2009 budget

Game over.

October 11, 2009

Tweet After 101 days, Pennsylvania finally has a state budget. Interesting perspective from Brad Bumstead of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, particularly in regards to the role played by rank-and-file members in the process. Broken Budget Trust Long-term relations between the House and Senate were severely damaged by the budget battle, casting a cloud over future action [...]

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"It's not to easy to become a law, is it?"

October 6, 2009
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I got to say "boob" in the newspaper- cross another item off the Bucket List!

September 25, 2009

TweetI have a letter to the editor in today’s Washington Observer-Reporter. Here is the original letter that prompted my response: Voters put these boobs in office 9/20/2009 3:33 AM Let’s have a show of hands. How many of you believe that the date when the budget for the Commonwealth expires is a secret, revealed to lawmakers [...]

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Good Grief, It's a Budget Update

September 15, 2009

Tweet I could make a case here for being Charlie Brown, Lucy, the football or even the “Aaugh!” Sadly, that is all. Tweet

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A Response, But No Answers

August 12, 2009

TweetSince being elected, I can’t begin to count how many letters and emails I have received on just about every topic you can imagine. I try to personally answer every one, which can get difficult this time of year as I literally receive hundreds of budget-related emails per day. As I read the letter, I [...]

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PIT = RIP

August 4, 2009

Tweet From today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Proposal to hike Pa. income tax ‘off table’ Blue Dogs wield power to force budget compromise Tuesday, August 04, 2009 By Tracie Mauriello and Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG — A proposal for a 16 percent increase in the state income tax is dead because of strong opposition from [...]

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orbis of vita est universa iam ut proficiscor record rectus contemplor political quisquiliarum ex contradictio

July 31, 2009

Tweet(Yes, the title actually means something.) It has been an active week in the ‘Letters to the Editor’ page of the Washington Observer-Reporter. A few days ago, the O-R ran a letter from a Republican colleague of mine from York County, which was in response to an op/ed piece that ran in other places throughout [...]

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Back onto the Battlefield with Marty's Army

July 26, 2009

TweetAfter being asked back to respond to some political trickeration from the other side of the aisle regarding the budget impasse, I ventured back onto the airwaves of KDKA Radio. Despite what Representative Christiana said, I absolutely did not vote for a tax increase. Marty Griffin Show, 7/23/09 (mp3 file, will open in new window)     Tweet

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How 253 Horrible Human Beings Spent Their Summer Vacation

July 21, 2009

Tweet Until recently, I never knew how worthless I really was. I mean, I had always suspected I was no good, but all it took was a quick glance at almost any newspaper in Pennsylvania to make me realize I was officially the bane of humanity’s existence.  You may be asking yourself, is he a [...]

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