Tweety's brother's arrest...toldja it was complicated...

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Matthews though Republican, was voting with the Dem commissioner for a 2-1 edge...the Rethugs hated his guts...now read this - (and BTW, we just voted in two Dems for the first time in about 400 years YAY us!):

(MORE AT THE LINK!!)

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20111209_Matthews_inquiry_put_Montco_D_A__in_uncomfortable_position.html?cmpid=124488429

Matthews inquiry put Montco D.A. in uncomfortable position
By Jeremy Roebuck

Inquirer Staff Writer


District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman had worked for an enemy of Commissioner James R. Matthews, who faces charges.
As her detectives zeroed in on a sitting county commissioner, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman knew she would eventually have to answer a few uncomfortable questions about the case.

Could she objectively investigate fellow county officeholder James R. Matthews? Did her past ties to Bruce L. Castor Jr. - Matthews' avowed enemy and Ferman's former boss - influence her decision to press charges?

"There were accusations circling, there was distrust mounting in the government. Someone had to look at what was happening and bring some clarity," Ferman said Tuesday as she announced Matthews' arrest on charges of perjury and false swearing.

But days later, those questions have lingered, and the case has drawn some of the most intense scrutiny the Republican prosecutor has encountered yet in her government career.

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1. Kick for night-time folk...

14 recs and not one reply...that's a record for one of my posts! Congratulations, DU!!!!