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Archive for February, 2009

An Alternate Choice to Career Politicians
Dennis Baylor, write-in candidate
Special Election for Pennsylvania State Senator 29th District:  Tuesday, March 3, 2009
How to Vote for Dennis Baylor — Write-In Voting
Within the six counties that make up the 29th state Senate district, three types of voting machines are used.  Click on the county in which you reside from the list below [...]

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State Senate candidate Dennis Baylor has campaigned for over a year to reduce the size of PA’s massive government and wasteful spending.  New records show that PA taxpayers provide the most funding to the largest state government staff in the country, despite the fact that we are only the sixth-largest in size.
Philadelphia Daily News political columnist John [...]

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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA — Today Gene Stilp, Director of Taxpayers and Ratepayers United Association, walked fourteen miles in protest of the PPL Electric Utilities plan to raise electric rates by 40% for consumers from 29 Pennsylvania counties.  Due to the removal of electric rate caps by the state legislature, 1.4 million ratepayers will be harshly affected by the [...]

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As many of us know, President’s Day observes the birthday anniversaries of two of our nation’s most recognized historical figures — Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  What many may not know is that George Washington was not only our first president, but he was also the first and only No Party Party president.  Mr. [...]

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To read the original publishing of “Overstimulated” By The Morning Call’s John Micek, please click here:  http://blogs.mcall.com/capitol_ideas/2009/02/overstimulated.html
FEBRUARY 10, 2009 — The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on its $827 billion version of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan that would reinvigorate the U.S. economy by … erm … doing some things that we’re not [...]

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HARRISBURG, PA – As listed in his new budget, Gov. Rendell is expecting a federal bailout for Pennsylvania in the form of a “stimulus” package in order to save our failing ecomony.  Doing so with no forseeable solution to our debt’s causes,  among which we find soaring interest rates and wasteful government spending, would lead to increasing indebtedness [...]

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HARRISBURG, PA — On Wed. the PA House voted on a measure to prevent its members from being paid by lobbying firms.  The measure was voted down after a unanimous affirmative vote was reversed, mostly along party lines.
House Republicans pushed to forbid the ability of lawmakers – who are also lawyers – to be employed by lobbyists [...]

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NEWS RELEASE from the Commonwealth Foundation
2.04.09
HARRISBURG, PA — Commonwealth Foundation President and CEO Matthew J. Brouillette issued the following statement today in response to Gov. Rendell’s 2009-10 Budget Address:
“Gov. Rendell’s reliance on one-time federal bailout money to continue his profligate spending is as irresponsible as a family counting on winning the Lottery every year to [...]

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HARRISBURG, PA — Today Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini addressed two issues — minor party ballot access and a criminal allegation against Dennis Baylor — and dismissed them both.  Since  Mr. Baylor, who is seeking minor party recognition for the “No Party” Party of Pennsylvania from the Dept. of State, represented himself in a previous [...]

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