PA Governor Edward Rendell finds himself in a serious conflict of interest. He is the subject of a federal lawsuit together with Northampton County Council, the county’s governing body, the Forks Township Board of Supervisors, that municipality’s governing body, and any number of Forks Township privately owned businesses, including Binney & Smith, whose parent company is Hallmark Cards of Kansas City, Missouri, the Fuller Company, and the Nic Zawarkski and Sons Construction Company.

The attorney representing the lawsuit’s plaintiff, the Delaware Indian/Lenni Lenape indian tribe, is Steven Cozen of the Cozen O’Connor, a close personal and political friend and associate of Governor Rendell.

Rendell’s PGCB chair appointee, Thomas “Tad” Decker, is a managing partner of the Philadelphia office of Cozen O’Connor, or at least was until the time of his appointment, but still may be influence PGCB decisions.

And while speaking of Missouri, today’s edition of The Morning Call has an article discrediting the Aztar Casino while turning a blind eye to serious conflicts of interest exposed in this posting.

The Morning Call and The Express-Times have always favored the Las vegas Sands Casino in South Bethlehem.