Bruce Almighty, Part VII

Oh dear, the plot thickens. Some harsh words from current Montgomery County District Attorney and candidate for County Commissioner, Republican Bruce Castor. It seems that the current commissioners hired a lobbying firm which was founded by and still employees the current county party chair, Ken Davis, for $7,500 a month to lobby on behalf of the county. Davis is, surprise!, supporting the incumbent commissioners, Jim Mathews and Tom Ellis. It is a month to month contract but no written reports were requested until a year into the deal. The only Democrat on the board of commissioners, Ruth Damsker, also approved the contract as the firm does other business in the county. You can read more in the article ("Castor rips deal with GOP chief," by Jeff Shields) in today's Inquirer.

To add to the fun, some of the commenters over at GrassrootsPA are noting that the county controller maybe should have looked into this. I wrote about the county controller's office on this blog last month. This could be a very lively county election!