SCOA Head: I'll Run Again By Popular Demand

Supreme Court Officers' Association President John McKillop has announced that he will seek re-election this summer.

JOHN McKILLOP: One term not enough.

Mr. McKillop, who in 2004 vowed to serve for only one term, said he changed his mind after his delegates urged him to run again. "They unanimously did so," Mr. McKillop said during a Jan. 11 phone interview. "There are several legislative initiatives that are important to us that I want to see through to passage. And in addition, I've already requested an early start to contract negotiations with the Office of Court Administration."

The SCOA's contract expires on March 31. "It's never good for a union to begin negotiating with one administration and then to follow up with another," said Mr. McKillop, who's in his second stint as the head of the SCOA.

Mr. McKillop also served as SCOA president from 1989 to 1992. In the interim, he worked as a Captain in the 9th Judicial District in Westchester County.