Day: August 1, 2011

Defense Didn’t Get De Notes In Perzel Case

Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis rejected an argument, July 29,  to dismiss charges against Former State House Speaker John Perzel and his co-defendants because prosecutors led by then Attorney General Tom Corbett had destroyed notes taken during witness interviews.

Perzel’s lawyer William Fetterhoff said the notes showed that prosecutors were abusive and intimidating to witnesses during interview sessions.

Perzel et al are accused of illegally using state computers for electioneering.

Perzel, a Republican, had represented the 172nd District which is in Philadelphia,

One has mixed feelings about this. Perzel was a hack and is probably guilty of something if not in letter but in spirit.

On the other hand, why destroy the notes?

Fetterhoff is also
attempting to show that Corbett did the same things in his elections
for which he is trying to put  Perzel  away.

Corbett got convictions in March 2010 against former state House Minority Whip Mike Veon,
a Democrat who represented the 14th District in Beaver County, and  two
aides for illegally using state money in the form of salary bonuses to
pay for electioneering.

Veon is serving a 6 to 14 year sentence. It should be noted that Vince Fumo got less time for a far
more serious and a far more blatant reign of destruction on the
Pennsylvania taxpayer.

Corbett strikes one as being a very ambitious fellow which is a trait to be feared in those who seek political office.

Sam Rohrer, if only you had won.

P.O. To Close On Brookside Road Friday

The United States Post Service will end Friday its half-century-plus tenure on Brookside Road, Springfied, Pa. 19064, according to an employee of the branch.

The new occupant of the building long for sale will reportedly be a credit union.

The new address for the Springfield Post Office, which has long been a non-delivery facility,  is in Olde Sproul Village on Baltimore Pike in what had been the Baja Fresh Mexican restaurant.

Debt Ceiling Delay Threatens 0’s Lavish 50th B-Day Bash

A  lavish, rub-it-in-the-face-of-the-unemployed-or-overworked birthday bash scheduled for Aug. 3 to celebrate President Obama’s big 5-0 will be cancelled unless Congress actually passes the deal agreed to by party leaders to raise the debt ceiling.

The deal announced late Sunday, July 31, at first look, simply seems to grow what we owe to a little less than otherwise. A lot of legislators on both sides don’t seem to like it.

So the President may not get his party which is scheduled to be held at the $40,000-per-night Aragon Ballroom with entertainment to be provided by jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Dreamgirls’ star Jennifer Hudson.