Corbett For Gov camp puts Right To Know request in for Rohrer records (PDF)…
Corbett For Gov camp puts Right To Know request in for Rohrer records…
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This is disgusting! Tom Corbett should be absolutely ashamed of this type of gutter politics.
I am a supporter of Tom Corbetts, but I don't agree with this type of stuff. Tom – if you are reading this, or if you have someone who reads this – please don't go there. You have my vote because I think you are the best man for the job (Rohrer is a bit too conservative for me on some tax issues – I think that completely ruling out a tax increase is a bad idea). However, if you go down this road, I will NOT support you. Please stop.
Looks like they are beginning to take Rohrer as a serious candidate. hhmmmmm!!!! Interesting.
just got an e-mail from the Rohrer Campaign about this from Jeff Collman. I was a Rohrer supporter before, so I am somewhat biased; however, I agree with Tom – this is disgusting. Please – just stick to the issues and stop all this nitpicking into people's personal lives.
Tom – besides investigating people who disagree with you, what will YOU do as governor?
Why does it always have to go this direction? Just stick to the issues. Next thing, they'll be going through his trash can looking for some receipt for a blockbuster video he never returned. Ask Sarah Palin.
It's official – Sam Rohrer is a viable candidate. Does anyone think that Pat Toomey is digging up dirt of Peg? No – because she is not viable. Corbett must have polling that indicates this is stronger than they had imagined. This will be an interesting race to watch.
Corbett needs to be careful what he starts. I would love to see results from a Right to Know Request from the OAG. What a hypocrite!!
Here is an interesting angle on this story –
Is this not the SAME Andrew Paris who WORKS FOR AG TOM CORBETT? Is he not being paid BY THE TAXPAYERS to be in his office during the workday?
Look closely at the time stamp on this request – it is posted on Monday, January 11 at 4:00. Last I checked, that was considered the work-day and Mr. Paris should have had his butt in his taxpayer funded chair.
Is this not what bonusgate was all about? People being paid by the taxpayer to be working on a campaign? How is this any different? Will Corbett investigate himself now?
This is very troubling.
Holy Crap! I did not catch that. I don't know if Paris works for the govt or not, but if he does, he should not be working on a campaign during the day.
Somebody know if this is true? If so, Corbett is toast.
According to recent phone book info, Andrew Paris is paid by the taxpayers to work for the AG (http://www.scribd.com/doc/19871579/Phone-Numbers)... Has he resigned? If I would have stopped in there to see him at 3:45 on January 11th, would he have been out on this little secret campaign mission?
No wonder I can't get my phonecall taken when I call a government office building.
If Andrew Paris is being paid by my tax-dollars to go out on these little junkets, I want him fired.
Somebody needs to look into this. If Paris did this on our dime, Corbett better be held accountable.
he is not being paid by the taxpayers. Those people from the AGs office that wanted to work on the campaign I am sure have left the AGs office and are now being paid by the campaign and NOT the taxpayers!
I brought up the DeNaples thing years ago and no one seems to care about it.
I, for one, am getting sick of this whole, "leave of absence to campaign" bit. If the job they hold is so unimportant that they can take this long of a leave of absence, why are we paying them for the job in the first place?
Don't forget that Corbett's number one guy, the Chairman of his campaign, the man who is completely and totally responsible for Corbett getting elected AG in the first place is convicted felon Bob Asher. Asher went to jail for Perjury, Bribery, Racketeering and Conspiracy as part of a pay to play scandal involving the state treasurer while Asher was state GOP Chairman. His co-defendant Dudd Dwyer blew his own head off on TV just before he was scheduled to go to jail himself. This is the kind of person our squeeky clean Attorney General has IN CHARGE of his campaign for governor! Asher was – by far – the largest contributor to Corbett's AG campaign in 2004…second was DeNaples. And yet, the GOP is poised to nominate Corbett for governor. The Ds should have a field day with that! PA has to be the only state in the USA where the current head of a major party running the governor candidate's campaign went to prison for political corruption.
I called the OAG and Paris is no longer working for or being paid by the taxpayers.
I'll bet he is on a "leave of absence".
they said the job has been filled by another individual so I guess its not that the position is so unimportant is can just be left vacant. It is my understanding that Paris left to work for the campaign, so is NO LONGER being paid by the OAG (Tax Payers) and his vacant position has been filled
Was there some sort of security breech at the funny farm and all the escapees ran to find a computer and logged on en mass to Grassroots?
Congratulations Caddy, you have the first post worthy of a "thumbs up"
Why does Corbett need to lower himself to this type of garbage?
They could at least come up with some cool screen names for our amusement …….LOL
Nathan,
Do you happen to know if Sam's campaign is able to request similar documentation re Corbett?
Sam is too classy of a guy to do that, I am sure.
Don't forget that the Felon Bob Asher is not only in charge of the State GOP, he also is running the Corbett for governor campaign! Remember what ABC News did to Rudy when it found out Asher was raising cash for Rudy? National TV that the crime busting prosecutor was taking money from a guy who went to prison for bribery! That is the fate that awaits Corbett this year. Nutt, Asher, DeNaples, and now this Paris guy? Hypocrite Tom they should call him.
So why is it that the guy who has a convicted felon working for him is investigating the guy who is known for being a straight-laced Christian?
Tom Corbett should be embarrased and ashamed of this type of thing.
I think that if Team Corbett believes that this information is relevant that they should voluntarily and preemptively release all of the same info on Corbett including his donor list.
Sick – gutter politics by the Corbett team.
I keep forgetting about Asher. That he is involved in the AGs campaign for governor makes my blood boil so much I blocked it out. The two should run together as “the cop and the con”. Of course as a felon, Asher is not allowed to hold a public office. Tom: that should tell you something!
Tom, I agree. However, it is worse than that.
First, they are looking into his family members who are on his insurance policy. Judging by the pictures on his website, he has young kids. What do they hope to find by digging up dirt on Rohrer's children?
Second, old Tommy better be careful. If he is launching investigations into the lives of everybody in Harrisburg, he better be sure he is clean – and he is not.
Does anyone doubt for one minute that the thousands he has gotten from Casino Felon Louis DeNaples is not dirty money?
Does anyone doubt for one minute that Mr. Nutt is not as guilty as everyone being prosecuted in bonusgate. Nutt is campaigning on the taxpayer dime – period.
The Rohrer campaign said that they would NOT request similar documentation: http://thestrategyroom.org/2010/01/corbett-campai...
The gentleman who issued the request happens to be staffer in the Attorney General's office who is on leave to work on the campaign. Isn't Corbett prosecuting people for that???? Double Standard
Just a minute folks. I don't understand what the issue is here. This information should be posted on the state website instead of having to make a right-to-know request This is taxpayer expenditures! It's not private.
How about the same info on State Rep Duane Milne. Perzel got him elected, funded him, probably gave him illegal computers. Milne doesn't just hold two state jobs. He collects two state salaries
This just goes to show everyone that Sam Rohrer's campaign is catching fire!
Now let 's get to work making him our nominee!
Dutchman – The issue is that Corbett & the Convict have just advertised what type of campaign they are going to run – gutter politics and it it disgusting. I see nothing on Corbett's website about where he stands. 4 years ago he ran as a pro-choice moderate; now he claims to be a pro-life conservative. When was his "aha" moment? He has no clue where he stands on issues, so he just digs on Rohrer.
Yep!
That Asher angle is a major issue for Corbett.
This is nothing but the "Old Boy" Republican politics coming out against a Conservative instead of the usual Democrat. Is the PA. Republican Party going to shoot itself in the foot again, this is the first step, the loading of the gun. This is the type of thing that led to a lot of us leaving the Republican Party.
Corbett has a convicted felon heading up his campaign, and he is trying to dig up dirt on Rohrer? Give me a break!
Let's say I agree.
Shouldn't Corbett lead by posting the info on himself that he is asking for about Rorher?
By their fruits…………
Look as far as I am concerned it makes me sick that Corbett, Inc. is using taxpayer funded resources to run his campaign. Did you check out http://AttorneyGeneral.gov ? Here he is prosecuting people for using government resources for campaigning while using government sources for campaigning.
Are you aware that who ever wins the republican primary will face a democrat? This silly notion that looking how an elected official spends taxpayer money is some how bad is wrong and in fact short sighted. Isn't how a public official spend tax dollars a VERY valid campaign issue? I want to know how Corbett, Inc. is spending money taxpayer money.
If Republicans don't look, guess what? The Democrats will! Stop whining and get out of the kitchen if you can't handle the heat.
Tom I couldnt agree with you more!
As I have said before this thing is ripe for a HEAVY WEIGHT to enter the race for Guv.
Now who do we have left sitting on the bench?
No the Party Bosses wouldnt want him, they chose the football player over him the last time.
By the way how did they make out? Onorato or Wagner will have a field day with this AG Bonus Gate Stuff.
PA. GOP if you want to win I strongly suggest that we take a CLOSE LOOK at WILLIAM J. SCRANTON III
Actually Sam's response should be 'It's the taxpayers money, now I call on Corbett to do the same"
Because rorher is a hypocrit. He took the pay raise etc but he also abandoned his caucus on the table games debate in order to campaign just like shroeder did. Sam is not a threat, just a closet democrat who voted for Dennis Obrien.
Sam Rohrer is a closet democrat! Now that's a new line of attack.
…me thinks that Corbett and the ConMan are getting a bit desparate.
POS Corbett. Like McCain I would not vote for either idiot no matter what. Suffer under a democrat again.
They can dig all they want. There is no dirt on Peg.
Generally speaking, you find dirt on those who want elected office more than life itself. There is a say-anything-do anything attitude about them that leads to dirt and scandal.
Seems that he and his employers — Tom Corbett and Tom Corbett — value him the most for his political activity.
Did sam vote for the payraise? Wow!!! I had not heard that before! gosh, I never knew. Thank you SO MUCH for telling me.
Attention escapees! Please put on your robes and slippers, grab your smokes, and proceed in an orderly fashion to the nearest street corner. The little yellow bus will be along shortly and nurse is on board with your meds.
We had the right candidate…..Jim Gerlach. There is no one more eperienced and on top of the issues than Jim, state wide as well as nationally. He could have hit the ground running, but Corbett never wanted to debate him because their is NO comparison on their vision and grasp of the issues. In the horrible shape that our state is in, why are people backing someone who KNOWS NOTHING about how to dig us out of this hole. And oh by the way, the puppet master of his campaign is a convicted felon! That alone should disqualify him.
We had the candidate……but we didn't do enough to help him succeed. I am sick to my stomach about it!
Caddywompass – you are an obvious liberal or a Corbett supporter. (or both) Let me simply point out that what you are doing is typical of those who have no response: call names.
The fact is this:
Tom Corbett has a CONVICTED FELON heading up his campaign.
His Campaign Manager is on "extended leave" from a taxpayer funded job and has blurred the lines between campaigning and his official duties (i.e. bonusgate).
Despite both of these indescrecions, Tom Corbett is trying to dig up dirt on Sam Rohrer – one of the most straight-laced guys you could ever meet.
YOUR REACTION: Name Calling (i.e. those of us who have a problem with this are crazy). You obviously have no response to the accusation so you hide behind your computer and yell "crazy, crazy, crazy". It shows a lack of ability to intelligently engage in the issues. As such, I will ignore your comments from here on out.
Absolutely wrong. They have been prosecuting people who were campaigning ON STATE TIME – meaning they did NOT take leave, and were collecting a state salary for time they spent working on a campaign.
Taking leave (so the taxpayers don't pay your salary) is legal, and the correct way to do it.
For those wondering, we DO have a good conservative class act who is running for office. Nice touch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub4Ovj2wDhc
First, if you believe that the Rohrer campaign is not doing opposition research on Corbett, I have a large slightly used bridge in Brooklyn available for sale.
Second, since when is asking to see someone's voting and spending record an attack? What happened to the push for transparency in Harrisburg? If Sam is going to run on his record as a legislator, he can't freak out when someone asks to see that record.
Says the man who brings up Asher yet again.
ROHRER VOTED FOR THE PAYRAISE. If you don't think that resonates, you are fooling yourself.
I'm guessing Coleman sent out an e-mail to have people post. That or he keeps logging back in and changing his screen name. A bunch of people post within minutes of each other with roughly the same info in each message? Yeah, that's not coordinated.
Wrong wrong, a thousand times wrong. I am a registered Republican who is conservative. I am not a Corbett supporter, which you would know if you were a regular poster.
My comments are directed at the mass of people suddenly posting on this thread ( and on this site)with made up names just to clog up threads. If you want to post and discuss, fine, great, sign up for an account and post away.
I could not agree more Jeff, Nicely said! I don't see what the big deal is here? Did everyone think that campaigns, on both sides, would not look into the actions and records of their opponents? Get real people, these individuals are running for the highest office in our state and as they should be, are taking it seriously and are trying to know as much about their opponents and what they are up against as possible!
Anyone that thinks this is dirty politics, knows nothing about politics
Closet Democrat? How funny! Rohrer voted for O'Brien to vote AGAINST Perzel. He didn't do anything wrong – he did us a favor.
I question having yet another Western-PA Asherite shoved down our throats as much as anybody, but this request refers to tax-payer funded expenses. This is hardly dirty pool and very common, and I suspect all of you know that already.. The fact that Corbett is acknowledging Rohrer at all isn't exactly bad news.
Caddywompass, agree 100%… would love it if more people created accounts. Anyone can leave like 50 anonymous comments under different names. It is a shame more folks haven't created accounts! It takes one second and brings the person's comments more credibility!
Don't forget the points Chris! Many sites use Intense Debate and you can use the same screen name to post on all of them and see all your comments and responses to them all in one place and by clicking on them, you can navigate to the site where you left the comment.
Although I do not agree with every poster on this site, I have gotten a lot of valuable info on candidates and have learned how people select a candidate to vote for. (Dolley Madison and Ray Horvath usually have the best explanations IMO. You guys can tip me later for the shout out…..LOL).
Amen. I too really like the IntenseDebate concept of rewarding registered 'regulars' with the ability to vote comments up or down and beef up reputation points. Haha, have noticed (via my ID dashboard) that you are using it on other sites too.
Disqus looked cool too but I had to go with ID because I'm a WordPress guy!
When the staffer on leave returns, does the new employee get fired? Laid off to collect unemployment? Kept on? What?
I'm not sure that what they consider the 'proper' way of doing things is any better than the obviously improper and illegal way.
Caddy may be a lot of things, but liberal, she's not.
As Rush would call them — seminar posters. They show up anonymously to pimp a candidate (or trash one) and then scurry away when the light comes on.
Seminar posters! You know this website has become popular if you are getting seminar posters.
xD haha, I don't mind that!
It is not difficult for someone to create an IntenseDebate account like you and the other regulars have done. This brings much more credibility as folks will know they are not simply leaving zillions of anonymous comments under different names.
Your check is in the mail. LOL
Agree with Ray………..Your check is in the mail. B)
It is also possible that a lot of people (that are regular "posters" on this site") all had the same reaction to the news. . .
Again, since one person can leave a zillion anonymous comments with a different name for each, it is very easy to be skeptical when there is an influx of anonymous comments.
I encourage those commenters that do not have an IntenseDebate account to create one!
This is the same Andrew Paris and what he does is take a "leave of absence" to work on Corbett's various campaign's. Although not paid by taxpayer's he does still work for the OAG. And of course the next question is–who pays him when he works on the campaigns and why is all of this okay? It seems he could potentially use information he acquired from his job in a campaign–too much of a gray area.
Yes..we need info on Duane Milne. His whole office staff is on the committee and one is even related to Bob Gleason. Hope no campaigning is being done during the work day!!~
Which?
I just stumbled across this string and I must admit I am very disappointed in the Corbett campaign. This is unnecessary and smacks of dirt digging.
And while every candidate for office must gird their loins for such combat, I had higher expectations of Corbett. Perhaps he needs to rein in some over-zealous operatives?
Which…what???