PATRIOT-NEWS: Even before legislative leaders from both chambers were arrested, convicted and thrown into prison, the Capitol was considered to be as murky as the Susquehanna River, known for harboring leviathans who swam in shady influence, brokering crooked deals.
A recent grand jury investigation into the creation and early decisions of the state’s Gaming Control Board does nothing to dispel that belief.
It details a culture of “noncriminal misconduct” in which officials not only turned a blind eye to potentially criminal activity, but commanded investigators to do the same… (more)