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As long as a 2-1 vote carries the day in Montgomery County, it should come as no surprise to anyone that Montgomery County’s perpetual supplier of health care consulting services, CBIZ, has won the day again, this time securing a sweetheart deal that kicks back $10 to the consultant for every $75 fee per employee paid to IBC. With 3,000 county employees, you do the math.

Now I know what you are thinking: What exactly is it that a healthcare consultant does and why is one needed to manage a health care plan that the county has been on for years and why is the pay so lucrative? All good questions. Let’s turn to the Times Herald’s Keith Phucas for answers:

The Times Herald previously reported that since 2006, CBIZ officials have contributed a total of $24,463 to Matthew’s political campaign coffers, according to campaign finance reports.

During the 2007 commissioners race, company executives gave the Damsker-Hoeffel campaign $12,500.

On Feb. 12, 2008, CBIZ senior executive F. Bruce Walter gave Matthews, by then the commissioners chairman, a $1,000 campaign donation. Three months later, Walter gave $200 to Hoeffel’s campaign, according to 2008 campaign records.

I’m sure they do, you know, actual healthcare consulting stuff, too. Whatever that is.

So those of you with long memories may be saying to yourselves, “Don’t I recal that CBIZ is the company that was less than forthcoming about how they obtained those contracts and how much they were paid for the same? Wasn’t there something about producing Requests For Proposals (RFP) and complying with some Hoeffel-sponsored ordinance?” Well, you would be right. If you want to refresh your memory, you can look here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

So surely, you’re thinking, after all that fuss and stonewalling and charging for copies just a few short months ago, CBIZ must have finally produced the RFPs in question. That after the scrutiny of the press on a situation that had every appearance of Commissioners Hoeffel and Matthews engaging in pay to play, surely those aforementioned commissioners would not have the chutzpah to grant a two-year contract to CBIZ again without them complying with the original RFP request?

Errr….actually, no.

Not to worry, though. They submitted an RFP this time:

Recently, an RFP went out for a health insurance consultant, and five companies, including CBIZ, responded.

Explaining the evaluation process at Wednesday’s commissioners meeting, by G. Fred DiBona III, of DiBona Associates, admitted when questioned by Castor that he knew the firms by name that he helped county officials rank. As well, DiBona said Matthews recently hired him to assist human resources and commissioner staffers in the evaluations.

Hold up. Wait. Fred DiWHO the third? Who’s he?

He’s the consultant that was used to pick the consultant.

[DiBona] is a former employee of one of the vendors that submitted a proposal.

Castor echoed his past criticism about being kept out of the loop about professional services contractor selections.

“One of the things I thought we agreed on (in the new ordinance) was the three commissioners would get to vote on these contracts,” he said, referring to DiBona’s consultant work. “I didn’t know we were bringing you on.”

Matthews explained DiBona Associates met an exception in Ordinance 10-3 because he would not be paid more than $7,500 for his services.

DiBona also conceded the process that picked CBIZ was a “subjective determination,” and that evaluating consultant companies was not something he ordinarily does.

“It’s not a regular part of my business,” he said.

Not a regular part of his business? Well that’s a relief. At least he’s qualified to earn that $7500 fee.

So what does this all mean for the County? Bruce Castor (the “1″ vote in the perpetual “2-1″ voting pattern of the Montgomery County Commissioners) and Joe Hoeffel sum it up thusly:

The selection process was tipped in favor of CBIZ given that “The guy who is paying (DiBona) is CBIZ’s guy,” Castor said, referring to Matthews.

Hoeffel suggested possible bias was reflected in CBIZ’s high score for “Confidence of County HR/Finance Team with Vendor Capabilities,” perhaps because the company is the only health insurance consultant most of the staff had ever dealt with.

“The county staff likes CBIZ, and I think it helped (the firm),” Hoeffel said later.

And CBIZ will save the county money over the two-year $576,000 contract, by cutting the per-employee monthly rate by $2. Castor deemed it ironic that only now the consultant was revealing dollar figures for its services, something it has refused to do since December. He concluded current pricing makes the county contract worth more than $700,000 to the consultant for the same time period.

“Now you know why CBIZ didn’t want to tell us (how much it was paid),” Castor said following the meeting. “Because it looks like they’re getting a commission of $360,000 each year after contributing to the campaigns of Matthews and Hoeffel.”

Yup. Sounds like CBIZness as usual to me.

I tried to watch the clip that Joe posted below, but everytime Chris Matthews appeared on the screen I had an urge to tell him to SHOOT the GLASS.

Seriously, dude: What is up with that hair?

And it looks like “Get out of the way’ is the best option:

Regarding these “homemade” barges that Louisiana launched, Reuters reports:

Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard shut down 16 vacuum barges that were sucking up crude from Louisiana marshes. The units, which consist of trucks and tanks on barges that suck up thousands of gallons of crude, needed to be checked for stability and if they had life jackets and fire extinguishers.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had asked officials to inspect them quickly without bringing them back to dock. But the units sat idle for 24 hours before being allowed to travel back to oil-fouled Barataria Bay, Bay Jimmy and Pass A Loutre.

After 24 hours, the barges went back to work, and according to media reports, no inspections were performed.

Then there is that damnable Jones Act:

Some critics of the Obama administration cite offers by the Netherlands in April to supply sophisticated skimmers and dredging devices, and the administration’s failure to accept the offer. The issue is as murky as the oil slick now threatening regional beaches.

A Houston-based company is now cleaning oil off surface water in the Gulf of Mexico using sweeping arms that attach to a boat and help gather large amounts of oil. These sophisticated devices were provided by a Dutch company with years of experience in such operations, but instead of using the Dutch ships and crews immediately, when The Netherlands offered help in April, the operation was delayed until U.S. crews could be trained.

The Obama administration declined the Dutch offer partly because of the Jones Act, which restricts foreign ships from certain activities in U.S. waters. During the Hurricane Katrina crisis five years ago, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act in order to facilitate some foreign assistance, but such a waiver was not given in this case.

The Dutch also offered assistance with building sand berms (barriers) along the coast of Louisiana to protect sensitive marshlands, but that offer was also rejected, even though Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had been requesting such protective barriers.

For those of you keeping score, Bush waived the Jones Act during the Hurrican Katrina clean-up.

So let’s be absolutely clear here: The BP oil spill is NOT Obama’s fault. But the Federal government’s response to it most certainly is. And even conservatives can probably forgive a little government incompetence, because conservatives expect federal government incompetence. Those of us on the right have been making the case against the sloth-like inefficiency of bloated big government for years.

But this? The actual hindering of clean-up operations? This goes beyond mere incompetence and into the realm of not only contributing to the problem, but exacerbating the problem. It is as compelling a case for small, locally controlled government as there ever was.

No wonder Obama cheerleaders like Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman and Howard Finemann are disappointed: if Obama goes down, so too do their dreams of central planning; of a country run by the brightest minds, of the permanent placement of the academic class in a leadership role. As Peggy Noonan notes,

No reason to join the pile on, but some small points. Two growing weaknesses showed up in small phrases. The president said he had consulted among others “experts in academia” on what to do about the calamity. This while noting, again, that his energy secretary has a Nobel Prize. There is a growing meme that Mr. Obama is too impressed by credentialism, by the meritocracy, by those who hold forth in the faculty lounge, and too strongly identifies with them. He should be more impressed by those with real-world experience. It was the “small people” in the shrimp boats who laid the boom.

And when speaking of why proper precautions and safety measures were not in place, the president sternly declared, “I want to know why.” But two months in he should know. And he should be telling us. Such empty sternness is . . . empty.

Are you comforted to know that these same “top men” will be working on your health care? Your energy needs? Your economy?

For Chris Matthews, the tingle was gone a few weeks ago, but to hear that Olby has lost that lovin’ feeling is just a darn shame. If Obama has lost Olberman…..

Does anyone else have that sinking feeling that we have a billboard-advertising, ambulance-chasing junior associate of a personal injury lawfirm in the White House? He’s talking about “knowing whose ass to kick” (and thank you so much, Mr. President, for making that phrase completely acceptable in the common vernacular). He’s trying to force BP to set up an escrow fund for injury claims (an action he has absolutely no legal authority to perform, but when has that ever stopped him before?) and speaking of “making people whole.”

Before the leak is even plugged.

Before we start talking about “making people whole,” perhaps we should be bringing all the forces to bear of the federal government to solve this problem, and that includes cutting through red tape, getting the wokers in the Gulf the supplies and equipment they requested weeks ago that they need to work on this problem, and temporarily rescinding the draconian environmental laws that not only prevent new technologies from being tried in addressing this problem, but actually contributed to the spill in the first place. And no, that does not include consulting with James Cameron and Kevin Costner, no matter how extensive their deep water experience may be on the Big Screen.

Of course, if the problem is solved in short order, then there will be no “crisis” atmosphere in which to pass Cap’n Trade. And Lord knows, if there is one thing that this administration does not waste, it’s a good crisis.

Those poor guys at MSNBC are really down on Captain Kickass.

lbermann: “It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days.”

Matthews compared Obama to Carter.

Olbermann: “Nothing specific at all was said.”

Matthews: “No direction.”

Howard Fineman: “He wasn’t specific enough.”

Olbermann: “I don’t think he aimed low, I don’t think he aimed at all. It’s startling.”

Howard Fineman: Obama should be acting like a “commander-in-chief.”

Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. “I’ll barf if he does it one more time.”

Matthews: “A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk.”

Matthews: “I don’t sense executive command.”

Heh. Here I thought Community Organizer would have covered this kind of situation.

Nice of them to notice.

“I did the same thing in 2006 to ask a former congressman, Joe Hoeffel, to drop out of the race against Bob Casey in the primary… I said, ‘Come back and see me if you do it.’ He came back and saw me, and he was out of public service. I appointed him as a deputy secretary of commerce. He did a great job.”

Except it wasn’t the Senate race Rendell wanted Hoeffel to exit that year; it was the lieutenant governor’s race.

You may recall Catherine Baker Knoll was running for her second term – as was Rendell – and her status as a western Pennsylvania icon and record vote getter was a boost for the Democratic ticket against Republicans Lynn Swann and Jim Matthews.

Hoeffel announced his intention to run for lieutenant governor in March 8, 2006 and dropped out a day later after a chitchat with the governor.

Said Hoeffel at the time: “The bottom line is he is asking me not to go forward with the race.

It’d be nice to know what Hoeffel did for the state then… because I can’t seem to remember him campaigning for Governor on doing “a great job” while he was there.

Just traditional progressive values. Like patronage.

Times-Herald

Montgomery County Commissioner Chairman James R. Matthews said he would campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett and has offered to serve in his administration if the state attorney general wins in November.

If the Pennsylvania attorney general wins and Matthews can’t secure a cabinet post in the administration, he plans to run for re-election as commissioner, the chairman said following Thursday’s meeting. Though adamant he would not change parties to become a Democratic candidate, he didn’t rule out running as an Independent.

“I’d love to join the general (Corbett) and serve his office in any capacity,” he said. “I think I’d do a great as (Secretary of) General Services, certainly to (Secretary of) Banking.”

This is all part of his twenty-four / seven campaign mode story. Floating outlandish ideas to project an image of involvement… see also the Lt Gov campaign of 2010.

No one wants him.

Certainly not Republicans, and soon to be Joe Hoeffel. Whose vaunted “bi-partisan” administration landed him in fourth place statewide in a Democrat primary… and not quite half the Democrat vote in Montco.

“It has been presumed that I would run as a Democrat if the so-called censure continues, but that is not the case,” Matthews said. “I cannot and would not run as a Democrat. Does that preclude running as an Independent? No, it doesn’t preclude running as an Independent, you have Gov. (Charlie) Crist in Florida, who’s a Democrat, running as an Independent.”

Funny that he compares himself to Charlie Crist. Crist was a Republican, Jim. Something you claim(ed) to be too.

Watch as over a period of about sixty seconds, Chris “Tweety” Matthews blames HALLIBURTON and CHENEY for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, then makes a misogynistic comment. Vintage Tweety!

HALLIBURTON. CHENEY. HALLIBURTON. CHENEY. BUUUUUUSH!!!!

Remember, it’s not that Obama sucks as president, it’s that BUSH screwed up the country/planet/universe so bad that even Obama can’t do anything about it.

Last week, I posted a report from a GOP function in North Penn. Though he was not mentioned directly by name, the following quote was attributed to one-time GOP candidate, Damien Dachowski:

“[County GOP Chairman] Bob Kerns is going down. [County Commissioner] Bruce Castor is going down. [District Attorney] Risa Ferman is going down. They’re all going down.”

Via email, Susan Matthews, Mr. Dachowski’s wife, informs me that this quote is not accurate and that her husband never said these words. Given the hearsay nature of the quote, my apologies to Mr. Dachowski if his words were misrepresented. I regret the error.

It is never early too plot a strategy for clinging to power.

While most political junkies can’t think much past November, it seems that Montgomery County’s own 24/7 political animal, Jim Matthews, is already sowing the seeds for a 2011 re-election campaign.

The Lower Gwynedd Republican Committee held a cocktail reception featuring GOP Gubernatorial candidate (and potential November foil of BFF Joe Hoeffel) Tom Corbett on May 7 at the William Penn Inn where your reception-line-of-one was none other than Jim Matthews, who greeted just about every one of the 150 invited guests personally.

For those of you who are curious about the most critical aspect of this event, don’t fret: it’s 9.39 miles by Ford Taurus from One Montgomery to the William Penn Inn, 100% reimbursable by Friends of Jim Matthews. The damn thing needs gas, after all.

Corbett showed up late for the event, but the evening was not lacking in political excitement. Lower Gynedd Supervisors Chairman and re-appointed president of Montgomery County Development Corporation, Edward Brandt, called on Matthews to address the eager crowd, a crowd which has been characterized as “what’s left of the Matthews’ wing of the Montco GOP.”

Lower Gwynedd has long been deepinhearta Matthews country (an admittedly small country, but notable all the same), but speculation is that Lower Merion may also be becoming a Matthews-sympathetic area, thanks in part to Arlen Specter’s daughter-in-law, Tracey, who is a sometime player in the Lower Merion Republican Committee. Perhaps finding something familiar—a kinship, perhaps– in a GOP candidate who feels no compunction in throwing over the values of the voters who elected him in order to cling to power, it’s been whispered that Tracey Specter intends to re-focus locally after some statewide races of national interest are *ahem* settled.

The only thing that would make victory for what’s left of the Matthews’ wing sweeter is apparently a little taste of revenge from a recent victim of the “Matthews Effect.” One attendee reports that a certain Huntington Valley dentist who did not get the GOP endorsement for Congress this year, most likely due the fact that he is married to Matthew’s niece, told one attendee, “[County GOP Chairman] Bob Kerns is going down. [County Commissioner] Bruce Castor is going down. [District Attorney] Risa Ferman is going down. They’re all going down.”

Maybe. But then again, maybe not. One GOP municipal leader puts Matthews support at, “100 to 150 votes maximum out of 800, and that’s being generous.”

Given that the husband of a certain vocal post-power-sharing-deal Matthews cheerleader (and possible Matthews running mate for county commissioner in 2011) was overheard sneering about the unliklihood of Bruce Castor’s re-election prospects at a North Wales GOP fundraiser back in January, (both of whom were in attendance at the May 7th event), and given Matthews’ betrayal of the GOP, alleged questionable ethics, and dearth of accomplishments while commissioner, it begs the question: Are the people who are lining up behind Matthews driven more by their support of Matthews, or their hatred of Castor? Or is it a mixture of both?

Under the excellent stewardship of County Chairman Jim Matthews and his “power sharing” buddy Joe Hoeffel, leadership in Montgomery County has been an epic fail. In the news now is the notorious ordinance 10-3, which both the Sherriff and the DA believe to be an over-reach of power, inappropiately intruding on how elected row officers run their respective departments. Times Herald:

An attorney representing Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman expressed “steadfast opposition” to a new law governing professional services contracting, and he called on county commissioners to repeal the ordinance.

A letter dated April 27 from attorney Thomas A. Sprague claims the county’s recently adopted Ordinance 10-3 is “another attempt by the commissioners to illegally usurp the independent authority of the District Attorney.”

According to Sprague, decisions regarding the use of county funds involving criminal investigation and prosecution rest solely with the discretion of the DA.

This includes whether to retain expert witnesses or engage in any other professional services related to criminal investigations, he argued.

While the DA is calling for the law to be repealed, the Sherriff’s office has filed suit:

Montgomery County Acting Sheriff Alfred Ricci is suing the county commissioners over the validity of a new law governing professional services contracting.

The law, Ordinance 10-3, requires the commissioners to approve all professional contractors for legal, medical, architectural, accounting, engineering, real estate and other services in the county. The law requires either soliciting for vendors every two years or compiling a list of professionals to be approved by the commissioners.

A civil lawsuit filed Friday claims the commissioners lack the authority to determine whom the Sheriff’s Department uses for professional services, according to court papers.

Thomas J. Speers, the sheriff’s solicitor, said state law governs how the office should operate and the commissioners’ authority is limited.

Now comes news that controller Diane Morgan is also suing the County, and also over the notorious ordinance 10-3:

On Feb. 17, Morgan requested Solicitor Barry Miller hand over all county contracts awarded big government power grabs are de rigueur between January 2008 and December 2009. Though the documents were supposed to be delivered within 10 days, the request has now passed the 10-week mark.

In an April 22 letter, weeks after officials approved Ordinance 10-3, a new law governing professional services contracting, the controller asked for signed contract agreements and rates of three engineering firms that have performed work for the county. A week later, she received a binder that contained no formal agreements and expired insurance certificates.

Morgan is threatening to sue the commissioners on May 14 if the requested documents are not transferred to her office at One Montgomery Plaza.

“What I got is not sufficient,” she said. “The commissioners are not following our law (Ordinance 10-3), and I’m holding their feet to the fire.”

In spite of the fact that big government power grabs are de rigueur these days, it will come as no suprise to regular readers of this blog to discover how the vote to implement this ordinance went down:

Matthews and Commissioner Joseph M. Hoeffel voted to approve the ethics policy, while [Bruce] Castor Jr. voted against it, claiming the measure was a ploy by Hoeffel and Matthews to gain political advantage.

The suits argued that the three elected commissioners should not interfere with the running of the DA and Sheriff’s governmental departments, and county Judge William T. Nicholas ruled in the row officers’ favor months later. That decision is currently on appeal in the state’s Commonwealth Court. Arguments in the case are scheduled in May.

“(The new lawsuit) is just like the ethics ordinance (litigation),” [Commissioner Bruce] Castor said. “Every time we try to take control of the row officers, it’s like a power grab.”

After Jim Matthews’ now infamous “I am not a crook” interview a few weeks ago, the Times Herald’s Keith Phucas reports today the Pennsylvania Department of State has weighted in on whether Jim Matthews’ lease payments for his Ford Taurus are a legitimate campaign expense:

When elected officials claim campaign expenditures, they are required by law to show how the spending is campaign-related, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

For the past two months, Montgomery County commissioner Chairman James R. Matthews has been challenged to show how leasing a car is a legitimate campaign expense. The commissioner pays monthly to lease a Ford Taurus he claims as a campaign expenditure. When pressed to justify how he can use campaign contributions for monthly car payments, Matthews has defended the practice by declaring he’s always campaigning, “24/7.”

When the Department of State was queried about the legitimacy of making such a claim, spokesman Charlie Young said an elected official is obligated to prove the assertion that he’s effectively campaigning night and day.

“The burden of proof would be on the official to show that he’s campaigning ‘24/7,’” Young said.

(…)

Friends of Jim Matthews campaign expenditure statements show a $519.49 monthly lease payments for a 2008 Taurus beginning in December 2007, weeks after the commissioner was reelected. Other submitted expenditures include payments for car insurance, gasoline and maintenance for his so-called “campaign car,” as a notation on a car repair bill dubbed the vehicle. The bill to replace the car’s mirror, which bears the name and address of Matthews’ family mortgage business, was paid for with a check from his campaign committee.

Since “political animal” Matthews continues to maintain that his “24/7″ addiction to politics justifies the lease expense (but not, curiously, his Country Club, where he apparently takes a break from all that campaigning), Matthews once again demonstrates the confidence of Nixon in the waning days of Watergate:

When asked in an e-mail to explain how the Rhode Island gas purchase was specifically related to his campaign as a Montgomery County commissioner, his answer, which refers to “my campaign car,” didn’t specify what his political business was in the New England state.

“Yes, the damn thing requires gas. Why Rhode Island? When the law requires a daily diary, you won’t have me to kick around anymore,” Matthews wrote in a March 25 e-mail message.

Oh my. That seems a bit….testy.

Chris Matthews went nuts when Rush Limbaugh referred to the Obama Administration as a “regime”:

This is to me — I`ll just give you a little editorial (INAUDIBLE) I`ve never seen language like this in the American press, referring to an elected representative government, elected in a totally fair, democratic, American election — we will have another one in November, we`ll have another one for president in a couple years — fair, free, and wonderful democracy we have in this country. And this guy, this walrus underwater, makes fun of this administration, calling it a “regime.” We know that word, “regime.” It was used by recent presidents (INAUDIBLE) by George Bush, “regime change.” You go to war with regimes. Regimes are tyrannies. They`re juntas. They`re military coups. The use of the word “regime” in American political parlance is unacceptable, and someone should tell the walrus to stop using it.

Um.

The term “Bush Regime” appears on the internet 179,000 times.

The term “Bush Regime” appears on the official website of the Democratic Party 110 times.

Where’s your outrage, Tweety?

I find it odd that not a single politician, save for Mr. BFF Hoeffel (who stands to lose the most if things change) has come forward and condoned Jimbo’s “political animal, 24/7 excuse for using campaign funds for lattes and Fords.

Not. A. One.

That speaks volumes about what people know about campaign finance law. The only one making excuses is Jim Matthews.

I can’t be the only one who’s noticed that Commissioner Matthews has used some variation of “political animal” or “24/7 campaigning” in his speeches of late.

It’s almost like he’s trying to lay down groundwork for a defense of some kind.

I can only use google, not Lexis/Nexis, but I can’t find any record of him saying “24/7″ or “political animal” older than a month.

His “24/7 political habit” is apparently an addiction that it is ok for people to support. Times Herald video:

Keith Phucas: “Yeah, but it’s not actually your money. It’s campaign money for you to use for campaign purposes”

Matthews: “It’s my supporters, giving me money to support my habit, which is politics, 24/7. And I think there’s a huge amount of naivite out there, that there are hundreds of politicians out there that do not get money from the public, like the assembly does for the car who use their campaign accounts to support their car. My wife pays for her own gas, okay? I pay for my gas through my campaign account because I am always campaigning.”

Everybody got that? This practice is ok because 1.) Matthews is always campaigning 24/7 and 2.) Hundreds of other politicians in Pennsylvania do it too. A weak attempt to deflect attention to Bruce Castor’s use of a County car [when he was DA -ed] falls flat because employers often give employees automobiles for use during the course of their employment. The difference is that the money that is paying for those vehicles is typically tracked and taxed as income for either a person or an entity. Didn’t Tom Dascle get chased from a highly placed position in the Obama Administration for not claiming limosine services on his tax return, using a similar rationale that Matthews is using here?

Most of us have to pay taxes on the money we use to support our “habits.” How is Matthews’ funding of his Ford Taurus, that he uses to support is personal habit of 24/7 campaiging, any different from panhandling?

Running commentary in the video…

Update: Welcome GrassrootsPa readers…. you might find these videos also of interest…
Hoeffel Defends Matthews
Yellow Journalism!!!
Deeming Things to Be
I am not a Crook

Hilarity abounds when the Chairman of the County Commissioners accuses the local newspaper of “yellow journalism” because they’re actually reporting and questioning authority.

The hilarity continues unabated when he threatens them with a lawsuit.

The Times-Herald buy ink by the barrel… now you’ve really pissed them off.

Daily readers will have noticed that I’ve posted videos from the same meeting (the letterman’s sweater) everyday for the past three.

More will be coming… (the next for later on Monday)

It’s a veritable goldmine of Jim Matthews video clips.

I don’t buy ink by the barrel. It’s pixels and bytes.

… and outside of my time, they have no cost.

In Episode 24, Commissioner Matthews (allegedly a Republican) is corrected by Commissioner Hoeffel (self-proclaimed leftist progressive candidate for Governor) on what party he really belongs to.

It’s been almost 16 months since the last proclamation….

And this one is a great one.

I really dig the high school sweater, Commissioner Matthews.

You look like a modern day Richie Cunningham… and by Richie Cunningham I mean someone who is best friends with Potsie. If Potsie was his campaign treasurer and Solicitor, that is.