In Pa. coal region, a mother lode of corruption (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Quoted: “The level of corruption is unbelievable. Itâ??s epidemic,” says Robert Wolensky, a Luzerne County native who teaches sociology at the University of Wisconsin but returns regularly as an adjunct professor at Kingâ??s College in Wilkes-Barre. “It wasnâ??t until I moved to Wisconsin that I realized that corruption wasnâ??t a normal part of government.”