Geez…I mean, just because he got busted on for supposedly using the money he got from the illegal PA pay raise to buy a new hot water heater (by John Grogan of the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others), does that mean that he has to do this?(and yes...just to set the record straight, Conti returned the dough from the "unvouchered expense" pay raise.)
Actually, Conti really isn’t bad for a Repug, since, when you work in state and local politics in PA, you actually have to provide something that approximates constituent service. I realize that’s something that the Abramoff crooks and the Dobsonite zombies in our nation’s capital will never understand, but fortunately, Conti does.
I can’t help but think this is a great big “middle digit raised on high” from Conti to Harry Fawkes, chairman of the Bucks County, PA Republican party, for supporting Mike Fitzpatrick in 2004 in the congressional election to fill Jim Greenwood’s vacant seat, even though Greenwood himself preferred Conti. Of course, I have absolutely no way of knowing that for sure. Also, since Conti has some talent and ability, it sounds like he has some prospects lined up both in the business world and academia also, so I’m sure he’ll be fine.
One of the individuals Alison Hawkes, the reporter for the Bucks County Courier Times, referred to as a possibility to run as a Republican for Conti’s seat is Dave Steil, our PA state representative. I would support Ginny Schrader regardless, but I’d have a tough time since Steil has actually done a good job.
Oh well. At least it should make for a more interesting campaign.
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