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Ward's Getting Desperate
Posted
10-19-2007
Kim Ward must really be getting desperate. She
put her flunky Dale Cordial, head of the PT Group, up to a
charade of calling the newspapers to complain that his company
isn't getting work from Westmoreland County. Specifically he
complained about not getting therapy work at Westmoreland Manor
and not being on the county's panel for workers' compensation
work.
Mr. Cordial, of course, is not just an ordinary
citizen who can't get a "fair shake". He is a personal friend of
Ward's, who not only donated to her campaign but also has been
listed as a member of her host committee for fundraisers. He has
also given $4,000 dollars to Republican candidates ranging from
former Senator Slick Rick Santorum to former Texas Senator Phil
Gramm.
What makes the whole episode so transparently
pathetic is that the county does not even have a panel for
workers' compensation physical therapists. We leave the choice
of physical therapists up to the doctor and the patient. As for
the nursing home physical therapy, that had previously been done
by a Philadelphia company; it was bid and was awarded to a
Westmoreland County company. That company has not only done a
fine job for the Manor residents, it has helped the nursing home
staff identify more avenues for increasing reimbursement.
The timing of Mr. Cordial's ridiculous claims, a
few weeks before the election, just shows how pathetically
desperate Kim Ward and her minions have become. It also shows
how little they actually know about county government. Most
importantly, it speaks to the ethics of candidate Ward who puts
her friends up to doing her political dirty work.
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