So, while I was on the road with the Hoeffel campaign some of the interns/volunteers were a bit nervous to talk to me at first, concerned that I might broadcast any dirt that they might dish. Well, by the end of the day I'd convinced those suckers that everything was "off the record." Ha ha! Don't they know us internet muckrackers have no scruples. Here's what I learned:
*Joe Hoeffel's wife, Francesca, gave the bird to his former Chief of Staff when he resigned.
*Joe Hoeffel's daughter was busted for underage drinking at a popular Mexican restaurant.
*A campaign worker was found dead in Hoeffel's office under mysterious circumstances. Hoeffel falsely claimed to the press that she had a history of health problems, and the medical examiner involved with the case eventually had his license revoked in Pennsylvania.
*During divorce proceedings, it was revealed that Hoeffel's brother had gotten a veneral disease from a prostitute while he was travelling in Asia.
*Hoeffel once claimed that he wanted to got to Vietnam, but couldn't because minorities had taken all the spots.
*Hoeffel once switched his vote on important legislation after being offered $100,000 for his son's congressional race.***
*Hoeffel handed divorce papers to his first wife when she was in the hospital being treated for cancer.
*Hoeffel lost millions of dollars on slot machines.
*After it was revealed he'd had an affair just one year before, he referred to it as a "youthful indiscretion."
It's amazing what those interns will tell you...
(First person to correctly identify the real people involved in these stories will get an "I am Atrios!" mug...)... JIM E WINS!
***Minor correction. This didn't actually happen -- Nick Smith was supposedly offered this money, but did not actually change his vote.
