PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Ex-Senate Democratic Leader Robert Mellow on Friday is likely to join seven other former Pennsylvania legislative leaders imprisoned for corruption…
In many of the corruption cases prosecuted in Pennsylvania, elected officials used public resources such as staff, tax money, faxes, phones, copiers or mail services to fuel or plan campaigns. Mellow wanted to run for governor but did not.
In Mellow’s office, political work practically became institutionalized, federal records suggest. His aides recruited Democratic candidates for Senate races and organized fundraisers and Election Day efforts to boost voter turnout, records showed… (more)
