George ‘P’ Bush enters political game

By   /  March 25, 2013  /  Elections, Featured, National, New Mexico, News, Politics, Texas  /  No Comments

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, LIKE UNCLE, LIKE GRANDAD: George P. Bush has entered politics, running for Texas Land Commissioner. New Mexico Watchdog photo

His father used to be the governor of Florida, his grandfather the nation’s 41st president and his uncle the country’s 43rd president.

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Grand jury says Pennsylvania officials stole ‘millions’ from turnpike

By   /  March 19, 2013  /  Accountability, Elections, Ethics, Issues, News, Pennsylvania, Politics & Elections, Power Abuse, State Elections, State Government, State House, State Politics, State Senate  /  2 Comments

CAPTION

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – Charges against eight men involved in alleged bid-rigging and “pay-for-play” schemes at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may be only the surface of problems at the state agency.
Last week, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced charges against former state Sen. Bob Mellow, D-Lackawanna; former Turnpike Commissioner Mitchell Rubin; former Turnpike CEO [...]

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Too much democracy? Ex-govs say no to elections for judges

By   /  March 18, 2013  /  Accountability, Elections, Ethics, Featured, Issues, Judicial Reform, Judiciary, News, Pennsylvania, Politics & Elections, State Elections, State Government  /  No Comments

GREAT TASTE? LESS FILLING? The state's residents may eventually get to decide between having Supreme Court Justices elected or appointed.

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – Three former governors elected by Pennsylvania voters a total of six times over the past 34 years argued Monday that those same voters should not be trusted to choose the state’s highest-ranking judges.
Former Republican Govs. Dick Thornburgh and Tom Ridge were joined by former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell [...]

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AG: PA Turnpike officials, state senator conspired to steal millions

By   /  March 13, 2013  /  Accountability, Elections, Ethics, Featured, Issues, Media, News, Pennsylvania, Power Abuse, State Government, transportation, Video  /  No Comments

KANE: Kathleen Kane announced the charges against three former top Pennsylvania Turnpike officials and a former state Senator on Wednesday.

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – Three former top officials at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and a former state senator ran a political scheme that resulted in “untold millions” of taxpayer dollars being misused and stolen, Attorney General Kathleen Kane said.
Kane said the officials were engaged in a “pay-to-play” arrangement with engineering firms, insurance companies and [...]

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Top-secret probe of Scott Walker ends without charges

By   /  March 1, 2013  /  Elections, Ethics, Featured, Governor, Judiciary, News, Politics, Politics & Elections, Scott Walker, State Politics, Wisconsin  /  24 Comments

RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Gov. Scott Walker has fueled more speculation that he is planning on running for president by announcing this week that he is co-writing a book about his experiences as governor.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – The John Doe probe is no more.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the … John Doe investigation Shall be, and hereby is, closed.”
With that pronouncement from former state Appeals Court Judge Neal Nettesheim, the nearly three-year John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s former aides and associates, when Walker [...]

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