From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:
LeRoy S. Zimmerman, the powerful Pennsylvania Republican whose oversight of the sprawling Hershey organization is under investigation by the state Office of Attorney General is retiring from the multibillion-dollar charity at the end of this year, the Hershey Trust Co. said in a surprise announcement Monday.
Hershey Trust spokeswoman Connie McNamara said Zimmerman’s resignation “is not in any way related to the OAG matter.”
The investigation was announced after The Inquirer reported that funds meant for the Hershey School for impoverished children had been spent on a money-losing golf course. The $17 million project bailed out the wealthy owners of the course, one of whom was the chief executive officer of the Hershey chocolate company and a member of the charity’s board that approved the expenditures…
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EDITOR: Rumors are that Tom Corbett as Attorney General had suppressed investigations of misuse of funds and mismanagement at the Hershey Trust, sex offenses at Penn State, and sexual improprieties by York government officals. Is it possible that Attorney General Linda Kelly is undertaking long delayed and essential investigations?
