90.5 WESA's The Confluence for Tuesday, March 9, 2021
On today's program: The state board tasked with licensing and overseeing casinos has become a “golden parachute” for some lawmakers and the politically connected, explains Spotlight PA reporter Angela Couloumbis; and a palliative care social worker tells us what it means to die well, and why the pandemic is making it harder for her to support patients.
(0:00 — 9:08)
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is sometimes called, in jest, the “golden parachute” for out-of-work Harrisburg legislators.
Democrat Frank Dermody lost his bid for a 16th term in the state House last November. Three months later he was appointed to a $145,000 a year job as on the board.