Pennsylvania is a State filled with inequality. Richer school districts often receive more education funding from the State at the expense of needier districts. Philadelphia and the surrounding counties contribute more revenues to the State through business, income, and sales taxes than any other region of the State, yet we receive only a fraction of that money back in Government services. While our General Assembly complains about Federal interference in local issues, it constantly enacts legislation to limit the independence of its municipalities. And even though there are over 900,000 more Democrats in Pennsylvania that any other group, our legislature and Congressional delegation are overwhelmingly Republican. To address these inequalities, Turning PA Blue is working with our suburban allies to build upon the successes that Neighborhood Networks has enjoyed in Philadelphia, through the identification of progressive candidates, voter registration and engagement, and ancillary services such as research and publicity.
None of us are under the delusion that our canvassing, phone banking, fund-raising, etc., have made a bigger impact upon changing the political landscape in Pennsylvania over the past year than the events that have occurred at the national level. Yet the outrage that many of us have felt against the Federal Government pales against...
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How do you trim an extensive bureaucracy? Republicans in the State legislature have a rather interesting solution: Increase the size of that bureaucracy. Two recent bills in the Pennsylvania legislature this year disclose the convoluted Republican thought processes that go into creating bad legislation in the name of good government. Consider, first, House Bill 1659,...
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