The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published this story on December 16. The newspaper obtained e-mails from top aides in the Pennsylvania Democratic legislative caucus. The e-mails show that employees of the Democratic caucus, who were government employees, got bonuses for doing campaign work. That political work included helping with the challenge to Ralph Nader’s 2004 petition.
The last honest Pennsylvania legislature was in 1755, just before the Quakers abdicated. We get no better than we demand. Constant vigilance is a price a hedonistic population will not pay or even realize the requirement. We should weep, wring our hands and wear sackcloth. It is too late, we have allowed our own destruction.
This revelation comes as no surprise to anyone who worked on the 2004 Nader/Camejo campaign. I hope it becomes a much more widely reported story. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
I’m not a Ralph Nader supporter, but this is bull$#!+!
I wonder what bonuses were given to those legislative aides and interns who worked for six weeks strait to screw carl romanelli out of his place on the ballot in the 2006 senate race.