ABSTRACT
George Skumanick grew up in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, the grandson of immigrant coal miners and the son of a mechanic and a short order cook. Three years later he was appointed to replace the District Attorney (DA) of Wyoming County by Brendan Vanston, who resigned as DA to become a judge in the Court of Common Pleas in the same county. A DA proves his or her mettle by being tough on crime', prosecuting people for criminal conduct where there is probable cause that they might have broken the law. In November 1989, the residents of Wyoming County elected incumbent DA Skumanick and thus retained him as the chief law enforcement officer of their county. The stories of the powerful are the only ones that count, and the counting further enhances the power of the tellers in the economic and political arena.
