Bonusgate, corruption, and reform news

There are plenty of stories on corruption and reform in today's papers:

• DeWeese under fire: State Rep. Josh Shapiro calls on House Majority Leader Bill Deweese to stop down as leader, calling him "a symbol of a broken system".
• DeWeese fires back, claiming Shapiro is just overly worried about his own reputation. Crazy kid thinks that seeing several of his colleagues hauled off in handcuffs for crimes - including illegal payments that may have benefitted his own campaign - may hurt his reputation. Even though he controlled the accounts, supervised the alleged master-mind of bonusgate, and signed off on all the bonuses, DeWeese doesn't worry about his reputation being diminished.
• Voters also think DeWeese should go - 53% of those polled want him to step down, only 11% support him.



• John Baer thinks Shapiro's call could be a tipping point in reform. Baer also takes a shot at Rep. Dwight Evans for saying "This stuff shall pass."



• Fumo Trial: The names of 165 potential witnesses in trial of state senator Vince Fumo has been released.



• More poll results (full results here):
• Voters think the legislature won't do anything to clean itself up.
• Most voters blame both parties for the culture of corruption, but more voters think Republicans are single-handidly responsible than Democrats.
• An astounding 76% of voters support a special session on government reform.


• Here is the latest list of legislators signing on to the call for a special session.