PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: …With the assistance of power lawyer and ex-Navy Capt. Steve Aichele, as Corbett’s new chief of staff, things have slowly been changing over the past few months. Corbett in January announced he was suing the NCAA in an effort to lift the sanctions it imposed on Penn State after the Freeh report highlighted the culture of silence among top PSU officials that let Sandusky continue to prowl for victims…
His proposed 2013-14 budget was a kinder, gentler version of the previous two years with a basic ed boost, some increases for human services, more money for state police, more for adults with intellectual disabilities. He seemed to be out more, selling the plan…
Clearly, there’s been a change. Critics say it is his re-election mode for 2014. Or maybe it’s easier to loosen up, free of that awful first budget quagmire… (more)
