LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: …Former Gov. Ed Rendell is a senior adviser to Greenhill Partners, which stands to make millions if Corbett signs off on a private management agreement with the North American subsidiary of The Camelot Group, which runs the National Lottery in the United Kingdom.
[Gov. Tom] Corbett has until at least Monday to decide whether to enter into the agreement with Camelot, which was the sole bidder for the $3.5 billion state lottery. Last week, the administration reportedly began talks on extending the deadline, but declined to explain why it was seeking an extension.
Rendell, who joined Greenhill in February 2011 to work on public-private partnerships and infrastructure projects, said that apart from telling the Corbett administration he didn’t think it could improve the performance of the lottery, he’d “assiduously” stayed away from the deal and had not involved himself in Greenhill’s dealings with the administration… (more)
EDITOR: Is this another case of one hand washing the other? .
