Archive for June, 2009

Steve Stetler, Pa. Secretary of Revenue. Implicated in growing HDCC scandal.

It can be a difficult transition from journalist to politician, although John F. Kennedy and Albert Gore managed it pretty well, I guess. The problem, though, is two-fold: you feel the need to tell stories and shed light on things and there’s this nasty problem with telling people exactly what you think and feel.

The latter has turned me into a pinata model for most of the Chester County Democratic Party. (I joke about that, actually. People have been really great, but I know I tend to get on people’s nerves with my inability to be diplomatic at times).

The former keeps my campaign manager up at night, worried what I’ll write next. I’ve written a ton of stuff lately, but none of it has seen the light of day, because to be frank, it’s a little controversial. Okay, really controversial.

I wrote a lengthy piece about our pals at the Daily Local News. My campaign manager read it. Once he was able to use a defibrillator to restart his heart, we were able to have a sensible conversation about it. It’s still in my archives, probably destined for the book, The Cool Kids’ Table, I’m writing about this race and where politics and the media have sunk. I wrote a second column about abortion which I spiked myself, figuring sending the piece to my manager might cause him to start performing an autopsy. On himself. Read the rest of this entry »