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"If somebody says you don't have a job unless you do campaign work, that's wrong," he said. "Did some of these people go way over the line? Absolutely, if these charges are true. On any given day, does that line move? Yes. I don't want to defend anybody, but the tough part is there are a lot of people in government who are basically doing it 18, 20 hours a day, and the line tends to blur a little bit between what is campaign work and what is them doing great public service in some cases."
Why is this guy in any position of public trust? His stated belief if followed will lead staffers and politicians right into handcuffs and tarnished reputations. We should expect our leaders to err on the side of caution and stay away from the line, not as close to it as they possibly can.
Besides, it it "the line tends to blur a bit" or "we used to be able to get away with this stuff" but the line of enforcement has moved.
I still contend that this era in Pennsylvania history will be noted decades from now as a very dark and corrupt time. We urgently need to continue to clean up Harrisburg.
