| rdfs:comment | - Will not repay. Senator LaValle voted for the 2005 pay raise and accepted “unvouchered expenses.” Senator Gerald LaValle's constituents have called him a thief, a crook and "everything else under the sun" in the wake of his vote supporting the pay rise (Beaver County Times, November 4, 2005.) Fourteen of the 25 state senators who took the expense money -- including Jay Costa Jr., D-Forest Hills, and Gerald LaValle, D-Rochester -- have not yet returned it (Post-Gazette, Friday, December 2, 2005.)
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| abstract | - Will not repay. Senator LaValle voted for the 2005 pay raise and accepted “unvouchered expenses.” Senator Gerald LaValle's constituents have called him a thief, a crook and "everything else under the sun" in the wake of his vote supporting the pay rise (Beaver County Times, November 4, 2005.) Senators from the Pittsburgh area who had taken the extra money, including Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, Gerald LaValle, D-Beaver, and John Wozniak, D-Johnstown, brusquely refused to answer yesterday when asked whether they would return the money (Post-Gazette, Harrisburg Bureau Thursday, November 17, 2005.) LaValle voted for and took the pay raise. A spokeswoman from his office said that he is no longer commenting on the matter (Vindy.com, November 20, 2005.) Fourteen of the 25 state senators who took the expense money -- including Jay Costa Jr., D-Forest Hills, and Gerald LaValle, D-Rochester -- have not yet returned it (Post-Gazette, Friday, December 2, 2005.)
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