New Philly Weekly: Ed Rendell Sucks
DemocRAT, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, big business as usual, calling bullshit, gambling industry, hypocrisy, media, politics February 1st, 2010
How Foxwoods got a suckjob from Ed Rendell, and what it means:
it appears that Foxwoods lawyer Steve Cozen — who’s not only a close friend of Ed Rendell but a VERY generous funder — worked pretty hard to get the exemption. According to the Inky report, Rendell says he told Cozen he would sign the bill if the Foxwoods exemption made it into the bill. And it did.
And oh yeah: since 2000 Cozen personally gave nearly $145,000 to Rendell’s campaigns. On top of that, there’s an additional $66,000 his law firm’s PAC raised. And just last year, Rendell’s son joined the firm. It’s nice to have friends in high places.
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