5/30 Morning Buzz
Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. Lots of debate of property taxes and local school districts; Voter ID questions persist, and a battle is brewing in the Bucks Co. GOP.
May 30, 2012
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Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. Lots of debate of property taxes and local school districts; Voter ID questions persist, and a battle is brewing in the Bucks Co. GOP.
The proposed “Property Tax Independence Act” bill would eliminate property taxes as a source for public education funding in the state, as the bill’s sponsor Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks) calls for increases in income taxes and sales taxes. How will school budgets fare?
The Corbett administration promised Wednesday to ease the burden of obtaining a photo ID in order to vote. They claimed the new provision simplifies the method for Pennsylvania-born voters, who can request PennDOT verify their birth using state health records.
Funding public education through the property tax is responsible for many of our school’s woes, and the misplaced property tax revenues could be better put to use supporting local government expenditures. Rep. Jim Cox’s (R-Berks) bill may help solve these problems.
A group called the American Working Families Action Fund is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to beat up Gov. Tom Corbett with a new television ad in Pennsylvania.
Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. We hope you enjoyed your long weekend and you’re ready for the start of the summer campaign season.
Republican Dave Freed leads Democrat Kathleen Kane $440,000 to $2,000 according to the latest campaign finance reports in their Attorney General contest. Kane spent roughly $2 million – most of it in loans from her family – to clear a competitive primary; Freed was unopposed.
The presidential campaign continues to roll through PA producing winners and losers alike; a shakeup at casa de Corbett; and grades of congressional eloquence. Here are this week’s Ups & Downs!
This latest poll tests PA natives running for President or VP, and finds Joe Biden on top (with split approval, 44 to 44). Also surveyed: Pennsylvania opinions on PA cities. Pittsburgh comes out way ahead.
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. Lots of news this morning: polls, a staff shakeup in the Guv’s office and more.
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