Vile State Senator Jane Orie-Melvin, the 3rd most powerful Republican in Pennsylvania has been indicted on charges of using her district office in Allegheny County to conduct political campaign work for her sister, recently elected PA Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie-Melvin. The Melvin girls, according to the charges have been accused of defrauding Pennsylvania state taxpayers of $74,000 in services according to a grand jury.
"Justice" Jane... helped her sister, Right wing extremist Joan Orie-Melvin defeat Jack Panella, an excellent candidate in the November 2009 Supreme Court race. Orie Melvin is certain to become "Gerrymandering Joan" when the 2012 re-districting comes up.
Its pretty bad when your Chief of Staff rats you out, but in this case Im willing to given Orie's Chief of Staff the medal of honor.
"Orie herself came into the office and inquired about what was in those stacks. Pavlot explained that these were political papers that she had been storing in her own desk. Pavlot described how Orie, upon seeing [the] files and hearing Pavlot's explanation, told Pavlot that they 'needed to be removed' as (Ms. Orie) grabbed two of the packages of files, hid them under her coat so they couldn't be seen by a casual observer, and then hastily left the office, leaving to dispose of the remaining files.
"When asked if she knew why Orie did not just carry the files outside to her car in plain view, Pavlot said that at that time, Orie believed that the office was under surveillance and that she, Orie, did not want to be seen exiting with those political papers."
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DISCLOSURE: THOSE ARE NOT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES... REALLY
Here is Jane Orie fuming on video about being indicted today. Joan Orie Melvin, new Justice was there... as was her sister Janine Orie, who was also indicted. There were so many Orie's there, you could have taken a family photo! (Im sure im not alone in recommending they do something with the hair and caked makeup.)
http://www.wpxi.com/...
This is one of the several examples of the scumbag corruption that occurs in Pennsylvania, the 5th larget state. In terms of corruption "power rankings" I have to place Illinois, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, New York definitely in the top ten. Any other suggestions?