They demonstrate patterns of behavior that have become standard operating procedure for denying Pennsylvania citizens their right to participate in their government.
It's clearly not an appropriate way to conduct the public's business. The public can't evaluate if the government is doing a good job in the selection process if it only knows the winner.
We only have, at this point, three or four people who have been willing to talk on the record. There are others who I think will if subpoenaed, so part of what we're seeking is discovery.
There's very, very little that this state legislature does that can't wait a couple of days. I don't think it's really too much to ask to have legislators participate in the debate and cast their own votes.
Everything a commission might do has already been done before. Therefore, it is highly improbable that it could discover or propose anything not already discussed at length in public. And it could serve only to further impede this long overdue legislation.
This is the start toward correcting a major wrong that was done to the people of Pennsylvania.
Without the oversight of an unaffected and relatively neutral tribunal, the verdict in this case will always be in question, and opportunities to clean up the legislative and judicial processes in Pennsylvania will be lost.
These things are given for one specific purpose - to create a preferred working relationship. When it comes time to get access, they want legislators to be their friends.
It is the only way citizens of Pennsylvania can attain any confidence in the potential outcome of this high-profile case.
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