Lawmaker apartments

==Harrsiburg==
The departures from the PA House in December, 2006, of Mr. Tigue and Reps. Gaynor Cawley, D-Scranton, from the state House of Representatives left a fellow Northeastern Pennsylvania lawmaker looking for new tenants.
The two retiring lawmakers had rented a Harrisburg apartment in a building co-owned by Rep. John Yudichak, D-Nanticoke, and three other House members: Reps. Paul Costa, D-Allegheny, Michael Diven, R-Allegheny, and Tim Solobay, D-Washington.
The four act as landlords to several legislative colleagues, operating their rental property under the name Vandalay Inc. - a sly nod to Art Vandalay, the fictitious alter ego of George Costanza on the comedy series "Seinfeld."
The arrangement is not uncommon. Several lawmakers own properties in Harrisburg and some rent extra space to their colleagues or other tenants. And though it creates an unusual situation where some lawmakers use a portion of their taxpayer-funded per diems to pay rent to other lawmakers, it's not unethical or illegal.
"It happens all the time," Mr. Yudichak said. "Some guys don't want to make the investment and buy a home. . . . Certainly there's no impropriety that I'm aware of."
==Links==
* Michael Race
* Harrisburg
* Michael Diven