Thursday, July 24, 2008
Politicians - in Pennsylvania
Politicians are out of control in Pennsylvania.
Unfortunately, it's probably the same everywhere.
I know I've said "throw the bums out" before; but, I think I'll just say it again...
Unfortunately, it's probably the same everywhere.
I know I've said "throw the bums out" before; but, I think I'll just say it again...
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dennis B. Roddy and Tracie Mauriello report:
"The project was spearheaded by Eric Webb, director of the Democratic Office of Member Services, who, on Jan. 31, sent e-mails to state employees advising them to begin digging up information on 35 declared and potential candidates for the state House.
'We are mainly looking for bad things: liens, bankruptcies, homicides ... you get the picture,' Mr. Webb advised a dozen House colleagues via their state e-mail accounts. Employees were asked to use LexisNexis, an online search service that makes use of thousands of databases. The state had several LexisNexis accounts that a grand jury later said were used for opposition research.
Mr. Webb told staffers to send results from the searches to Dan Wiedemer, executive director of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, at Mr. Wiedemer's political campaign address."
