Turnpike_Grand_Jury_Presentment

In addition, the Financial Advisor submitted expenses to the Turnpike for reimbursement,
to include lunches with their own Commissioners and other employees. A former Turnpike
Commissioner was confronted with several of the expense reports and reacted as follows, “This
is the first time I’ve ever seen this and I’m shocked at what the lunches were costing. Yes, he
did take me to lunch a few times. I didn’t know that it was that kind of a number because the bill
never came to the table. I’ve never seen an expense bill like that that came before the
commission. I would have objected to that had I known about it.”
The Grand Jury found the following expenses worthy of note: (1) breakfast with another
financial advisor in the amount of $134.35; (2) lunch with a Turnpike Commissioner in the
amount of $134.14; (3) dinner at the Tribeca Grill in the amount of $1,012.70; and (4) hotel
accommodations for the Financial Advisor, Commissioner Rubin, another Commissioner, and a
former Chief Operation Officer of the Turnpike in the amount of $1,148.78.” Between June
2003 and December 2009, the Turnpike reimbursed the Financial Advisor $6,913.15 in expenses,
including those itemized above.
Orth-Rodgers assisted with invitations for a fundraiser for Gubernatorial Candidate #2
during his 2010 campaign. In preparation for that fundraiser, Hatalowich made phone calls using
the Orth-Rodgers office in Mechanicsburg to generate additional support. Hatalowich used
spreadsheets and consultant lists generated by the Turnpike to track the calls he made. On June
30, 2010, based upon telephone records reviewed by the Grand Jury, Hatalowich contacted the
following companies from the Orth-Rodgers offices:
Duration
(minutes) of
calls made on
6/30/2010
Company Contracts with the Turnpike
30