Reader says DeWeese is not telling the truth
Harrisburg has 12 current or former employees who have been arrested for government corruption, including election campaigning, millions of dollars of bonus money and, according to reports, a state paid mistress for the Democratic leader’s chief of staff. All this was being done under the nose of the $110,000-a-year Democratic leader, Bill DeWeese.
According to reports, Bill claims he was unaware of anything illegal taking place.
Let’s not forget, Mike Manzo, one of the individuals arrested, was Bill DeWeese’s chief of staff. Mike received a bonus of over $20,000 for what was said to be a good job performance. Apparently Bill DeWeese was not doing a good job of evaluating his employees. It is unbelievable.
If Bill DeWeese is telling the truth, there are several things that could have taken place… he could have been sleeping on the job, didn’t care what was happening, or perhaps he continued to spend too much time looking out for his own interests.
In either case, working in industry, I’m 100 percent sure on the first Friday, he would be allowed time to clean out his desk and remove his personal belongings.
I believe Bill is too intelligent to not be aware of the illegal activities taking place. His story should be filed away with other ‘cock and bull’ stories.
Paul Messich