Background
Roberts, Lawrence was born on November 18, 1941 in Fairbank, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence and Margaret (LaMonica) Zajac.
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Lawrence Roberts
Edit Profilepolitician member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Education
Associate of Arts, Yuba County College, 1979; Associate of Arts in Human Resource Mgmt, CCAF, 1979; Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Bowie State College, 1979; Master of Science in Pers. Management, Central Michigan U., 1980.
Career
Roberts was first elected to represent the 51st legislative district in 1992. The Herald-Standard newspaper sued in 2000 to gain access to Roberts' cellular and long-distance phone records, citing the fact that the calls were paid for with state money. The suit was dismissed, but in 2003 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania to reconsider whether a Herald-Standard reporter's civil rights were violated when Roberts showed the sought-after phone records to another reporter, but not to the original reporter.
The full case was dismissed in 2006. He retired prior to the 2006 election. Activists had targeted him because of his support for the controversial 2005 legislative pay raise Roberts accepted the optional "unvouchered expense account" money, which were used by the legislature to "skirt a prohibition on midterm raises.".
Membership
Board of directors Huntington Walk Homeowners Association, Alexandria, since 1985, Seymour Johnson Federal Credit Union, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1980-1983. Member Federal Mediation and Conciliation Svc., National Mediation Board, Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Society Federal Labor Relation Professionals, American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam (life), DAV (life), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), American Military Association (life).
