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Judge Told To Unseal Orie Info
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 8-19-10

Posted on 08/19/2010 1:46:08 PM PDT by Tribune7

The state Supreme Court, yesterday, ordered the trial judge to unseal documents relating to the cases of state Sen. Jane Clare Orie (R-40) and her sister, Janine Orie.

The Ories have been charged in Allegheny County with theft of service and other crimes relating to the allegation that they improperly assigned state employees to work on the successful election campaign of their sister Joan Orie Melvin to the state Supreme Court last fall.

The 40th District includes part of Allegheny County.

The District Attorney is Stephen Zappala, a Democrat and a political enemy of the Ories.

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1 posted on 08/19/2010 1:46:10 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...
This might be the most interesting part:

Zappala has an interesting connection to the Luzerne County cash-for-kids scandal. His brother Gregory was co-owner of the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care incarceration facilities where the youths were sent in return for kickbacks to Luzerne County judges.

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Gregory's and Stephen's father is former Supreme Court Judge Stephen Zappala Sr. The business address for Western PA Child Care was actually the home of Zappala Sr.

2 posted on 08/19/2010 1:48:11 PM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Tribune7

Great now Republicans are getting into trouble. Why can’t people just keep their ethics?


3 posted on 08/19/2010 1:48:47 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator

Being charged isn’t being convicted. This might turn out to be a real scandal for the Dems if it should be found that the DA is pursuing a vendetta.


4 posted on 08/19/2010 1:53:45 PM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: napscoordinator
Why can’t people just keep their ethics?
Politicians never had any to start with.
5 posted on 08/19/2010 1:56:47 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: napscoordinator
Why can’t people just keep their ethics?

Didn't you get the memo?

Ethics are racist. Just ask Maxine Waters.

6 posted on 08/19/2010 2:11:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." Barack Obama)
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To: Tribune7

As a former taxpayer in the “County of Corruption”, this is very interesting.


7 posted on 08/19/2010 3:52:21 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Tribune7

There has to be some kind of back story about the Zappala bros having ‘something’ against the Orie sisters.

That, and the matching trench coats.


8 posted on 08/19/2010 4:25:01 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ( (((((((((((((((((((PALIN/BACHMANN 2012))))))))))))))))))))
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
One story I heard is that it involves Sen. Orie's opposition to the expansion of gambling. The Honorable Justice Zappala was hired as a shill to promote it.

But that's just one story.

Another is payback for the Corbett prosecutions of pols using hired staff as campaign workers.

9 posted on 08/19/2010 5:40:32 PM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle


10 posted on 08/20/2010 6:17:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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