Posted on 01/09/2009 11:46:00 AM PST by grace522
I’d loooove to see Rendell go the Blago route!
More on the Pennsylvania tree branch!
Ross Perot, after acting as the spoiler that allowed bubba to be elected with only 47% - got some VERY big gummint contracts at the same time.... I was afraid they’d pull that same scenario this election = but they didn’t need too - they had the media.
42% In 1992 47-48 in 1996!
Wonder if Fast Eddie will get cheesesteaks in the Big House?
Democrats Corrupt in Philly and pa....?
c’mon Us Attorneys....Indict! and next UNIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
None of this matters to the idiots who keep electing Democrats. We live in a country where Chicago style corruption is fast becoming the norm. Cheat, steal, lie... just get in and grab the power. The common good is what’s good for you!
Democrat corruption PING.
It’s not a question of which Democrat is corrupt, its a question of which Democrat is NOT corrupt.
Most of them are.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160983/posts
LOOP CAPITAL!!!
Reynolds
Burris
Craig Robinson - 0 BIL
Sounds like the democrat party is drowning in a culture of corruption. Now where have I heard that phrase before? Hmmm...Culture of Corruption..
Gov. Ed Rendell,D-Pa., has recently come under fire as more information emerges regarding the frequency and high-dollar amounts of no-bid state contracts that have been distributed to his political donors and friends... The state Senate passed a reform bill 50-0 last session amending how contracts are awarded, but it was stifled in the Democratic-controlled House. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Majority Whip Jane Orie, R-40th of Allegheny, will be re-introduced early this term. While conflicts of interest abound, the awarding of no-bid contracts to political donors is not illegal, so long as no pay to play arrangement exists. But in 2007, the ethical line was taken to a whole new level when Ballard performed $773,000 of state legal work without a state contract, leaving many questions unanswered. On March 1 of that year, the firm began work on the proposal to privatize the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Over the next 83 days, Ballard utilized 55 attorneys (more than 10 percent of its legal staff), and billed the state for 2,300 hours, which equates to an average of 27.38 hours per 24 hour day. The hourly rates varied based on seniority, with firm Chairman Arthur Makadon billing $637.50/hour, and partners Ken Jarin and Adrian King Jr. billing $531.25/hour and $403.75/hour, respectively.
I’d love to see taxpayers get their $$$ back.
Isn't that kind of the definition of pay-to-play? They give money, they get lucrative contracts. Even if it can't be proven either way the appearance of impropriety should preclude it.
We’re gonna run out of jail space for these crooks. No wonder Dims never want to build new prisons.
I will be interviewing Chris Freind on this in the first hour of my show on Thursday Jan 15 at 8 pm est.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedom
...Governors taken down recently:
Gray Davis Cal, Dem - incompetance, recalled
McGreevy NJ, Dem - corruption, resigned
Spitzer, NY, Dem - corruption, resigned
Blago Ill, Dem - corruption, impeached
Richardson NM, Dem - corruption, under investigation
Rendell Penn, Dem - corruption, under investigation
“Culture of corruption”
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