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The First Read — September 22, 2009
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The budget work continues
The wheels of budget-making are grinding slowly in Harrisburg. Legislative staff aides worked Monday to write bills that reflect a three-day-old budget deal and settle numerous disagreements over details. Read More
Specter asks for funds to repair Amtrak bridges
Senator Arlen Specter on Monday asked Vice President Biden for federal stimulus funds to repair Amtrak bridges in the Philadelphia region. Read More
Adviser says Santorum should think about presidential run
In 2006, Carbondale native Vince Galko ran U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s re-election campaign and it’s a campaign he would probably rather forget. Another Northeast Pennsylvania native, Bob Casey, skewered Santorum by 18 percentage points, and put a stop to a political career that seemed destined for a run at the presidency. Three years later, MGalko is watching eagerly as Mr. Santorum heads off to Iowa to test the waters for a presidential run in 2012. Read More
Despite institute’s woes, Murtha still seeks earmarks
The buzzer is broken at the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security, and a note invites visitors, “Please knock.” On a summer afternoon, a lone intern answers the door of the mostly empty basement offices that through the years have overseen $50 million in federal money awarded to projects designed to make the nation safer. Read More
Running for Supreme Court, Panella favors appointing judges
State Supreme Court nominee Jack Panella says he’s content with the present system of electing Pennsylvania judges, but believes a system of appointing judges would be preferable. Read More
Vitali takes issue with budget cuts for DEP
State Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) isn’t happy with the amount of money that could be removed from the state Department of Environmental Protection under a tentative budget agreement being hammered out in Harrisburg. Read More
Long budget impasse could impact upcoming election
Campaign considerations are never far from the minds of Pennsylvania’s state lawmakers, and these days they have a new worry—the state budget standoff that has sunk their poll numbers. Read More
Ravenstahl’s $452M budger proposal adds hospital, parking fees
Hospital patients, college students, all-day parkers and water customers will feel the pinch of the city’s tightening wallet with the 2010 budget proposal Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl submitted to state regulators this afternoon. Read More
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September 22, 2009 at 5:30 am
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No H-burg Players for Governor
Sep 22nd, 2009
Corbett is starting to look like part of the problem. First, he is quitting the AG post midstream which will cause another costly election. Then, he has engaged in these costly & so far, unsuccessful, prosecutions of the legislators which has only served to enrich their State Paid attorneys. Then he has refused to subpoena & collect the multitude of unpaid inheritance tax indemnification letters that PA Title Companies & Mortgage Cos. have issued rather than paying inheritance tax. (recently, he also publicly stated that he would favor privatizing the T-Pike). And, the horible abuse of the public cultural trust, The Barnes Art Museum Fiasco, is occurring on his WATCH which is why museum goers will now be taxed. On the Last, a documentary called “The Art of The Steal” is sweeping the Nation on the Barnes Art Museum Fiasco . . . which is giving PA a horrible black eye. NO Incumbents should be sent back to H-Burg. KEEP THE BARNES IN MERION! Vote Jim Gerlach for Governor!