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"Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit."

March 9, 2010
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Blogging the Table Games Bill- We'll Do it Live!

December 14, 2009

Tweet 2:29 PM: Here we are, sitting on the House floor, debating amendments to SB 711, which is the bill that would legalize table games in Pennsylvania. We’re still debating because the House Republicans spent most of last week employing childish filibustering tactics in an attempt to delay a vote. I thought I would multi-task [...]

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Maybe Reading Isn't So Fundamental After All

December 8, 2009

Tweet Well here’s a new one. We were on the House Floor today, preparing to discuss SB 711, which is the bill that will legalize table games in Pennsylvania. Suddenly, a Republican representative made a motion to have the bill read aloud on the House Floor before we could move on. On its face, this [...]

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Want corruption exposed? This is what it looks like.

November 24, 2009

Tweet Last week, the Pennsylvania Attorney General finally issued the next round of indictments in his ongoing “Bonusgate” investigation of corruption in the Pennsylvania Legislature. Last year, twelve individuals (two representatives and ten staffers) were indicted for a variety of charges, mainly dealing with the use of public money for political campaigns in the Democratic [...]

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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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Hanging and banging with Marty Griffin

July 15, 2009

Tweet It took a few days, but here is the audio of my appearance on the Marty Griffin Show on KDKA Radio earlier this week. Good times. Marty Griffin Show part 1 Marty Griffin Show part 2 Marty Griffin Show part 3 TweetScridb filter

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"Follow Me. Follow Me to Freedom!!!"

June 25, 2009

TweetThat’s right. It’s budget time in Harrisburg, which means the Capitol Propaganda Machine has gone into overdrive. Or maybe even the stage past overdrive. It seems like things are going to get considerably worse before they get any better, and if you think for a minute I’m not taking this seriously, think again. I know [...]

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