The rejection of Gov. Mary Fallin's nominee to the state Election Board had nothing to do with the fact that he's a gay man, said state Sen. Rob Johnson, chairman of the Republican-controlled Rules Committee. Contrary to allegations by Democrats, Johnson said Wednesday, the real reason Jim Roth wasn't even allowed a hearing on the matter is because a position on the board might entail decisions against former political opponents.
Former state Sen. Wayne R. Bryant and a onetime managing partner of one of the state's most powerful law firms Wednesday formally denied charges they exchanged $192,000 in bribes for legislation favoring EnCap's failed $1 billion landfill-to-links development in the Meadowlands and two other projects. The once-influential Camden County Democrat, who is serving a four-year prison term on similar corruption charges, appeared in a mustard-yellow prison jumpsuit, his wrists and ankles in shackles, to answer the charges contained in a 40-count indictment returned in September.
A state senator Wednesday denied he fired an employee of his district office, a Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman, because he was on extended active duty. Tech Sgt. Joe Costanzo, 58, of Dormont said he filed a complaint with the Department of Defense's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office because he lost his job as community relations director for Sen. Wayne Fontana's Kennedy office. Hired there in March 2007, he deployed to Manas Air Base in Afghanistan in August 2008. The Pentagon kept him on active duty when he returned six weeks later, he said.
It began with a black eye for state Sen. Joe Coniglio -- long before the Paramus plumber-turned-politician was indicted on federal corruption charges tied to a controversial job with Hackensack University Medical Center. That black eye, suffered on a plumbing job, prompted state Senate President Dick Codey to offer some portentous career advice to Coniglio, whose fate is now in the hands of a federal jury in Newark.
Sen. Mike Oliverio lost his bid to challenge the way eight counties have placed the names of the seven candidates for secretary of state on their ballots for the May 11 Democratic primary. The state Supreme Court on Friday refused the petition that Oliverio filed as one of those candidates. The Monongalia County Democrat alleges the names are confusingly arrayed on the ballot.
Eric H. Holder Jr.'s confirmation as attorney general is speeding toward approval thanks in part to his private assurances to a key Republican senator that he does not intend to prosecute intelligence agency interrogators for their actions during the prior administration. The assurances, reported by Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican, to The Washington Times on Wednesday, went beyond Mr. Holder's earlier public testimony in which he said he could not prejudge his actions regarding cases he had not seen.
LITTLE ROCK - An Arkansas state senator has been accused of violating the state's code of ethics for teachers and may be issued a written warning. The Arkansas Board of Education is scheduled to consider next week whether to issue a written warning to state Sen. Jack Crumbly, who also is superintendent of the Earle School District. A licensing standards board for teachers says Crumbly violated the state's code of ethics for educators.
The Small Business Administration defended its existence yesterday as critics slammed its response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and questioned the agency's definition of a small business. Dozens of small-business advocates flooded the office of Sen. Tom Coburn with e-mails and phone calls this week after rumors persisted that lawmakers wanted to abolish the SBA.
Allegations that state Sen. Tom Reynolds (R-West Allis) used campaign funds to heat his home have become the latest salvo in a pitched battle for the 5th District seat between the first-term incumbent and his Democratic challenger, James Sullivan. A local Democratic activist has complained to the State Elections Board; state Democrats made the allegation in a letter to Reynolds' contributors; and this week a group calling itself Building Wisconsin's Future launched television ads repeating it.
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