AP:An energy company drilling in Pennsylvania’s gas-rich Marcellus Shale paid for a top Republican state senator’s trip to see the Pittsburgh Steelers play in the Super Bowl in Texas, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, had his ticket, plane ride and hotel bill paid for by Consol Energy Inc., one of Scarnati’s top aides told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
LVI makes an excellent point:
Frankly, to inject some honesty here, for what State Senator Scarnati is giving them as Senate President, he's a "cheap date." No taxation at all for extracting natural gas from our land here, causing millions in damage to our roads and environment, while importing the labor for the work from all over the place. So they get free profits, we get nothing, and the cost to them is a party in Dallas for the Super Bowl. That's one hell of a deal.
I think this sort of thing - the Superbowl party in Texas, corporate lobbyists picking up the tab for Tom Corbetts inauguration - is a lot more like good old-fashioned bribery than, say, campaign contributions. They're not aiding the Senate President in his professional capacity, (although they did do that too). What you have here is Joe Scarnati the dude enjoying an entirely private benefit on the frackers' dime. He should give it back.
Frankly, to inject some honesty here, for what State Senator Scarnati is giving them as Senate President, he's a "cheap date." No taxation at all for extracting natural gas from our land here, causing millions in damage to our roads and environment, while importing the labor for the work from all over the place. So they get free profits, we get nothing, and the cost to them is a party in Dallas for the Super Bowl. That's one hell of a deal.
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