Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Eric Epstein, a Righteous Democrat, hammers Democratic Leadership. On the Republican side, John Perzel was defeated for Republican House Majority Leader. While Sam Smith is hardly a reformer, keeping Perzel out of leadership was key step toward reform. Mario Civera is Republican Chair of Appropriations and major porker. Representative Mike ...
Posted in Elected Officials, Reform, State Politics | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Excellent article by Jeff Shields of Philadelphia Inquirer on Philadelphia’s Budget Bomb
How a gap in city's budget became a $1 billion canyon
By Jeff Shields 11/16/2008
As many may recall, Philadelphia had the same problem in early 90’s and this is how now Governor Rendell made his reputation.
Pennsylvania State ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
A report issued by the Harrisburg-based Commonwealth Foundation (CF) concludes the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), a union counting 185,000 school employees as members, has severely driven up school taxes.
“In the 19 years before 1988, foundation researchers Jessica Runk and Matthew Brouillette write school-district property taxes increased 12 percent. ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Big Labor’s Billion Dollar Campaign for Obama; On the Agenda Five (5) Radical Changes; “Card Check” is the priority and the beginning.
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Simon Campbell writes about Teachers who do more than talk about the Constitution and asks “Are Teachers Unions Anti-Teacher?” Simon tells how he and one brave teacher, Stacy Stoudt, challenged the Leviathan PSEA and won.
Simon’s kids go to government schools in North Penn School District. He is pro-parent and pro-freedom ...
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