After being sprung from a New York City jail cell Sunday night, one of CBS 3 anchor Alycia Lane's first orders of business was to track down the cell phone number of Gov. Ed Rendell, sources say.
Rendell's spokesman Chuck Ardo confirmed this afternoon that Lane reached Rendell by phone Sunday night to "make sure he knew her side of the story because he is an opinion maker and runs around in influential circles."
"I think she knew better than to ask him to intervene," Ardo said when we asked whether the anchorwoman requested Rendell lobby any New York law enforcement or court officials on her behalf. "He will not, he would not, and he has not been asked to," Ardo said about whether Rendell planned to get involved in Lane's case.
Sources tell us Lane was also hoping to contact state Sen. Vince Fumo at some point after her release. Reached earlier, Fumo spokesman Gary Tuma said he had no knowledge of any outreach from Lane to Fumo and he would look into it. He has not yet gotten back to us.
Station sources questioned Lane's journalistic integrity in contacting or seeking any assistance from prominent politicians.
Lane's attorney David Smith did not immediately return a call seeking comment on why his client was phoning lawmakers from Pennsylvania, two states away from where the incident occurred.UPDATED 4:53 PM : PA and New York are not two states away, they share a border. Still strange though, right?
Philly has long needed an anchor with some personality. Alycia fills the bill. This chick is definitely not a cardboard cutout talking head.
Rock on babe
Its obvious they were intoxicated. Who in their right mind gets out of their vehicle to confront a slow moving vehicle in front of them. They are lucky the vehicle contained cops and not some trigger happy people.
Good riddance
Nice comments Charles. I know a lot of people that confront the police when they're driving too slow. I mean, who do they think they are anyway, just some lousy authority figures who should obey drunken and disorderly media personalities.
"Maybe she'll call up Dr Phil to help her publicly sort out her anger management and superiority complex issues".
Well said..
Alycia looked like a walking zombie in her mug shot!
She should release her bikini shots before she gets fired....
Hey Charlie. I think 1 of the officers was a woman. Nice comment tho. Post more if the COs allow it.
She's still pretty hot. I'm lonely. Alycia - call me!
"If the police were not looking to escalate the situation, why did they get out and confront the guy that yelled?"
Uh, 'cause he's drunk and disorderly?
If the police were not looking to escalate the situation, why did they get out and confront the guy that yelled? His request sounded reasonable to me. I equate the police reaction to too much testosterone and the belief that they are civil MASTERS, not civil servants. If a civilian vehicle was moving slowly down the street and the police were following and were impatient to move faster do you truly believe they would have quietly followed along until the citzen turned out of their way?
Maybe she'll call up Dr Phil to help her publicly sort out her anger management and superiority complex issues.
Are you kidding me... My thoughts are a guilty person reaches out for help. She knew she messed up and looked for a power player. This is something you do as a kid with "mommy or daddy". Give her a choice...A interview with Kidd Chris or FIRED.
Hey Booker...my sister wants to know if you're available yet
fire her...
clean your desk out
she needs to go on kidd chris show..and explain herself then get fired......and larry's hair and makeup is still hd clear
she needs to go on the kidd chris show....to explain herself...then after the interview...get fired....and larry's hair hd makeup are still good
Call Donald Trump to say to her that "you're fired!".
She promised him bikini photos if he intervenes on her behalf, because she's too pretty to have done anything wrong.
More indication of the Democrat-Media Complex.
You need a blow dryer for her p
Er, two states away? Last I checked, PA and NY have a common border. That's one state away, even if you opt to travel through Jersey to get to Manhattan.
She's dumb. But, c'mon, Pennsylvania and New York share a common border. Two states away? Sheesh.
This alone should get her fired. How does my hair look?
Is she crazy?
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