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  • Pa. House spam scam is outlined Prosecutors: $1.7 million spent on campaign-related e-mail

    07/27/2008 5:14:44 AM PDT · by dirtboy · 13 replies · 196+ views
    Phillly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer) ^ | 7/27/08 | Mario F. Cattabiani
    HARRISBURG - They cost only a dime each, but it added up quickly. Over more than two years, as they toiled in the minority, Democrats in the state House allegedly purchased millions of e-mail addresses to send campaign-related propaganda to Pennsylvania voters who were stuck paying the political tab - $1.2 million. And that's not including several hundred thousand more in public funds that went to a tech consultant - the son of a state representative - who allegedly made it all look like a legitimate legislative endeavor. Details of the conspiracy were laid out recently in the 74-page grand-jury...