Three sisters, as in three witches in the movie “Hocus Pocus,” are in serious trouble for doing other things besides witchcraft. Although, that might have been a more interesting twist to this story.
Ooooo, we love stories about witches.
Sorry girls, this has nothing to do with witchcraft. More with corruption. Which, I guess, in a manner of speaking, could be considered borderline witchcraft.
The three sisters, (pictured below) do somewhat resemble the three witches from the movie “Hocus Pocus” but unfortunately do not practice witchcraft or own any brooms that fly. As far as I know.
I know they resemble the three witches in the first photo but it’s just a coincidence
Now this may get a bit confusing, as it took me quite some time to sort this story out. (I get confused very easily)
There are three sisters, as you’ve most likely determined by now. One is Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin. (yes, I know, she has a guys last name)
The second one is Janine Orie who is Joan Orie’s aide and of course, sister. The third is Jane Orie, former state senator, who is in state prison. Obviously Joan, Janie and Jane had parents who were fixated on the letter “J” when naming their daughters.
So, as the story goes, and try to keep up with me, because if I get lost writing this, I might need your help.
Jane Orie, the former state senator was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 to 10 years for using her state-paid staff to run campaigns for her sister, Melvin, (remember, that’s her last name) although she was acquitted of actually having them campaign for Melvin, who was at that time a lower appellate court judge, who was running for the Supreme Court back in 2003 and 2009. BUT, Joan Orie Melvin and Janine Orie were convicted in a spinoff investigation and found guilty of similarly misusing Melvin’s former staff and the senator’s.
I know…a bit confusing. So let’s make it even more confusing by throwing in a nun for god measure. Um….good measure….sorry.
When judges have to make really tough decisions
In October 2009 a Senate intern complained to Allegheny County Attorney Stephen Zappala, (no relation to General Zapata from the Mexican Revolution) that Senator Orie’s staff was (gasp) doing campaign work for Melvin. (again, not some guy named Melvin, but Joan Orie’s last name)
It seems that Senator Orie wrote on Melvin’s campaign stationary asking Pittsburgh-area nuns to vote for Melvin. And then when Orie and Melvin, (I’m soooo confused) learned of the whistleblowing intern, the senator had a staff member prepare another letter, which, was, according to prosecutors, a (gasp) “cover-up” letter.
Now that you’re totally confused and I’m totally confused and the sisters, the three sisters and not the nuns, are probably confused, all I can say is that I don’t get it. Unless all this means that if you have sisters in powerful positions you can’t write letters to nuns asking them to vote for your sister. Or, ask them to vote for anyone for that matter. On your sisters stationary. Which possibly means that you should have done it on your own personal stationary from “Vista Print,” rather than your sisters. Which, I guess is ok.
Or, unless your sister, any one of them, is a sister, like in a “nun” sister, which sometimes nuns are called, which is “sister,” and in that case, if one of your sisters were an actual nun (sister) then it may have been ok to ask her to vote for your other sister, not the nun sister, but the one running for office.
Whew….
Apparently all this has to do with illegal campaign tactics. Which, as members of the court and senate, the sisters should have done nun of…um….I meant none of.
Perhaps when Senator Orie sent that letter to the nuns asking them to vote for her sister she shouldn’t have signed it with a personal note that said, “Any friend of Zorro’s is a friend or ours.”
Nuns, always dressed in black, hate that old line.
Make fun of us nuns one more time and I’m gonna whack you with this ruler
I think this would have been a really interesting story had I managed to tie in General Zapata to the three sisters and had him dressed in black while going to confession in a Catholic church in Mexico while the three sisters were tape recording his confession to the parish priest and then they forced him to vote for Joan Orie Melvin or they would reveal what he said in the confessional, which was that his real name was Melvin Grosnick and that he changed it to Emiliano Zapata because who in their right mind is gonna want to follow some guy named Grosnick into battle.
It’s like yelling out, “Grosnick” instead of “Geronimo” when you’re jumping off something.
Just sayin.”
General Zapata. I know your name is really Grosnick, but if ya don’t tell anybody my name is Poncho Villa Goldstein I’ll keep quiet.
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