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Feds Call On Mr. Mellow
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 6-19-10

Posted on 06/19/2010 8:17:13 AM PDT by Tribune7

Agents from the FBI and IRS executed search warrants at the home and district office of Pennsylvania Senate Democrat Leader Robert J. (Bob) Mellow yesterday.

The feds were mum on what it was about and Mellow spokeswoman Lisa Scullin said the senator is cooperating with all request.

Mellow has represented the 22nd District since 1971.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 22nddistrict; fbi; mellow; pa

1 posted on 06/19/2010 8:17:14 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

Good news ping


2 posted on 06/19/2010 8:17:48 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Tribune7

I’m just mad about Saffron...


3 posted on 06/19/2010 8:20:42 AM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: Fido969

Quite Rightly


4 posted on 06/19/2010 8:22:10 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Tribune7

Mellow has represented the 22nd District since 1971
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1971? I can understand why he got elected that year. A lot of folks were “mellow” back then.


5 posted on 06/19/2010 8:22:48 AM PDT by no dems (Palin/Jindal in 2012 or Jindal/Palin in 2012. Either is fine with me.)
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To: Tribune7; STARWISE; maggief; Liz; SE Mom; penelopesire

Everytime PA is mentioned, Burris, Loop Enterprises (BO’s BIL and BF)and Philly’s pay to play comes into mind....Anyone know details of what’s going on here?


6 posted on 06/19/2010 8:22:53 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Fido969

“I’m just mad about Saffron...”

Took a bit, but I got the reference. Haven’t heard that song for a long time.


7 posted on 06/19/2010 8:23:11 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Tribune7; All

He’s in the PA State Senate. Is there anyway we can use this to our advantage, and the Dems disadvantage, in any of the elections on a National scale?


8 posted on 06/19/2010 8:25:04 AM PDT by no dems (Palin/Jindal in 2012 or Jindal/Palin in 2012. Either is fine with me.)
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To: no dems

I’d make an issue of his pension which you can hit all who were incumbents back in ‘06 with. That’s a reality regardless of whether this raid leads to charges.


9 posted on 06/19/2010 8:47:24 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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Worth noting:

In other Pa. corruption news, Mike Veon the Democrat who represented the 14th District in the State House from 1985 to 2006 and achieved the rank of party whip, was sentenced, yesterday, to six to 14 years for his role in Bonusgate in which tax dollars were used by incumbents in both parties, albeit mostly by the Democrats, to fund re-election campaigns.

10 posted on 06/19/2010 8:48:14 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: hoosiermama

Ut, oh.........Mellow, in his 10th term, announced he would retire at the end of this year because (drum roll please) he wants to spend more time with his daughters and grandchildren.

SOURCE http://www.philly.com/dailynews/national/20100619_Feds_raid_Pa__senator_s_home__office.html#ixzz0rJzmUk8g


11 posted on 06/19/2010 10:37:14 AM PDT by Liz (If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
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To: Tribune7

Isn’t Mr. Mellow a good friend of Snappy Sammy Smoot?


12 posted on 06/19/2010 1:23:33 PM PDT by texmexis best (My)
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To: Liz; Tribune7

He’s not the only one from NEPA retiring to spend more time with his family: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2489468/posts


13 posted on 06/19/2010 6:13:27 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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