Are we getting our money’s worth?
Some judges enjoyed light workloads as taxpayers ponied up millions for salaries, pensions, health care.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020;
Published on Dec 10, 2020
Greg Johnson has a pretty good job and even better benefits.
The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues across the state earn $93,338 a year, with the possibility of a pension and lifetime health care, funded largely by taxpayers.
So, it might come as a surprise that 2019 court data revealed Johnson sometimes had proceedings just two days a week. That also allowed him to tend to his family business a nursery and landscaping company north of Harrisburg.
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues