Corbett fails to report vacation home purchase
HARRISBURG (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife bought a $265,000 vacation home without reporting the purchase on the governor’s annual financial disclosure statement.
StateImpact/NPR reported Tuesday that public documents obtained through an open-records request show the deed and mortgage documents were filed in December for the condo in a beachfront resort community in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
But Corbett did not report the transaction as required by a 1984 executive order known as the Governor’s Code of Conduct.
Corbett spokeswoman Kelli Roberts initially said the governor was confused by language on the reporting form that excludes a principal residence and thought he could exclude the vacation home.
She said the governor’s office will amend the report.
“It’s not something anyone is trying to hide,” Roberts said.
StateImpact also reported that former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer failed to list a $1 million home that he bought last year in the ski resort town of Stowe, Vt.
Krancer, who resigned last spring to work as an attorney, did not list any real-estate interests on his financial disclosure, but deed records showed he and his wife bought the home in December.
Krancer did not immediately return a message seeking comment Wednesday.