Monthly Archives: March 2008

AG’s office may take over gaming investigations – no mention PSP role if any in proposed legislation

Posted on 1, March 31, 2008 | Leave a comment

Posted on Mon, Mar. 31, 2008

Republicans propose major changes to Pa. slots law

MARC LEVY

The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Republicans are introducing proposals in the House and Senate that would overhaul the way the state’s casino owners are investigated and how casino licenses are awarded.

One element would designate the state attorney general’s office, instead of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s investigative division, to handle background investigations of prospective casino owners, employees and vendors before they can get a license.

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“The current gaming law is flawed, and it’s flawed in ways that have proven embarrassing to Pennsylvania,” Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, who is sponsoring the Senate bill, said Monday.

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Truckers protest fuel tax in Harrisburg

Posted on 1, March 31, 2008 | Leave a comment

Pennsylvania truckers take fuel price protest convoy to state Capitol

…about 100 people gathered on the Capitol steps to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Ed Rendell to eliminate Pennsylvania’s highest-in-the-nation diesel fuel tax of 38.1 cents per gallon.

Consumers also pay state taxes of 32.3 cents per gallon on gasoline, 11th highest in the nation.

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Federal fuel taxes amount to 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel.

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In an effort to secure a multimillion-dollar contract, Co. hired Rendells’s former law firm

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Senator probes Rendell’s ‘favoritism’

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - March 28, 2008
HARRISBURG — When GTECH sought and won a $6.3 million annual contract to run Pennsylvania’s slots computer system in 2003, it turned to Ken Jarin, a key fundraiser for Gov. Ed Rendell and an attorney with the governor’s former law firm.

In an effort this year to secure a multimillion-dollar contract to run online games for the Pennsylvania Lottery, GTECH again turned to that Philadelphia law firm, Ballard Spahr…

 

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Protected: PSTA Fwd: Brother Kenton E. Iwaniec Arrangements

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’97 Rendell invited Louis Farrakhan to a rally promoting racial reconciliation

Posted on 1, March 30, 2008 | Leave a comment

Clinton’s Ally in Pa. Talks Off the Cuff, But Doesn’t Wear Identity on Sleeve

By Jennifer Siegel / Forward

Thu. Mar 27, 2008

In the spring of 1997, Rendell, one of the country’s most successful Jewish politicians, invited Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader long denounced for his history of antisemitic rhetoric, to share the dais at a rally promoting racial reconciliation. Continue reading →

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Rhode Island State Police directed to more aggressively find and deport illegals

Posted on 1, March 29, 2008 | Leave a comment

Rhode Island Targets Illegal Immigrants

Ray Henry, AP, March 28, 2008

Linking the presence of undocumented workers to Rhode Island’s financial woes, Gov. Don Carcieri signed an executive order that includes a series of steps to combat illegal immigration.

The order signed Thursday requires state agencies and companies that do business with the state to verify the legal status of employees. It also directs the Rhode Island State Police and prison and parole officials to more aggressively find and deport illegal immigrants. Continue reading →

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With Regret: Tpr. Kenton E. Iwaniec, Troop J, Avondale barracks, killed in crash

Posted on 1, March 28, 2008 | Leave a comment

New state trooper dies in car crash

By Nancy Petersen and Kathleen Brady Shea

Inquirer Staff Writers / March 29, 2008

Kenton E. Iwaniec, 24, was driving to his Lancaster home shortly after his shift ended at 10 p.m. when a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Kristina M. Quercetti, 40, of Landenberg, crossed the center line, sideswiped a truck, and then hit Iwaniec’s Hyundai Elantra head-on…

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Iwaniec’s first law-enforcement posting was with Troop J at the Avondale barracks, where he served for just three months.

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State trooper killed in crash

6abc.com, PA – March 28, 2008
Tpr. Kenton E. Iwaniec had just completed an evening shift last night and was driving home in his personal vehicle. Another vehicle crossed the center line …
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Tpr. Iwaniec enlisted in the State Police on June 11 [2007] and graduated from the academy in Hershey on Dec. 21.

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Larry Fisher charged with perjury for allegedly lying at an arbitration hearing

Posted on 1, March 28, 2008 | Leave a comment

Former state trooper accused of lying during discipline hearing

(AP) / March 28, 2008

A former Pennsylvania State Police corporal has been charged with lying during an arbitrator’s hearing into his firing.

Laurence Fisher, 44, of Mills, was charged Thursday with perjury and false swearing. He was released on $5,000 unsecured bail…

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James Baranowski has petitioned to reinstate his whistleblower suit

Posted on 1, March 28, 2008 | Leave a comment

Ex-trooper tries whistleblower suit again in Ellerby case

By Debra Erdley

TRIBUNE-REVIEW / Friday, March 28, 2008

A former trooper who was a key witness in a family’s lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police has petitioned to reinstate his whistleblower suit against the agency.

Retired Sgt. James Baranowski, the incident commander following the fatal 2002 shooting of Michael Ellerbe, 12, of Uniontown, claims he was told to mind his own business and ultimately forced out of the agency…

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“Our democratic system cannot function when public officials act as though they are above the law.” FBI SAC San Juan

Posted on 1, March 28, 2008 | Leave a comment

Posted on Thu, Mar. 27, 2008

PR governor, four Philadelphians charged

By John Shiffman / Inquirer Staff Writer

Puerto Rico’s governor and four Philadelphians, including prominent fund-raiser Robert M. Feldman, were charged this morning in San Juan with federal campaign-finance related crimes.The investigation of Gov. Anibal Acevedo-Vila, a Democrat who faces re-election this year, was triggered by the FBI’s Philadelphia City Hall corruption probe in 2003. Continue reading →

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