Category Archives: Corruption

Upcoming Potential Milestone in PA Redistricting Reform & What You Can Do About It NOW

Every ten years, following the census, the political party in power gets to redraw the lines of congressional districts. This process, called redistricting, is often used by the party in power to do what is known as gerrymandering, or drawing … More after the jump

Posted in Action Alert, Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, Elections, Open Government

New Government Reform Caucus in PA & What They Miss – PA Headlines 2/4 Counterpoint PA 5/1-2/2013 (with transcript)

State Senator Rob Teplitz, a Democrat representing Dauphin and York counties, and State Representative Bryan Cutler, a Republican representing Lancaster county, have announced the formation of a new Government Reform Caucus in the Pennsylvania Legislature. The Government Reform Caucus has … More after the jump

Posted in Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, House of Representatives, Open Government, Senate, State Government

Planes, Wine, and PA GOP Chairman Rob Gleason–Something Stinks in Cambria County

Something stinks in Cambria County politics. For Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason, that stink is the smell of money. Since Republicans took back the majority on the County Board of Commissioners, three county insurance contracts have gone to Chairman … More after the jump

Posted in Business, Corruption, Pittsburgh / SW Region, Regional News Tagged

End All Judicial Elections

Anthony Williams is right on with this push to end judicial elections for high office, but why not end all judicial elections? It seems to me that the really bad judicial elections are the smaller offices, where the electorate is especially tiny, … More after the jump

Posted in Corruption, Elections

*Clerical Error* Totally Why Corbett Failed to Disclose Fracker-Funded Vacation

Hoo boy! I do not envy Kevin Harley ever today: Marie Cusick has the bombshell: In July 2011, Governor Corbett took a vacation to Rhode Island that was paid for by a central Pennsylvania businessman with ties to the natural … More after the jump

Posted in Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, Elections

How to Stop Philly Traffic Court Corruption

Awesome op-ed from Lynn A. Marks of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts: Structural reforms to the court are also needed. Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts is researching the viability of a number of proposals such as: anonymous and mandatory reporting of problems, with … More after the jump

Posted in Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, Elections

Rep. Lou Barletta Sends Taxpayer-Funded Staffer to Debate Gene Stilp

If you are running against Gene Stilp, the renegade reformer known for exposing politicians that used public money for campaign purposes, what is politically the worst possible thing you could do? Ask Republican Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11)–because it looks like … More after the jump

Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?, Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, Elections, Harrisburg / South Central Tagged ,

PA GOP Protecting Corbett on Sandusky

From Rep. Jesse White’s Facebook page: BREAKING NEWS: We just tried to force a vote on HR 520, urging the US Attorney to investigate AG #Corbett and his handling of the #Sandusky case. The #Republican majority immediately stopped proceedings, and … More after the jump

Posted in Corruption, Elections

Tom Corbett’s Nonanswers to Chris Freind on Sandusky

Freind 1 : Corbett 0: Last week, the Governor responded to Freindly Fire’s Open Letter, which had requested specifics on key issues. But rather than answering any questions, the Corbett response raised even more red flags. The Corbett response stated, … More after the jump

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Chris Freind’s Devastating Open Letter to Tom Corbett on Sandusky

Reblogged from PAWaterCooler, a conservative multi-author blog. Carries a lot of weight, considering that Chris has been a supporter of Corbett: Dear Governor Corbett: Since there are a number of questions which you have failed to answer concerning your investigation … More after the jump

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