Post by Logan on Mar 30, 2016 10:01:17 GMT -6
Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane's hire may be way she can keep exerting power
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has hired former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor to fill a newly created executive position in her office.
Ms. Kane, whose law license has been suspended as she awaits trial on criminal charges, said Tuesday that she was hiring Mr. Castor as her solicitor general to help with executive functions. He will be paid an annual salary of $150,000.
In a news release, Ms. Kane was vague about his duties, saying only that his role would be “to strengthen and support the leadership of the executive office and further the initiatives of the attorney general on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania.”
The hiring raised the specter of further tension in an office already rife with divisions between Kane loyalists and those counting the days until the end of her term in January. And the choice was striking, in part because Mr. Castor is a Republican and Ms. Kane a Democrat.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2016/03/30/pennsylvania-Attorney-General-Kathleen-Kane-s-hire-may-be-way-she-can-keep-exerting-power/stories/201603300137
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has hired former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor to fill a newly created executive position in her office.
Ms. Kane, whose law license has been suspended as she awaits trial on criminal charges, said Tuesday that she was hiring Mr. Castor as her solicitor general to help with executive functions. He will be paid an annual salary of $150,000.
In a news release, Ms. Kane was vague about his duties, saying only that his role would be “to strengthen and support the leadership of the executive office and further the initiatives of the attorney general on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania.”
The hiring raised the specter of further tension in an office already rife with divisions between Kane loyalists and those counting the days until the end of her term in January. And the choice was striking, in part because Mr. Castor is a Republican and Ms. Kane a Democrat.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2016/03/30/pennsylvania-Attorney-General-Kathleen-Kane-s-hire-may-be-way-she-can-keep-exerting-power/stories/201603300137