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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Patch Poll: Should New PA Attorney General Kane Investigate Corbett's Handling of Penn State Scandal?

Kathleen Kane has vowed to determine if politics played a role in the development of the case against Jerry Sandusky and other Penn State officials.

Many political observers suggest that Kathleen Kane's election as Pennsylvania's first female Attorney General was due in no small part to her promise to investigate whether politics played a role in the evolution of the case against convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky and other Penn State officials. “As soon as she began early in her campaign talking about the promise to investigate it objectively, it spread pretty quickly on a grass-roots level. There’s no doubt that she had a lot of Penn State support,” Maribeth Schmidt of the grass-roots alumni group Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship told the Harrisburg Patriot-News.  Kane also dedicated an entire section of her campaign web site to the Sandusky case. Governor Tom Corbett, a…

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Election 2012: Kane Will Be First Woman, First Democrat Elected to Hold PA Attorney General Post

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8:34 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013

who is corbin and think you need to get your facts straight before you post false information???/   more ›

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Turzai Comments Renew Debate Over New Voter ID Law

Democrats say his remarks prove political motivation behind the bill.

Democrats are criticizing a comment from State House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Bradford Woods, about the newly enacted voter identification law. Sponsored by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, the law requires voters to show photo identification before they vote at the polls. After a dry run in the April primary, it is scheduled to take effect for the Nov. 6 general election.  Speaking at a meeting of the Republican State Committee in Hershey over the weekend, Turzai was listing the accomplishments of the state House and Senate when he pointed to the new law. "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done," Mr. Turzai said. "First pro-life legislation—abortion facility regulations—in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is going to …

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Allegheny County Elections Board Votes To Challenge Voter ID Law (in North Hills Patch)

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5:26 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

After gerrymandering the district to resemble something of a slithering, alien worm (which I understand they worship in their smoke-filled backrooms), the Repubelickins have once again anointed themselves the saviors of all that is good in the world and protectors from those dastardly bleeding heart liberals, who would seek to be their brothers keeper.   more ›

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