now vy- ing for an open seat on the Court of Common Pleas. Currently, he is Kingston may- or and one of the county’s home rule transit ion commit- tee members. WILKES-B ARRE – Jim Hag- ge rtyhas ser vedLuzer neCounty in several capacities through the year s. “You can see it every day – peo- ple run through red lights, through sto p sig nsbecaus e the y are n’tpaying attention to driving.” The city’sordinancecalls for a fine ofno les s that$75upon con vict ionof th e su mm ar y of fe ns e. “I’ve noticed more people aren’ t paying attentio n to driving, ” Kane said. She said she has read a lot of statistics that show a high incidence of acci- den tscausedby talk ingor tex tin g on cell phones while driving. It see msto methatmoreandmorepeo- ple are using their cell phones and driving, so I don’t think we are en- forcing it.” Kanehasbeen lea dingtheeffortto convince legis lators to enact a state- wide law addres sing the issue. So how many citations have been issued? “I really don’t know,” said Kathy Kane, chai rwo manof cou ncilandthe per son who pus hed for the ordi- nance. WILKES-BA RRE – It’ s been al- most a year since City Council ap- proved an ordinance that bans the use of cell phones while driving.
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