Romanelli goes to court
Posted in Congressional Campaigns, General, State Party News on July 17th, 2008 by Gregg Jocoy – 5 CommentsFormer Green Party US Senate candidate from Pennsylvania Carl Romanelli has filed suit in the state Supreme Court saying that the people who challenged his petitions to appear on the ballot are criminals, recently arrested on corruption charges, and that his charge of close to $80,000 for reviewing his ballot access petition brought by these same people should be tossed out.
The article, by Tracie Mauriello of the Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau, includes this:
A grand jury presentment last week included evidence that those signature challenges were based on work by dozens of Democratic House employees while they were on the clock and being paid with tax dollars.
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Hopefully Romanelli will win, and instead of paying the state close to $80,000 he will get attorney’s fees and other compensation for the breech of democracy caused by these alleged criminals.
