In the early morning hours of July 7, 2005, Tim Potts was on a flight to London for a vacation with his wife.
At the time, Potts was working to lobby the General Assembly on reforming Pennsylvania’s education system, and in the closing days of the 2005 budget fight, he had heard whispers that state lawmakers would soon vote to give themselves a pay raise.
Potts said a reporter told him there was nothing in writing for the public to see. Thinking the rumor was just that, a rumor, he left for London…