During this December 20, 2012 press conference, Governor Corbett is questioned on a vacation he accepted from a Pennsylvanian businessman.

As disclosed by the governor himself in a recently publicized ethics filing, Tom Corbett and his wife took a July 2011 vacation to Rhode Island at the expense of PA businessman, John Moran.

Moran is President & CEO of Moran Industries, a logistical service company. Aside from this main business focus, Moran Industries' investments also include real estate and financial investment services as well as oil and gas management companies.

John Moran sits on Corbett's privatization panel and he and his wife have donated more than $75,000 to Corbett's campaign for governor. In addition, Moran and Corbett are co-chairs of the Board of the Team PA Foundation. Team PA is self-defined as "a non-partisan charitable non-profit created in 1997 to bridge the gap between government and the private sector and allow both sides to partner for the betterment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

In response to questions about the acceptance of what some people are considering an extravagant insider's gift, the governor proclaimed, "I have followed the law." Corbett stressed that Moran is a friend of the gubernatorial family and has been for the past 5 or 6 years.

According to the Moran Industries website, the company's philosophy is "Whatever it takes."

by Tara Leo Auchey

Photo by Natalie Cake