Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Big Names on Delinquent-Tax List By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       Adrian Saenz, chief of staff to Congressman-elect Harry Teague, made the list of the state's top delinquent taxpayers.     So did a company of David Schutz, a former state transportation commissioner ...
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... else is writing about them. I try to avoid them unless they do something so spectacularly dumb that I have to say something." Jim Belshaw Thomas J. Cole Wednesdays Video: Meet Thomas J. Cole Recent stories by Thomas J. Cole "Try to think of me as your ombudsman, someone to investigate your complaints ...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Racino Applicant Has Ties to Governor By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       Back in the 1980s, when I was covering the Statehouse in Pennsylvania, Gov. Dick Thornburgh was asked at a news conference about all the lucrative bond counsel work his administration had ...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Could State Break Family Ties? By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       Larry, an astute reader of this column, called to ask who could do something about the New Mexico Rural Rehabilitation Corp., that do-little, money-losing, taxpayer-funded loan program that has ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 All in the Family By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think positions in government should be passed from one generation to another by right of birth.     Didn't we settle that when we revolted against King George III in 1775 ...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Leftover Campaign Funds Go to Charity By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       State law restricts how legislators can spend the money they collect in campaign contributions from lobbyists, PACs and others.     But too often, lawmakers' spending reports are so vague ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Cases Involving Top Lawyer Sealed By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       State judges seal hundreds of cases each year. The sealing orders don't just prevent the public from looking at what's inside files. They wipe out all references to the cases in courthouse records ...
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... RECORD: This story incorrectly reported when a woman was bitten by a dog owned by District Attorney Kari Brandenburg. It occurred in September 2006. By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       State judges seal hundreds of cases each year. The sealing orders don't just prevent the public from looking ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Feds Produce Reports — 11 Years Late By Thomas J. Cole Journal Staff Writer       The year 1997 seems so long ago.     Bill Clinton hadn't yet uttered, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Martha Stewart wasn't yet a felon, and the Boston Red Sox were still ...
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 Story on DA's Dog Bite Case Overblown, Unfair       RE: “DA'S DOG Bite Case Sealed” by Thomas J. Cole.        I thought the article was unfair and very inaccurate. The incident referred to happened two years ago, ... and I wondered why the story was all ...
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