Coy to remain on gambling board
Jeff Coy has been named to another two-year term on Pennsylvania's Gaming Control Board. Speaker of the House Dennis O'Brien, R-169, signed a letter reappointing Coy on Friday, and the letter was to be delivered Tuesday to Coy and gaming board chairman Thomas A. Decker. O'Brien spokesman Bill Patton says the speaker made the appointment before receiving a letter from state Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-89, that urged O'Brien not to reappoint Coy - a former 11-term legislator for the 89th District in Franklin County. A Democrat, Coy served 22 years prior to his controversial retirement in September 2004 that coincided with his appointment to the gaming control board by House Minority Leader H. William DeWeese, D-50. The Democrats helped elect O'Brien speaker Jan. 2 under a deal that gains them significant power in the House. The Coy appointment appears to be the result of that power-sharing agreement. Former GOP Rep. Mark McNaughton, originally appointed to the gaming board by state Rep. John Perzel, R-172, the former House speaker, is the odd man out.
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