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Posted on 06/27/2025 10:08:11 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
A Republican lawmaker on Monday revisited questions about the Shapiro administration’s use of taxpayer-funded airplane flights and raised new ones about spending on hospitality tickets and a “pre-championship golf outing” at the recent U.S. Open in Allegheny County.
In a June 17 letter obtained by the Post-Gazette, Sen. Jarrett Coleman of Lehigh County asked the administration for details on spending under a $1 million amendment made to a state grant support contract just before the high-profile golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club. Among items covered in the amendment, the letter said, was a “sponsorship” with an “outdoor seating area, hospitality tickets, parking passes and a pre-championship golf outing.”
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His PA Ethic Commission filing should be “interesting” next year.
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EVERY elected official, candidate for public office, and public employee is required to submit an annual report to the PA State Ethics commission listing sources of income, indebtedness, gifts received, etc.
Shapiro’s filing will be interesting...or very creative!
Shapiro can easily argue that since it was in PA, he was just promoting the state. It’s a thin cover, but it will work.
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