The rumblings from Harrisburg's chattering-class are that partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's much-anticipated and allegedly "shocking" second round of bonusgate arrests are to happen within the next ten days.
The scuttlebutt predicts that among the long-promised Republican indictments will be additional Democrats.
The culpability of former Democratic Leader Bill DeWeese is well-documented. But the case of former Representative and current Secretary of Revenue Stephen Stetler is just as compelling.
Stetler was an officer of the House Democratic Campaign Committee from 1999 to 2006, and was the Chair of the HDCC from 2003 to 2006. The thousands of emails provided by and the hours of Grand Jury testimony arranged by Bill DeWeese and his taxpayer-funed legal defense team of Bill Chadwick and Bill Sloane show that Stetler was at the center of all things political in the House Democratic Caucus.
Much of this DeWeese-inspired material incriminating Stetler shows up in Exhibit K of Veon's June 2009 filing.
We've reproduced the entire exhibit below. Click on the links to view the attachments. See for yourself if Stetler is culpable and try to imagine under what circumstances Corbett's team wouldn't even follow through on its subpoena...and why Stetler hasn't been indicted.
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Exhibit K
Stephen Stetler was the House Democratic Campaign Committee (HDCC) Finance Chair from 1999 to 2002. Stetler took over the HDCC as Operations Chair in 2003 and held the position until he resigned his house seat to join the Economy League in July of 2006. [See attachment 1]
The House Democratic Caucus staff and HDCC staff under Stetler's direction between the years 2002 and 2006 were Dan Wiedemer, then HDCC Executive Director, who now works for State Rep. Mike Gerber; Jessica Walls, then HDCC Political Director; Erin Madison, then HDCC Fundraiser and later House Democratic Research Analyst; John Jones, House Democratic Caucus Research Specialist and Cameron Texter, House Democratic Caucus Research Specialist.
The above staff were directly supervised on daily basis by Stephen Stetler. They all were subpoenaed by Attorney General Tom Corbett in 2007 and 2008. Subsequently, they gave proffer interviews or appeared in front of the Grand Jury. [See attachment 2]
Stetler himself was subpoenaed to appear before the Grand Jury by Attorney General Tom Corbett on 6/12/2008.
Stetler was an active participant in developing HDCC strategy. The attachments show just a few of the emails he received containing polling results and analysis. [See attachment 3]
Stetler was active in assigning and supervising House Caucus staff to work on incumbent Democratic members' political campaigns. According to the grand jury presentment from July of 2008:
"[Paul] Martz testified that, while the official paperword said he was working in Tangretti's district office, in fact, he did not even have a work station in that office. He testified that he worked exclusively from Tangretti's campaign office while being paid by the taxpayers.
Discovery documents show that Stetler was actively involved with Martz's assignment to Westmoreland County and his role there. [See attachment 4]
Stetler was an active participant in assigning and overseeing House Democratic Caucus staff in political campaign petition reviews. [See attachment 5]
Stetler supervised political campaign fundraising conducted by his House Caucus staff using caucus resources. The properties for the Excel spreadsheet attched to this discovery document indicate the campaign fundraising work was done on a state computer by Erin Madison. [See attachment 6]
Stetler encouraged and authorized House Caucus personnel decisions based on levels of campaign contributions from House Caucus members. [See attachment 7]
Stetler and his staff used state resources and employee time to work on his personal political campaigns. [See attachment 8]
Stetler supervised and directed the Opposition Research operation conducted by the House Democratic Caucus and the HDCC. [See attachment 9]
Stetler personally disseminated to Democratic candidates Opposition Research conducted by House Caucus staff. [See attachment 10]
In spite of his review of the above investigative material, Attorney General Tom Corbett did not follow through on his subpoena of Stetler. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on 5/3/09:
"A report by Special Agent Robert Drawbaugh -- "Legislative Bonus Investigation" -- said another special agent met with a York attorney on June 12. The attorney "accepted service of a grand jury subpoena for Stephen Stetler," the report said. Stetler couldn't be reached for comment. Chuck Ardo, Rendell's press secretary, said Stetler's attorney was told agents would get back to him if they needed Stetler and they never did." [See attachment 11]
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Highlighting Stetler's involvement with political activity in the Capitol using House Caucus staff and resources and underlining how glaring Corbett's failure to follow through with his subpoena, is Exhibit E 31 from Veon's July 2009 filing..
Under oath, former HDCC Executive Director Dan Wiedemer testified to the grand jury that Stetler was part of the "core" decision-making body for all things political. He goes on to testify that when presented with options of gathering opposition research without using state funded resources, Stetler made the decision to continue using House Caucus staff and resources.
Corbett has the evidence and testimony (all provided by DeWeese) to bring charges against Stetler. Why would Stetler escape all scrutiny from Corbett?
Perhaps Stetler is on the list for the "shocking" indictments Corbett has promised? How will he explain Stetler's failure to respond to the subpoena, and why he waited to charge Stetler until after the Tribune Review questioned his actions?
Aren't you still leaving someone out? The biggest section of the latest Veon filing deals with someone else ... what is your take on that?
ReplyDeleteCASABLACAPA POSTED:
ReplyDelete“The culpability of former Democratic Leader Bill DeWeese is well-documented. But the case of former Representative and current Secretary of Revenue Stephen Stetler is just as compelling…….Stetler was an active participant in developing HDCC strategy. The attachments show just a few of the emails he received containing polling results and analysis. [See attachment 3]…….Stetler was an active participant in assigning and overseeing House Democratic Caucus staff in political campaign petition reviews. [See attachment 5]”
Anonymous above is right about you leaving off someone.
If this is all true as you claim, you just made the case to indict Todd Eachus since he took over for Stetler while DeWeese is not even found in running the campaigns.
So, now you are attacking Todd Eachus when he did a superb job of re-electing Democrats. How can you call yourself Democrats when you do such misdeeds?
The fact is that Todd Eachus is innocent since he was running the campaigns, but you keep doing otherwise.
We political junkies waiting for Corbett's next round of indictments are like teenage boys at a striptease parlor waiting for the main attraction. Damn it Tom, indict already!!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought Corbett admitted back in June that he was finished investigating the House.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.com/articles/2009/06/12/news/doc4a31a9843d0a0799683697.txt
Q. Why hasn’t LaValle, who was also involved in BIG’s operations, been charged?
A. “I can’t comment. The Senate side (of the investigation) isn’t done.”
One reason to think that Republicans are as guilty as Democrats is that Republicans are not constantly raising issue of Democratic corruption. From what I am told, there was a mutually assured destruction pact: we won't call you on using government money for political campaigns if you don't call us on it. The incumbents win; the citizens lose.
ReplyDeleteI have to think the Democrats have some details on Republican actions, more than what has been reported publicly.
Separately, Corbett is building the suspense well as the striptease analogy crudely but accurately demonstrates. Let us see whether he satisfies or just teases.
If this were a strip club the audience long ago would have lost interest and walked out.
ReplyDeleteIt appears Democrats of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Kind, now prefer taking down other Democrats by what I am seeing is being posted here and on other blogs.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans can always count on many Democrats across class lines to take out Democrats.
Instead of sticking together, everyone is enjoying picking each other apart.
It is time for all Defendants, Lawmakers, and Staffs to stop the rain, turn the tide!
Strange but True!
What about the evidence in the presentments that show the Veon crew worked hard to hide their activities from DeWeese?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like anyone was keeping anything secret from DeWeese. The Kat Manucci testimony shows that Manzo went to DeWeese and asked if he could give out bonuses. DeWeese said yes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/19077327/July-Attachment-E-16
The Attorney General is using Manzo's sworn testimony against all these Democrats. Corbett can't use all that information he gets from Manzo, but ignore Manzo's testimony (and Manucci's) that clearly show that DeWeese approved of the bonuses.
Eachus is innocent?????? Please..I pissed myself laughing....He recently stated on the Don Pachence show that the word "improper" in Harrisburg means "illegal." Not only has Eachus using the system inconsistent with current PA law...Veon filings show it goes back as far as 1995.
ReplyDelete"Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like anyone was keeping anything secret from DeWeese. The Kat Manucci testimony shows that Manzo went to DeWeese and asked if he could give out bonuses. DeWeese said yes.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19077327/July-Attachment-E-16. The Attorney General is using Manzo's sworn testimony against all these Democrats. Corbett can't use all that information he gets from Manzo, but ignore Manzo's testimony (and Manucci's) that clearly show that DeWeese approved of the bonuses. August 27, 2009 10:35 AM"
The BIG, BIG, and BIG problem in misquoting testimony here is when one fudges the interpretations to meet wrong conclusions.
ONCE AGAIN, they have misled Posters such as you, when one fails to post that DeWeese was relying on what MIKE MANZO was telling him.
Just read all of the testimony of Kat Manucci I have copied it per word.
Clearly, it was MANZO that told DeWeese, "That Several People EMPLOYEES OF THE CAUCUS, Were Coming Up For Their ANNUAL EMPLOYEES EVALUATIONS, They Were Gung-Ho, Go Getters, Do 110 Percent, Always VOLUNTEER. Giving More Than They Are Asked, Whether It’s STAYING LATE, Working Weekends, They VOLUNTEER TO DO CAMPAIGN WORK.”
This is what Kat Manucci ACTUALLY testified to under oath.
DeWeese directed all the HDC employees to cooperate with AG Office Grand Jury to avoid any cover-ups.
Now that we have seen the entire quote, we know that DeWeese was being told one thing by MANZO on the bonuses and their purposes, as MANZO is describing them as Employee Evaluations but not the whole truth.
Even worse, Kat Manucci Testimony goes onto say, she heard DeWeese say to Manzo, "Craft Something You (Manzo) Think Is Appropriate".
DeWeese did not expect Manzo to break laws as Manzo said these are "Employee Evaluations", NOT EMPLOYEES WORKING ON STATE TIME.
Many Bosses every day are let down by their own em,ployees they depend upon to do the right thing.
Kat went on to testify UNDER OATH, “With That, Manzo Would Go Ahead And Decide What He (MANZO) Was Going To Give Those People In Terms Of Bonuses".
Please note again, at no time does Kat Manucci mention Manzo telling DeWeese the employees worked on State Time, only that they "VOLUNTEER" to do Campaigns.
Please Note further, Manzo has pled Guilty and Manzo admitted in public the day he was fired Manzo let DeWeese down by not telling him everything on what was going on, in front of witnesses.
Once you read everything, you come to understand Manzo misled many people not just DeWeese on the purposes of the Bonuses.
"McGruff said...Eachus is innocent?????? Please..I pissed myself laughing....He recently stated on the Don Pachence show that the word "improper" in Harrisburg means "illegal." Not only has Eachus using the system inconsistent with current PA law...Veon filings show it goes back as far as 1995. August 27, 2009 4:16 PM"
ReplyDeleteBe careful here, Manzo kept much from many people including is own wife.
Even Veon may not have known everything Manzo was doing, since Veons' Lawyers put out Emails to defend Veon.
We know Rachel Manzo was kept in the dark on some things. We know DeWeese was told outright lies by Manzo that were uncovered by Chadwick and Manzo admitted to in public upon his firing. We know Eachus worked with Manzo and could have been taken in by some hidden agenda by Manzo too.
In fact, most of Defendants can actually escape conviction if they can prove Manzo was behind much of the deceit that they alleged did not even know about, and may be talking with others about Grand Jury Testimony as we speak.
I give credit to Manzo pleading Guilty after being shown evidence, he cannot defend in open court, but if he is still playing games with everyone, well Corbett's AG Office better monitors him if they need him at Trials.
Defense Attorneys have no choice but to question the AG Case against all the Defendants based on Manzo's information now.
And Eachus may have information proving Manzo kept things from him too, is all I am saying.
"Anonymous said...What about the evidence in the presentments that show the Veon crew worked hard to hide their activities from DeWeese? August 27, 2009 9:09 AM"
ReplyDeleteI see your points, after reading much of the Veons' Lawyers filings, it is hard not conclude that DeWeese was kept in the dark of what was going on with the HDCC, especially those running the re-elections.
Then I read what Lawmakers were calling for DeWeese to resign as Majority Leader before the 2008 campaign. It does look like an organized effort if you connect the dots and friendships.
It is funny, but many of them calling for his resignation were involved in the HDCC campaigning now under investigation by the AG Office, as I keep reading in the Veons' filings.
Even DeWeese's campaign was being misused and kept in the dark on what the HDCC workers were doing, but DeWeese through his own hard work, won his elections in spite of their hidden actions.
After that, all of sudden Todd Eachus as it is revealed in the Veons' Filings and Grand Jury Testimony was alleged running the HDCC with Veon, Cott, and Manzo and after Veon left.
There are emails and testimony under oath saying that Eachus wanted to be higher in the HDC, and now he is Majority Leader.
I wonder if that came about due to the actions of the HDCC?
In retrospect and using 20/20 hindsight, it does look like DeWeese was being set up to lose his election.
Alternatively, be blamed for actions he did not approve of, but were kept from DeWeese by Manzo and others.
Moreover, to take the heat and be removed when Todd Eachus was actually running the HDCC Campaigns that now implicates many Democratic Legislators.
Finally, if one adds in whereby DeWeese protected each Legislators Emails for Attorney Client Privileges for Privacy purposes, as opposed to Todd Eachus demanding them that would open them all up to public domain, well, whatever happen to that case, will reveal even more when it is decide?
One can suspect, speculate, and even investigate why DeWeese was being targeted for things HDCC Chairs and Operatives were doing without DeWeese Knowledge.
You. Are. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteanon 8:06. Can I get you a tide stick? There's a little stain on your blue dress. You are too hilarious. The way you talk about Deweese makes him sound like a complete moron who wears diapers and cries for a bottle in the middle of the night.
ReplyDeleteIs everyone suffering from senility?
ReplyDeleteWho was the weasle that did all the fingering?
Who was the one who was indicted before anyone else?
Who was the greedy one who pointed the finger and lied.
None other than pseudo-journalist/blogger, the righteous
Franciscian LaGrotta.
He was the one who pointed the finger first.
He should have remembered what they taught us back in CATholic school.
WHEN YOU POINT THE FINGER THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE MORE POINTING BACK AT YOU.
I have known him all his life and he will never change he always lied and tattled in school.
A leopard doesn,t change his spots.
He was always willing to lie and blame other kids so he wouldn't get caught.
Frankie the Finger has tagged all of you, but you blame Veon, Dewesse, Eachus, and many more, don not look beyond Frankie LaGrotta.
Get A Clue!
Here is my misunderstanding of all your blame on Stetler.
ReplyDeleteIf you are saying Stetler is Guilty of doing the same thing as Veon and others, and Todd Eachus took over for Stetler, then Todd Eachus is Guilty, or am I missing something here.
I say hang them all high and let Clint Eastwood teach the some lessons on manners.
ReplyDeleteI love watching Democrats burn each other, it is more funny than they will ever know.
High Plain Drifter in Harrisburg.
Lets see, they say DeWeese and Chadwick set them all up. But all they did is post up how they all worked on state time with state resources and rewarded bonuses to them and family members.
ReplyDeleteYeah right, DeWeese is to be blamed for all the money they pocketed, and now will pay the Head Masters Lawyers.
Go to Jail do not Pass go, do not collect $200!
Yup, all this evidence exists and is clear, and everyone's defense is gonna be "Manzo hid everything from everybody."
ReplyDeleteFunny, there certainy seem to be a lot of names on those e-mails besides his.
Yup, he sounds like one sinister criminal mastermind. He duped everyone. Fantastic defense, best of luck with that one.
Never since the 1950's did have I seen another McCarthyism fester itself into the Democratic Party.
ReplyDeleteTalk about the "Hollywood Ten" they are pimp squeaks, compared to the Harrisburg 12.
Go ahead, tell on each other, turn everyone in, compromise your own values, then cry as they slam the jail doors. Remember, Signore, I knew Joe McCarthy, and you, signore, are not Joe McCarthy. Your worse.
I don't understand why the Democrats dont' get together and fight the republicans instead of fightin each other.
ReplyDeleteBack in the days when it meant something to be a democrat they realized that the worst democrat is better than the best republican.
Because they stood up for the people, just like our beloved Ted Kennedy did before he past away.
Now they are having this witch hunt and dividing the very values that made each other great.
I am heartbroken, confused, but I ain't becoming a republican.
Dear Confused Democrat,
ReplyDeleteOh My God, if that is the best defense you as a Democrat can make for your sorry elected officials, lets just hand over America to Cuba.
Viva La Fidel!
Tony Montana
"Anonymous said......Never since the 1950's did have I seen another McCarthyism fester itself into the Democratic Party. Talk about the "Hollywood Ten" they are pimp squeaks, compared to the Harrisburg 12. Go ahead, tell on each other, turn everyone in, compromise your own values, then cry as they slam the jail doors. Remember, Signore, I knew Joe McCarthy, and you, signore, are not Joe McCarthy. Your worse. August 27, 2009 10:31 PM"
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, although you make fun, you are on point.
I think the AG Office is in trouble as they prepare for Trials of the Harrisburg 12, a phrase I saw on another post.
The only thing Tom Corbett has is Testimony and very little documents, and emails need verification. They made huge mistakes in not gathering video evidence, phone recordings, and other evidence needed to support many of the charges.
If the Defendants and the Democratic Party have a united front, we can beat these charges on testimonies that cannot stand-alone.
It is time to stop this form of McCarthyism, and it is time to stand up to charges that campaigning and fundraising are illegal in political environments. If this is true, we can arrest every elected official and all staffs in all parties.
The Time is now to stand by the Defendants, raise funds for the Defendants, and form a Network of Lawyers defending the Defendants just as Clinton did when he was accused of crimes.
"Anonymous said...You. Are. Hilarious. August 27, 2009 8:58 PM
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
anon 8:06. Can I get you a tide stick? There's a little stain on your blue dress. You are too hilarious. The way you talk about Deweese makes him sound like a complete moron who wears diapers and cries for a bottle in the middle of the night. August 27, 2009 9:17 PM"
You are both entitled to your opinions of my posts, and if they make you laugh, I have no problem with that either.
Just be aware I am defending not just DeWeese here but all Lawmakers and their staffs including Veon, Ramley, McCall, Eachus, and all of the Harrisburg 12.
I just feel AG Tom Corbett & Staff blew it when they first investigated and perp walked bonusgate defendants.
Everyone can make a mistake, but do not be stubborn and keep making the same mistakes is my position of rationality.
Once the HDC and their Investigators went to uncover what happen. There should have been an agreement that most to many events and actions rise to ethical violations more than crimes.
Furthermore, the Defendants are not wrong saying many in the legislature and other elected offices should be prosecuted if the same standard is held to all. This includes both political parties.
Corbett' Office should be looking for a proper way to resolve these ethical violations, plea out more serious violations, and work to have this investigation resolved in months in all four caucuses and other elected offices, and make sure it does not happen again.
If he does not, he cannot run for Governor because his job as Attorney General to go after all in government will take years and cost millions.
Moreover, it is just so unfair to the Defendants and as more testimony comes us, more indictments will happen.
It is a sad situation and laughter helps, but we need a serious and innovative way to end this mess for all concern, especially the defendants, elected officials and staffs.
For the good of goverment and the people that work for government.
"Anonymous said...Dear Confused Democrat, Oh My God, if that is the best defense you as a Democrat can make for your sorry elected officials, lets just hand over America to Cuba. Viva La Fidel! Tony Montana August 27, 2009 10:40 PM"
ReplyDeleteAll I have to respond to you is that, you should not wish this on anyone you love or if you care about true justice.
It will be interesting if and when the same charges are brought against Republicans.
In the end, even Tony Montana ended up in his own Top of World Fountain. What goes around comes around.
"Anonymous said...I don't understand why the Democrats dont' get together and fight the republicans instead of fightin each other. Back in the days when it meant something to be a democrat they realized that the worst democrat is better than the best republican. Because they stood up for the people, just like our beloved Ted Kennedy did before he past away. Now they are having this witch hunt and dividing the very values that made each other great. I am heartbroken, confused, but I ain't becoming a republican. August 27, 2009 10:38 PM"
ReplyDeleteDITTO!!!
Anon--August 27- 5:06 PM. Is that not Rachel Manzo and Todd Eachus receiving the same exact emails concerning political campaign work and you are trying to offer that Eachus was kept in the dark??????
ReplyDeleteFrom: Jones, John Paul
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:55 PM
To: Eachus, Todd
Cc: Caton, Bob; Palermo, David; Manzo, Rachel
Subject: TODDEACHUS.COM
Please click on the following link ( http://www.toddeachus.com/index.htm ) to review the rough draft of the Eachus political website. It's not yet technically live, so let me know what you think? Bob Caton will be drafting a political press release from todd about taking the majority we can post to it..and Dave if you have any ideas about local content, please let me know.
Thanks
John Jones
Rep. Todd Eachus
717.787.4819
From: Caton, Bob
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:45 AM
To Jones, John Paul; Eachus, Todd
Cc: Palermo, David; Manzo, Rachel
Subject: RE: TODDEACHUS.COM
Can someone set me up with a bob@toddeachus.com address for press releases, please?
From: Jones, John Paul
To: Eric Buxton
Sent: 2007, 01.04 Thu, 11:46:15
Subject: FW: TODDEACHUS.COM
Attachments:
Eric,
Can you set this up for Bob please....and i need password for info@toddeachus.com
Also, can we set these up with the webmail instead of vmail.
On behalf of Team CasablancaPA, let us make something perfectly clear: we post these documents not as an indictment of the legislators named therein, but as an indictment of Tom Corbett.
ReplyDeleteAs our colleague Ugarte noted in yesterday's post, CORBETT: PULLING IN THE REINS, "If Corbett truly were following the evidence wherever it led, then DeWeese, Stetler, Eachus, Frankel, Mann and Preston all would have been at least questioned by his investigators.
"Rather, Corbett reined in the investigation and stopped looking once he obtained what he needed -- a high-profile arrest to counter Pat Meehan's indictment and conviction of former Senator Vince Fumo."
We here at CasablancaPA do not suggest that anyone who was exposed to Corbett's partisan scrutiny by the craven DeWeese deserves to face criminal charges.
We do suggest that Corbett evaluated that evidence in an unequal manner, not to advance the cause of justice, but to advance his own political career and those of his supporters in the House Republican Caucus.
Signor,
ReplyDeleteLet me make my point. My posts do not mean that Eachus is guilty. Only a jury of his peers, should it get to that point, will decide whether that to be the case.
My posts on sightsonpennsylvania.com and here are meant to show the inconsistencies between statements Eachus made to the press in his district regarding Bonusgate developments and what is contained in the record of the emails. It appears he wants to manipulate what is in the press to fool the public into believing a certain image that cannot be supported by the facts.
The record also shows that Eachus drew no distinction between public and private campaign work as far back as 1995.
He cannot take credit for the strategies that led to Democratic victory in 2006, as he does on his website, but portray a person who didn't know what was going on around him. There are so many employee names who were under his direct control in these emails that it would be hard to convince any responsible person that he was "unaware" of their actions.
If it were to be true it would be a sad indictment of the poor management in Harrisburg. Of course that probably goes without saying.
Attachment 14 clearly demonstrates continued indiscretions into 2007. They are meeting in his office, smoking cigars, creating toddeachus.com, "Todd said no on the map", "Contribute", "Click and Pledge," ohh I could go on and on.
Your entire premise is that Corbett is being inconsistent. Well, from what I read and retrieved from the courthouse, I have no problem stating the same can be said of Eachus.
"Signor Ferrari said...
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of Team CasablancaPA, let us make something perfectly clear: we post these documents not as an indictment of the legislators named therein, but as an indictment of Tom Corbett."
Come again? You continue implicating legislators and staffers like clockwork, then claim that you're not indicting them? That's like clubbing someone into a coma and then professing that all you wanted to do was test the baseball bat.
Anyone with more than a third-grade education can see that the real motive of Team Casablanca is to discredit the investigation of the attorney general.
Tom Corbett has brought criminal charges against 12 people whom he alleges participated in a scheme that awarded millions of TAX DOLLARS to state employees who did campaign work. That happens to be illegal -- and the people who orchestrated it should go to jail.
Seeing as some of those accused have agreed to plea bargains or are cooperating with the investigation, it's reasonable to believe that Corbett has the goods on all those folks.
As The Church Lady of "Saturday Night Live" fame might say, "And just who might the main beneficiaries of dicrediting Tom Corbett be? ... I don't know ... could they be ... THOSE ALREADY INDICTED?"
Are you suggesting that the public should overlook Corbett's misdeeds if acknowledging them might endanger his prosecution?
ReplyDeleteAnon--August 27- 5:06 PM. Is that not Rachel Manzo and Todd Eachus receiving the same exact emails concerning political campaign work and you are trying to offer that Eachus was kept in the dark??????
ReplyDeleteMcGruff, you poor misguided soul. Don't you realize that everything was a Manzo mastermind scheme, and everyone else in the ENTIRE state capitol was left in the dark??? Don't you get it yet??? Ask Paul Sunyak in DeWeese's office (or better yet, wait until he responds)!!! Eachus, DeWeese, Mann, Preston, the Pope...they were all just little blind kids being duped!!! Those poor chumps, they were just slaving away for the betterment of mankind, never having a clue of what was going on around them.
McGruff, stop wasting your time. There was an auto accident on route 81 today. You know who's fault it was?? VEON!!!! He planned the whole thing from his secret bunker! And then he hid it from the state police.
No wait...I am getting new info here from the Sunyak Gazette...IT WAS ALL BRETT COTT!!!! And he also stole the Hope Diamond! And killed Michael Jackson!
Some of the folks on this blog really need to get a clue. You cannot be a little bit pregnant. DeWeese's political activity "pales in comparison" to Veon's according to some. OK, so if I shoot one person, I did less than Ted Bundy. Illegal is illegal is illegal. You either accept it or you don't. But don't split hairs.
Anon 8,28 9:27
ReplyDeletePoor little soul??? Eachus was duped... how could he claim to mastermind in charge but then feign he was duped??
Lay it all at Veon's doorstep?? Back to piss myself laughin...
Ohhh I forgot this poor little soul.,..you are laying it at MICHAEL MANZO'S DOOR...
It sounds like you are still in Eachus's office smokin....well cigars...
Forget all the rhetoric...Manzo has a huge problem...your boss has a huge problem...I'll ask the same questions i ask on the blog.
Todd, did you receive a ride on Bob Powell's jet? If so how many times? Did you file those flights with the campaign finance or the ridge people?> If so when was the filing??
Anybody out there ever see Brett Cott do anything EXCEPT campaign work during the time he was a highly paid state employee of the House Democratic Caucus?
ReplyDeleteHe was classified as a "policy analyst." Are there any written reports of the "policies" he "analyzed"?
Anybody got an e-mail that shows Brett Cott writing about a "policy" he "analyzed," or where he was copied on such?
Was his area of expertise transportation, or public welfare, or the environment? Nope.
According to the Veon filings, the only e-mails with Cott's name on them dealt with campaign activities.
Yet this boy from Mizzoura, the "Show Me" state, pocketed a hefty paycheck from taxpayers, week after week, month after month, year after year. Disgusting.
Seems that based on Cott's personal standards, Missouri's new motto should be, "Show Me -- The Money!"
Thank you, Tom Corbett, for seeking justice in this matter.
If you think someone committed a crime, and is being prosecuted for a crime, then what are you complaining about?
ReplyDeleteIf you are convinced that the accused committed real crimes, then you have even more reason to be incensed at Corbett. He has endangered his own prosecution with his blatant partisanship and shoddy investigative methods.
ReplyDeleteAnon 8,28 9:27
ReplyDeletePoor little soul??? Eachus was duped... how could he claim to mastermind in charge but then feign he was duped??
Lay it all at Veon's doorstep?? Back to piss myself laughin...
Ohhh I forgot this poor little soul.,..you are laying it at MICHAEL MANZO'S DOOR...
It sounds like you are still in Eachus's office smokin....well cigars...
Forget all the rhetoric...Manzo has a huge problem...your boss has a huge problem....
Waste my time..No it was Eachus and company who wasted the taxpayer dollars. If Eachus truly believes that he is innocent keep in mind that the reason Michael Veon was able to put together Volume II is because the AG's office collated that material into a file named "Eachus".
Agents went through mounds of emails, collated them into files put on thumb drives, and created case files on each. Veon was able to retrieve those files based on discovery. Evidently he wasn't entitled to the actual case files or didn't know their existence, probably the former.
I agree with Veon and Cott that there is culpability by a slew of participants. In time, and I know this for a fact, others will be "weighing" in at the scales of justice.
Eachus doesn't have to worry about me wasting my time. He has other problems with the Luzerne County Scandal. He may have wiped all the information on the proposed cargo airport from his legislative website but..well...as others have found out it is really damn hard, if not near impossible,to wipe a hard drive clean. Even Google cached some of his posts.
Bang Veon, Cott, etc. all you want. In truth each person is responsible for his/her own transgressions. Eachus is a very cold and calculating person. No one would believe he was "duped." You can publish all the propaganda you want but it won't change the facts that are already recorded.
Ask Donna Asure whether she was a "victim" of his actions. The record is verey clear on that issue. Siptroth will have some explaining to do when the media realizes it has "Watergate" style material. And it will be Eachus as the player who prompted the questions.