He continues to oppose an extraction tax on the drillers, even though every other state with gas drilling imposes such a tax and even though the drillers have stated for the past year they are willing to pay such a tax and even though some 75% of the voters favor such a tax.
There are increasing concerns voiced about his sanity/mental health. I'm thinking early early dementia/aka Reagan. It is said that if one has mini-strokes, a result can be an unreasonable stubbornness.
As one columnist pointed out, Pennsylvanians thought they were electing John Wayne and ended up with the sheriff of Nottingham.
"The gunslinger rode in from the west, straddling a pale horse and a howling wind.
"He cantered up the Capitol steps like John Wayne pulling up to a saloon full of the soon-to-be-ventilated, the sharp gleam in his cold, blue eyes promising any mangy varmint who dared look askance a lethal dose of hot lead. Unless, of course, said varmint has some cash he'd like to donate to the cause. In that case, feast your hungry eyes, cowboys!
"There's a new sheriff in town, the big galoot said. Name's Corbett. Tom Corbett. Ex-prosecutor. Born lawman. The Keystone State has lost its way, he said with a paternal sigh. It needs a strong hand to put it back on the path to righteousness. Someone with True Grit. As attorney general, I battled corruption. Put a few polecats in the hoosegow. I aim to clean house in Harrisburg. Any big spenders who don't want to get dispatched to Boot Hill better step on out the back.
Transformation
"It was a magical moment. Even "The Duke" would have choked up, but it turned out we all had the wrong sheriff in mind. A strange thing happened as Sheriff Corbett unveiled his first budget as governor: He morphed from John Wayne into the Sheriff of Nottingham, right before our throbbing eyes. Suddenly, the state's enemies no longer were corrupt officials, tax-dodging corporations and scoundrels who exploit the vulnerable. Now they were the middle class, organized labor, the hungry, the sick, the elderly, children, college students and puppies."
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http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/but-while-pennsylvanians-voted-for-john-wayne-they-may-be-stuck-with-sheriff-of-nottingham-1.1118041#ixzz1ICiBc14O