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Burned Critz

Posted on: March 17th, 2010

National Review   Jim Geraghty   March 16, 2010   Burned Critz   A former Murtha aide, running for Congress, picked up all his old boss's worst habits.   In some ways, Mark Critz is exactly the right man to continue the work of the late John Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who spent most of his last years in Congress surrounded by allegations that he traded earmarks for donations. Critz was Murtha's district director, and he shares many habits with his old boss: malodorous deals, explanations to the public that don't add up, conflicting political and public-office loyalties, and a cynical sensibility that "the appearance of impropriety" ceased being a worry a long time ago.   The first questions about Critz's honesty and propriety were raised by his work as a bookkeeper for a (now bankrupt) Johnstown firm, Parkins Concrete. According to the political blog PA2... ...[more]