Corbett uses decoy location for Phila. fundraiser, to try to avoid protesters [View all]

[JPZenger]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/How-far-will-politicians-go-to-deny-health-care-to-their-constituents.html

"... check out what brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Corbett is up today. Teamed up with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for what was supposed to be a Republican Governors Association fundraiser at the Union League, the embattled governor faced a civil war from hundreds of protesters who got wind of the closed-door event and gathered outside.

UPDATE: Corbett campaign officials say the masses of protesters were wrong -- that the event was never scheduled for the Union League. If so, I could see why they wouldn't go out of their way to correct the protesters (who didn't have much problem walking across Center City to get to the Comcast Center). Either way, the event, the secrecy (certainly the media -- which normal gets scheduling info from top officials -- was kept in the dark about the exact location), and the Comcast bunker mentality is typical of the way Corbett has done business has governor. But I am changing the headline to reflect the ambiguity of the circumstances.

UPDATE 2: NBC 10's Lu Ann Cahn reports she was told by a Union League employee that "they were notified last week the fundraiser was supposed to be here and then they got a call sometime today saying, ‘No, this was a decoy location' and…we learned from the Corbett campaign it was all very secretive until about a half hour ago that the event has been in fact moved to the Comcast Center.”

.... How can you expect to be re-elected when you're afraid to tell your own constituents where you are?"

The protesters did get to wave their signs at Corbett's black Escalade as it raced away with police escorts from the fundraiser.