Onorato Statement on Court-Ordered Reassessment

By THE OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAN ONORATO

ITTSBURGH — Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today issued the following
statement on today’s court-ordered reassessment plan:

―It is regrettable that Allegheny County has once again been court ordered to perform a
reassessment. But I want Allegheny County property owners to know that this battle is not over –
it has only shifted to Harrisburg. Allegheny County will comply with the court-ordered 2012 Full Story

Doherty Statement on Jobs and Obama Visit

By DOHERTY FOR GOVERNOR

Scranton, PA – Mayor Chris Doherty released the following statement today in support of President Obama’s appearance in Allentown, PA and the president’s efforts to reduce unemployment and create jobs.

“I couldn’t be more pleased that President Obama chose to make Allentown the site of his jobs speech today.  Pennsylvania and especially the Lehigh Valley have been hit hard by the worldwide economic downturn.  It’s encouraging to see the president put…

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Afghan redux (Updated)

Last week, I ended p style="padding-left: 30px;"em“Will Specter be ‘persuaded’ by the president’s rationale, helping ‘move’ public opinion along with his own shifting position? Or will he really play the contrarian, making a public break with what will arguably be the biggest national security decision yet made…

Toomey ‘delighted’ Obama came to Pa.

Keeping up his civil approach to disagreeing with President Obama’s policies, Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey on Friday lauded Obama’s decision to come to Pennsylvania, even while insisting it’s time to “end the bailouts, get spending under control.”

“I’m delighted that the President of the United States chose to come to Allentown,” Toomey said on a conference call with reporters. “It’s great to have a sitting president in the Lehigh Valley, and I’m pleased he…

Rohrer radio ad responds to Obama’s Allentown visit

State Representative Sam Rohrer’s (R-Berks) gubernatorial campaign looked for a political opening in President Obama’s visit to Allentown this week when it ran a radio ad in the area which it called a “Main Street response.”

Rohrer, who is running an insurgent campaign from a conservative base, says the president isn’t “totally responsible” for the current poor economy in the radio ad his campaign said is running this week.

“Democrat and Republican reckless spending, taxes…

The Meehan and Christie show

You had to really want to see Pat Meehan and Chris Christie  Wednesday night—it was raining cats and dogs and the address for the Concordville Inn, “Route 1 and Route 322,” seemed to cover about half of Delaware County. But there we were, anxious to see the Republican candidate for the 7th District and the newly elected New Jersey governor, his friend and former neighboring U.S. Attorney.

Sixty minutes there was enough time to get…

Murphy endorsing Onorato Saturday

A day after promising a “major endorsement,” Dan Onorato’s gubernatorial campaign pulled back the curtains on the special someone.

The campaign told reporters Friday that the Allegheny County Executive will be getting the backing of Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8), during an event at the Teamsters Local 107 Hall in North Philadelphia.

Murphy will be the first current member of Congress to formally endorse any Democrat in the party’s primary for governor, and it further underscores…

LEFTOVERS: Onorato’s surprise endorsement, another editorial hits Corbett & another ‘Real Specter’ video

Dan Onorato’s campaign has a secret. The Allegheny County executive and gubernatorial hopeful will be receiving a “major endorsement” Saturday in Philadelphia, the campaign told reporters Thursday. No hints were given. Guesses, anyone? If it means anything, the endorsement will be given at the Teamsters Local 107 Hall.

Another newspaper editorial page thinks it’s time for state Attorney General Tom Corbett to either resign his office or shelve his race for governor, now that the…

Killion: ‘I want to be the voice of the people’

Promising fiscal responsibility and government transparency, state Representative Tom Killion (R-Delaware) formally joined the crowded GOP field for Lieutenant Governor Thursday night.

Speaking at the Springfield Country Club, Killion became the latest of many southeast Republicans hitching their wagons to the party front-runner’s gubernatorial aspirations.

“I want to work with Attorney General Tom Corbett to put Pennsylvania back on the path to success,” Killion said in a statement later.

“As Lieutenant Governor, one of my…