State Rep Cohen: Mine Mine Mine December 8 2008
and what’s yours is mine, in case you forgot.
After top Democratic leaders in the House announced late Tuesday that they were foregoing the 2.8 percent COLA, I stopped by Cohen’s Capitol office. He’s been in leadership since 1990, and currently served as Caucus Chairman.
He wasn’t there, so I left a message. No response.
I tried calling. Still no response.
Yesterday, in the basement of the Capitol, I ran into Cohen and told him I had reached out twice, unsuccessfully.
“I respect your right to make phone calls,” he told me. I then asked if he was going to give back the COLA. He turned from me, without answering, and walked away.
Awesome.
Cohen is a legislator of the highest order.
Cohen, some might recall, is not shy from spending freely when it comes to public dollars.
He has routinely been among the top lawmakers when it comes to racking up state meal and lodging reimbursements and spent more than $28,000 of tax dollars to buy 800 plus books in 2004 and 2005.
Servant of the people and all, ya know?
State Rep Cohen is also a DailyKos diarist, and accussed a Philadelphia Weekly blogger of malice & libel.
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