An early start to the Governor's race beat spring's arrival. Pat Meehan, a former U.S. Attorney officially entered the race with the kick off of his website. Sources handicapping the Republican side put A.G. Tom Corbett against Meehan as the top contenders.
Pat Meehan is the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He served from September 17, 2001 until July 15, 2008 as the federal prosecutor responsible for the city of Philadelphia and its eight surrounding counties. On July 16, 2008, he announced that he was joining the Philadelphia law firm of Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn on July 21, 2008.
Meehan and his office are nationally recognized for their work on terrorism, gang prevention, protecting seniors and children, and public corruption. The current trial against Senator Vincent Fumo is due to the work of Meehan's office.
Okay so let's keep this straight. Richard Sprague once represented Vincent Fumo. They parted over an argument. Meehan investigated Fumo which led to charges. Richard Sprague is now representing Robert Powell as part of the Luzerne County public corruption case. Richard Sprague, as a Justice, wouldn't step aside in the Judge Ann Lokuta trial even though he represented Robert Powell who has ties to former Judge Michael Conahan according to court records.
Betty Roccograndi of the Times Leader wrote December 7,2008 The links between Sprague, Powell, Conahan and other Powell pals who testified against Lokuta is disturbing, and any fair-minded person has to wonder whether Sprague’s objectivity was clouded even a little bit.
Another noted client of Richard Sprague is Louis DeNaples. Okay what does that have to do with anything? Vincent Fumo authored the gaming bill that brought Sprague and DeNaples together. Did we just complete the circle of life??
Got off the beaten path for a moment about Pat Meehan's kickoff but then again its my blog.
