Marcellus Shale Local Impact Fee discussion heats up

October 4, 2011

Tweet With the much-anticipated unveiling of Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Impact Fee proposal yesterday, I thought it would be a good time to revisit what local elected officials and statewide policy groups had to say on the subject. This video is an abbreviated recap from the August 24 Public Hearing of the Marcellus Municipal Co-op, [...]

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Tax Credit Could Help Give Abandoned Pets a New Home

September 23, 2011

Tweet The economic downturn and recent flooding have caused a dramatic increase in the number of abandoned and homeless pets statewide. That’s why I have introduced House Bill 1765, legislation to give a $300 tax credit to people who adopt a dog or cat from a Pennsylvania animal shelter. My bill would provide an incentive for [...]

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Political Battle Chess is a Bad Idea for Pennsylvania

September 21, 2011

Tweet With the 2012 election just over a year away, Pennsylvania is poised to step into the national spotlight as a key battleground state. Our twenty votes in the Electoral College, coupled with a wildly diverse combination of urban, rural and suburban voters, make Pennsylvania arguably one of the top five important states in electing [...]

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Your Tax Dollars at Work…Against You

September 14, 2011

Tweet Anyone familiar with the recent history of Pennsylvania politics knows the phrases “legislator” and “appeared in court” usually equal bad news for the legislator in question. Last week, I had the unique opportunity to appear in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County as a state representative for a much different reason. Even [...]

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Making Sense of the Senseless

September 8, 2011

Tweet Like many elected officials across America, I have been asked to speak at a local event this weekend commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. I will be speaking at the Veterans’ Memorial in Eldersville, Jefferson Township, at 2 PM this Sunday. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m willing [...]

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Big Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

August 31, 2011

Tweet Pennsylvania was not spared from the destruction of Hurricane Irene, with 11 counties encountering heavy flooding and severe damage to property costing untold millions of dollars. Five people tragically lost their lives in the storm. As people began digging out and assessing the damage, Gov. Tom Corbett joined governors from the affected states in [...]

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Purple Heart Interchange Unveiled

August 19, 2011

Tweet A little rain (ok, a lot of rain) didn’t stop us from having a great time at the unveiling of the Purple Heart Interchange in Southpointe today. Near the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township, this interchange at Exit 48 of Interstate 79 was approved as result of HB 1799, a bill [...]

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Let’s Make a “Local Impact” on PA’s Marcellus Shale Policy

August 18, 2011

TweetMMC Public Hearing Set for Wednesday, August 24 at 6:30 PM at Canon McMillan High School; Public Participation Encouraged As the Legislature prepares to return to session next month, there is no shortage of hot-button issues waiting to be dealt with. Controversial proposals to privatize the state liquor stores and implement experimental school vouchers are [...]

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A Local Solution to Marcellus Shale Wastewater Concerns?

August 16, 2011

Tweet Nice article in today’s Observer-Reporter by Michael Bradwell about a new mobile water treatment system that can be taken on-site to process waste water from Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling. The technology and process we saw yesterday was being developed by Aquatech, a local company with 30 years experience in the water treatment industry. [...]

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Who Exactly Are They Pledging Allegiance To?

August 10, 2011

Tweet As if it wasn’t already difficult enough to cross party lines and actually work together to accomplish anything, lawmakers at both the state and federal level now have to deal with a new variable which can bring the gears of government to a grinding halt. I am referring to pledge-mania, the phenomenon of requiring [...]

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