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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 2740393, member: 80121&quot;]With over 5,000 posts, I don&#039;t find it strange that you have 3,000+ likes. Again, different strokes for different folks. I wonder how many likes were tougue in cheek? Then there&#039;s the amusement factor, if something makes peole laugh they tend to &quot;like&quot; it. I noticed you have, with all those posts, not &quot;best answers&quot;, and only 113 trophy points. I think the amusement factor has a lot to do with your likes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m surprised you admit you&#039;re involved with Pennsylvania state politics</p><p>By mid-2012, eight of Pennsylvania&#039;s former legislative leaders were in prison, and former House Speakers John Perzel, a Republican, and Bill DeWeese, a Democrat, briefly shared a cell.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were among more than 30 public officials with ties to the state Capitol who had been convicted of corruption charges by state, federal and local prosecutors.</p><p>It never ended.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 2013, 11 state officials — including five former legislators and former Treasurer Rob McCord — have been convicted in cases ranging from bribery and extortion to theft. In many cases, they agreed to plea bargains and offered pleas to conflict of interest. McCord pleaded guilty in February to extortion.</p><p>There appears to be no end in sight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Federal prosecutors charged U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Philadelphia, and four others with a racketeering conspiracy, including bribery and misappropriation of money. They maintain their innocence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed has been charged with 499 counts of theft, bribery and tampering with evidence filed by Attorney General Kathleen Kane. His attorney predicts he will be vindicated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kane is expected to find out soon whether she will be charged by the Montgomery County district attorney&#039;s office. A statewide grand jury recommended charging Kane with perjury and obstruction of justice, concluding that she leaked secret documents to a newspaper, lied about it and tried to cover it up. Kane insists she has done nothing wrong. .</p><p><br /></p><p>“The learning curve in Pennsylvania seems to be a very slow one when it comes to political corruption,” said Christopher Borick, a political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.</p><p><b>Pennsylvania is the fifth most corrupt state in the nation</b>, according to a study released last year by the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University at Bloomington, based on federal prosecutions. The Keystone State might be ranked higher if state statistics, which accounted for many of the convictions, were factored in.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you said that New Mexico was a corrupt state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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