Sandi Vito; Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's nominee for labor secretary; "Public Drunkenness"

Obama's appointees at the federal level are not the only Democrat appointees with legal trouble. Democrat appointees at the state level are in plenty of legal hot water of their own. In Pennsylvania, Democrat Governor Ed Rendell has appointed Sandi Vito as Pennsylvania Labor Secretary.

PA Labor Secretary - nominee Sandi Vito


















On Wednesday night (March 11, 2009), Ms. Vito was charged with public drunkenness at a downtown Harrisburg hotel:

A spokesman for Gov. Ed Rendell says the charge wasn't work-related and that it's too early to say what, if any, discipline may result.

Vito is awaiting Senate confirmation of her nomination to serve as labor secretary on a permanent basis.

She was previously chief of staff to a Democratic state senator and political director of the state Democratic Party.

Ms. Vito is currently the Acting Secretary:

As Acting Secretary, Vito heads the fifth-largest agency of Pennsylvania state government, overseeing more than 6,000 employees in 200 offices statewide that serve the worker and business interests of the commonwealth. Through the administration of programs such as workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, job retraining and vocational rehabilitation, along with its numerous enforcement and regulatory responsibilities, the Department directly affects the daily lives of millions of workers and the more than 250,000 employers in Pennsylvania.

While this photo is not of Ms. Vito, it brings to mind an interesting point. I would rather that the Democrat cabinet officials be drunk and passed out than have them alert and meddling with our economy. We are better off with the Democrats looking like this than devising new ways to burn our childrens' money. I propose that instead of hosting tea parties, we begin hosting whiskey parties, in which we collect as much alcohol as we can for delivery to the White House, Congress and various cabinet offices. Maybe then they will leave us alone for a while.
not Sandi Vito

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update (afternoon 3-13-09) - Ms. Vito has announced that she will enter into a treatment program. Governor Rendell still wants her for the job. I guess that Ms. Vito, like Tim Giethner, is the only one that can do the job.
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update - The Centre Daily Times has more. Republicans in the Senate are at least demanding more information before rolling over on her nomination.

Pennsylvania Election Coverage - 2008

Voter turnout today appeared to be low.

On the Republican ballot for President, the listed candidates were McCain, Huckabee and Ron Paul. Paul is campaigning hard and has volunteers at the polls.

Numerous local races are at stake as well as unopposed primaries for PA Attorney General.

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8:50 P.M. - after early (@ 8:00 P.M.) reports that the election was too close to call, NBC has declared Hillary the winner in the Democratic primary. That didn't take long.

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8:56 P.M. - Tim Russert and Brian Williams are making the case that it doesn't matter because Hillary can't win anyway.

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8:59 P.M. - With one percent of the precincts reporting, Hillary is leading by 20 points. McCain is leading Paul by a somewhat larger margin.

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9:02 - CBS has called the election for Clinton also. ABC is showing a commercial.

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9:06 - with 5% reporting, Hillary's lead has shrunk to 53-47.

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9:21 - Hillary is holding at 52-48 with 13% reporting.

In the past, in PA, the urban areas have reported first, with the rural areas reporting last.
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9:29 - In Harrisburg, the Obama supporter is losing his race for State Representative by 59 - 41.
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9:41 - With 18% reporting, Hillary is back to 54 - 46.
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9:57 - With 42% reporting, Hillary's lead is 55 - 45.
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Michelle Malkin posts updates.
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10:21 - 66% reporting - 54 - 46.
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11:02 - 79% reporting - 55 - 45.

This result can be interpreted as a defeat for Bob Casey and his handlers.

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WGAL-TV reports that Hillary won numerous counties around Pittsburgh by 2-1 or greater margins. Hillary won Allegheny county by 10 points. Obama won few counties. Obama won Dauphin County (Harrisburg) and Lancaster. Obama's supporter in the State House race near Harrisburg (Singleton) has narrowed the gap but is projected to lose. The commentators have provided no explanation for Obama winning the central part of the state. Maybe the presence of so many state employees played some role.
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4-23-08 7:00 A.M.

Matt Lauer's teleprompter reports a 10 point victory for Hillary. It also reported that the "cash started pouring in a little bit. . . " after yesterday's victory. Tim Russert will now give us our opinion . . . .
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It appears that Obama's coattail effect was limited. Despite Obama's victory in Harrisburg, Obama's supporter (Singleton) narrowly lost a House race.

Election day 2007 - Pennsylvania Judicial Races

Today is election day in Pennsylvania and the biggest races are the statewide judicial races. The TV commercials do not identify the candidates by party.

The Republicans are as follows:

Maureen Lally-Green and Mike Krancer are running for Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Cheryl Allen, Judge Bruce Bratton, and Jackie Shogan are running for Pennsylvania Superior Court.

Up for retention are Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Saylor, Superior Court Judges Joan Orie-Melvin and Correale F. Stevens.

All of the above candidates are endorsed by the PA Pro-life Federation.

There are others running for retention or on the Democrat side, but the above candidates are the ones I endorse.