Tom Venesky

A recent legislative hearing to discuss the 2019 audit of the Pennsylvania Game Commission veered into other concerns as legislators heard from new agency Executive Director Steve Smith.
During the June 3 hearing with the House Game and Fisheries Committee, Smith did outline several recommendations from the audit that the agency addressed, but legislators had other questions dealing with the Saturday deer season opener, gas royalty payments and problems with transparency.

The top Republican on the House Game and Fisheries Committee believes the recent meeting to appoint Stephen Smith as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission possibly violated the Sunshine Act, and he’s asking for the governor to get involved.
A spokesman for the Game Commission said commissioners followed the law when Smith was “appointed to the post during an executive session, followed by a special meeting when the move was finalized by a board vote.”