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Gov. Rendell subpoenaed in Fumo trial
PennLive.com ^ | 2/2/09 | CHARLES THOMPSON

Posted on 02/02/2009 12:53:27 PM PST by Born Conservative

Gov. Ed Rendell will appear in federal court next Monday as a defense witness in the corruption trial of former Sen. Vince Fumo, D-Philadelphia.

Chuck Ardo, Rendell's press secretary, said that Rendell had been served with a subpoena earlier today at his Philadelphia office.

"The governor isn't sure what relevant information he may have, but he will honor the subpoena and answer any questions that are asked," Ardo said.

Fumo is charged with misusing more than $1 million in state resources and another $1 million from the Citizens' Alliance for Better Neighborhoods, a south Philadelphia charity he allegedly controlled, for his personal and political benefit.

Rendell had been on Fumo's list of potential witnesses for some time.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democrats; edrendell; fasteddie; fumo; pacorruption; rendell

1 posted on 02/02/2009 12:53:28 PM PST by Born Conservative
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To: Tribune7

Ping


2 posted on 02/02/2009 12:53:46 PM PST by Born Conservative (Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
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To: Born Conservative

Amazing, they acknowledged the perps party in the story.


3 posted on 02/02/2009 12:56:26 PM PST by rocksblues (Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
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To: Born Conservative

Fast Eddie as a character witness?

The guy is toast.


4 posted on 02/02/2009 1:00:40 PM PST by hattend (Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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To: rocksblues

I could actually have forgiven them if they hadn’t. This is a Pennsylvania blog. There are not many people in Pennsylvania capable of reading who wouldn’t know the party affiliation of Rendell and Fumo.


5 posted on 02/02/2009 1:02:32 PM PST by blau993 (Fight Gerbil Swarming)
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To: hattend

LOL. If you know Vince Fumo (and I do), Fast Eddie may have been about the best he could do.


6 posted on 02/02/2009 1:03:32 PM PST by blau993 (Fight Gerbil Swarming)
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To: blau993

In Pennsylvania when the political crooks, of the demoncratic party, are mentioned in the msm their party affiliation is never identified. I think that slick eddie being called to testify for fumo is the funniest thing that I have heard today.


7 posted on 02/02/2009 1:11:00 PM PST by mom-7
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To: Born Conservative
Citizens' Alliance for Better Neighborhoods

Wonder how much "stimulus" funding this ACORN-like fraud is scheduled to receive.

8 posted on 02/02/2009 1:19:16 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


9 posted on 02/02/2009 1:38:25 PM PST by Tribune7 (Obama wants to put the same crowd that ran Fannie Mae in charge of health care)
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To: Born Conservative

From the very first sentence, I will surmise this isn’t an AP story.


10 posted on 02/02/2009 2:11:21 PM PST by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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To: Born Conservative

Here’s hoping Rendell will follow in the footsteps of Blago. We have one solitary Rupublican who got re-elected to statewide office last year and he is our attorney general.


11 posted on 02/02/2009 2:16:20 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Born Conservative

Democrats=Culture of Corruption.


12 posted on 02/02/2009 2:23:20 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Born Conservative
On a related note, from '08....

Puerto Rico Governor's Indictment: The Philadelphia Connection

13 posted on 02/02/2009 2:50:00 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Born Conservative

Thank you.


14 posted on 02/02/2009 2:57:26 PM PST by HonestConservative (http://www.operationvalentine.blogspot.com/)
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To: blau993

Any connection to the Mayor Street corruption debacle?

(It has Chicago ties with Loop Enterprises a company fun by BO BIL Craig Robinson and friend, Jim Reynolds.)


15 posted on 02/02/2009 4:32:31 PM PST by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: Born Conservative

Maybe calling Fast Eddie as a witness is a way to send a message to Eric and Barack, “call your Federal dogs off me, or I’ll embarrass the State and local Democrats”. Or maybe Fumo’s just looking for a commutation or pardon further downstream.


16 posted on 02/02/2009 10:22:10 PM PST by pawdoggie
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To: mom-7

My new gov, I left Corzine in NJ, crooks are everywhere...hah!


17 posted on 02/03/2009 1:21:19 AM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42 - 12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
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To: Born Conservative

Santorum was the best leader to come out of PA since the Revolution days. Considering how badly he lost I just cant find a tear to share for most PA voters.

18 posted on 02/03/2009 6:12:28 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: DogBarkTree

It was the school issue (owned a residence in a fairly small school district; didn’t live in the small house, but had the district pay for the cyber home schooling for his kids) that did him in, and it was a stupid, shady thing for him to do.


19 posted on 02/03/2009 8:27:45 AM PST by Ike (My idea of election reform - blue fingers in Philadelphia!)
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To: hattend

Fast eddie is a saint in PA..(won’t stick to teflon)
and his wife being a judge kinda helps too.


20 posted on 02/03/2009 9:59:50 AM PST by OL Hickory (Where is the America I knew as a boy?)
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