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  • Former Pa. legislator, aide ordered to stand trial

    09/04/2009 4:50:19 PM PDT · by freespirited · 2 replies · 652+ views
    Google News ^ | 09/04/09
    A judge has ruled that a former Pennsylvania legislative power broker and his one-time aide should stand trial on corruption charges. Harrisburg District Judge William Wenner's ruling Friday was a serious setback for Mike Veon, the former Democratic House whip, and co-defendant Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink. A previous judge had dismissed the charges but prosecutors refiled some of them. In the current charges, prosecutors allege that Veon and Perretta-Rosepink illegally diverted millions of taxpayer dollars through a nonprofit that Veon controlled — the Beaver Initiative for Growth — to hire consultants who did little or no work, rented office space that the...