PITTSBURG POST-GAZETTE: The indictment of the former CEO of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School spurred some politicians to start tallying Trombetta-related campaign contributions, and to consider what to do with them. Gov. Tom Corbett’s re-election committee, for instance, will send back a $5,000 contribution made by [Nick] Trombetta in December 2011, campaign manager Mike Barley said last week.
“In light of the serious allegations that were made, we’re going to refund that contribution,” he said, adding that a 2010 donation from Mr. Trombetta was spent on that year’s campaign. He said the governor has no relationship with the former cyber school boss.
The 11-count indictment of Mr. Trombetta, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and his former accountant Neal Prence, of Koppel, focuses mainly on the flow of money out of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School to private non-profit and for-profit entities, and allegedly into the defendant’s personal accounts. Both men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh… (more)
