dismissals

Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo confirms the dismissal this week of two longtime and well-connected managers in the eastern regional office - Melvin M Shelton and John P Travelina. He told us merely that he couldn't comment, but Karen Andren of the Harrisburg Patriot News reports him as saying that an investigation by the Turnpike's Inspector-General led to the dismissals Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) appears to be working to rid itself of its bad actors according to a couple of PTC watchers. Two people speaking off the record today independently said they think CEO Joe Brimmeier and the Turnpike Inspector General Anthony Maniscola are working to remove thieving employees, and generally to "clean up" the country's oldest public turnpike.