06/29/2010
I am writing this memo on June 29, the day before the state budget deadline. The deadline has not been met during the last 7 years of the Rendell administration. The focus of press coverage over the last week or so has been speculation of whether or not the legislature will pass the budget on time this year.
05/31/2010
How do we save Pennsylvania taxpayers over $700 million per year? Enact legislation that I introduced on May 5, 2010 modeled after the Arizona legislation that is directed at ending the illegal alien invasion. A study conducted last year by the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated that we are spending over $700 million per year on healthcare, education and incarceration of illegal aliens in Pennsylvania.
04/30/2010
A significant victory for Pennsylvania taxpayers occurred this month as the Rendell administration’s I-80 tolling plan was rejected for what appears to be the final time. Rendell and his accomplices passed legislation during the Bush administration to toll I-80; it also increased tolls on the PA Turnpike. The legislation was promoted as a way to fund needed road and bridge transportation improvements, but it also included hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize mass transit systems in Pennsylvania.
03/31/2010
The encroachment of government continued during the month of March like lava from a volcano. The issue that dominated the attention of the media was the federal takeover of health care in the United States.
02/25/2010
February is the month of the governor’s budget address to the Pennsylvania Legislature. Before I address the governor’s budget proposal for this year, let’s look at last month’s legislative activity.