Hoeffel joins in the Corbett criticism

Bashing Attorney General Tom Corbett is becoming something of a favored pastime among Pennsylvnaia Democrats.

Another potential gubernatorial opponent to Corbett got into the act Monday, when Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel accused Corbett of “acting in collusion with a bloc of right-wing state attorneys general to advance an extremist agenda.”

Hoeffel made his comments during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg. He said Corbett has worked with other state attorneys general against…

Someone pass over this week

pa2010.com Central asks for your patience while things are a bit slower for the first part of this week.

The Jewish holiday of Passover comes with familial obligations from which even the excitement of a crazy primary season don’t excuse us.

Bear with us. Things will be back to normal soon.

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Local investigation of Meehan’s petitions is kicked to state AG

The Delaware County District Attorney who was looking into Republican congressional hopeful Pat Meehan’s nominating petitions has forwarded the investigation to the state Attorney General’s office.

District Attorney Mike Green has asked Attorney General Tom Corbett to take over, The Delaware County Daily Times Full Story

Hoeffel Denounces Corbett’s Health Care Lawsuit; Calls Him and Colluding AGs the “Motions Eleven”

By JOE HOEFFEL 2010

March 29, 2010 – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Hoeffel today castigated Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett for “acting against the best interests of Pennsylvanians” by joining fellow right-wing attorneys general in a lawsuit against the new federal health care law.

At a press conference in the rotunda of the State Capitol, Hoeffel said that Corbett “is acting in collusion with a bloc of right-wing state attorneys general to…

Dan Onorato Discusses Economic Development in Reading

By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR

READING: Gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato discussed his plans for economic development and toured the Schmidt Training and Technology Center at Reading Area Community College today. Onorato, who currently serves as Allegheny County Executive, released his plans for higher education and economic development in December and January.

“Reading Area Community College exemplifies the collaboration with local and regional businesses that my plan implements statewide,” Onorato said, “We need to ensure that we…

Going after J Street

Thank you, Doug Pike. For once, someone has looked for the facts and discovered the honest truth. Although he personally didn’t go this far, J-Street doesn’t really even deserve to be included in the pro-Israel discussion in the United States.

It comes down to a simple fact. J Street, which defines its mission as “promoting meaningful American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts peacefully and diplomatically,” really means something else. It means, “lets…

Williams campaign team includes former Clinton spokesman

Most candidates for any office have had months to build up their campaign staffs, but as the latest and last entrant into the Democratic primary for governor, state Senator Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) has been on something of a compressed time line. And a month after he formally declared his candidacy, the top levels of Williams’ team have now been assembled.

As expected, Josh Morrow, a longtime campaign manager to Williams ally Tom Knox, is serving…

If men were angels

Finally! The cat is out of the bag. The jig is up.

By convicting former number two-Democrat and state House leader Mike Veon of 14 Bonusgate-related charges, a Dauphin County jury has confirmed Harrisburg’s worst kept secret: for decades legislative employees, using public resources and paid with public monies, regularly, systematically, and brazenly spent part or all of their workdays on political campaigns. Indeed, some of them were hired to do just that. In Harrisburg the public’s business…

Hit on both sides, Burns focuses on one

Tim Burns is fighting a two-front war in the 12th Congressional District.

On his left looms Mark Critz, riding high after Barbara Hafer’s abrupt withdrawal from the Democratic primary to succeed John Murtha. On his right, fellow Republican Bill Russell

Transport Worker Union and Iron Workers Back Trivedi in PA 6th

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

READING, Pa – Building upon his support within the organized labor movement, Manan Trivedi today announced two more key endorsements. The Transport Worker Union, Local 234, with 5,200 members, and Iron Workers Local 405, both affiliates of the AFL-CIO, are backing the Berks County Democrat in the upcoming May 18th primary election.

“Manan understands what working families go through each day because he came from a working class community. “It is…