10/24 Morning Buzz

Pittsburgh City SkylineDePasquale has a problem with those voter ID ads and endorsements in the race for PA-12. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.

DePasquale: $1M on Voter ID Ads Like Betting $1M on Steelers: The Auditor General scolded the PA Department of State for airing ads that tell voters to bring photo ID to the polls.

Two Western PA Politicians Endorse Rothfus Challenger: Erin McClelland nabbed the support of State Rep. Erin Molchany and Beaver County official Carol Ruckert Fiorucci.

Statewide
Capitolwire: House delays vote on small games of chance expansion.
Capitolwire: House GOP still holding out against transportation funding bill big enough to pass.
Capitolwire: Metcalfe’s impeachment memo gets cool response from top House Republicans.
State House Sound Bites: Corbett presses unions, lawmakers for transportation deal
AP: PA Senate minority leader critical of Kane impeachment talk

Philadelphia
KYW Newsradio: Pa. Senators OK bars to profit from gambling games
KYW Newsradio: Sen. Bob Casey says budget ‘sequestrations’ undermine medical research
KYW Newsradio: Let’s get Pennsylvania’s bridges fixed, Corbett tells legislators
KYW Newsradio: Pa. House Speaker won’t rule out Kathleen Kane impeachment
KYW Newsradio: Pa. lawmakers push back vote on transportation bill until at least next month
WHYY Newsworks: How does where I live affect how much I pay for health insurance?
Inquirer: Pa. case fuels debate on assisted suicide
Commonwealth Confidential: Gov. Corbett to legislature: get it done

SEPA
Bucks Local News: State Reps. Dean, Santarsiero urge expansion of background checks for long guns
Courier Times: Gas driller ends effort to break ground in Bucks
Montgomery News: State Sen. LeAnna Washington under investigation

Pittsburgh
Tribune Review: Allegheny County foster program awarded $1.8 million grant
Tribune Review: County controller criticizes public authorities for lack of transparency online
Post-Gazette: Ravenstahl defends tweeting about work from other locations
Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Schools accepts $3.4 million grant
Early Returns: Ravenstahl’s winter rules
KDKA: Some Raising Questions Over Mayor’s Recent Tweets
WTAE: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s tweets, job hunt, country club lunch draw reporter questions

Southwest
Beaver County Times: Ambridge residents call for civil service board member’s resignation
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: City: No finance job cuts planned
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: New deal lowers city garbage rates

NEPA
The Times Leader: Citizens blast proposed county tax hike
Times-Tribune: Scranton mayoral candidate talks commuter tax with chamber members
Wayne Independent: Payout, mistakes reason for budget differences

South Central
Carlisle Sentinel: Midstate professor says Affordable Care Act website delays will take weeks to fix
Harrisburg Patriot News: Financial recovery is main focus for Middletown Borough Council candidates
Harrisburg Patriot News: Corbett signs bill outlawing “triple-dipping” by state retirees
Harrisburg Patriot News: Pa. residents must have Pa.-issued permits, not those from other states, to carry concealed guns, state court rules

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: ‘In God We Trust’ in schools?
Morning Call: Feds charge former Northampton County councilman with tax fraud
Morning Call: Casey “stunned” former staffer was secret White House tweeter
Reading Eagle: Court rules Reading cannot impose recycling fee
Reading Eagle: Campaign will raise awareness, enforcement of school-bus stopping law

North by Northwest
Sun-Gazette: Expert advises not to panic over the Affordable Care Act
Sun-Gazette: Transportation study of Muncy area is on commissioners agenda
Sun-Gazette: School board OKs retaining wall
Daily Times: Police officers from across region train for active shooter response
Daily Times: Patton Township police chief says crime is up slightly, but below average

Opinions
Daily Local News: Transportation bill passage best hope for number of transit projects
Daily Times: Suddenly, Delco Dems sound like the GOP
Post-Gazette: Uncommon choices: Voters must pick wisely for Allegheny County court

Blogs
Keystone Politics: Parking-Free Housing is Affordable Housing
Keystone Politics: McClelland picks up PA-12 endorsements from Molchany, Fiorucci
Keystone Politics: McGinty adds State Rep. Patty Kim to list of legislative endorsements
Above Average Jane: Govt Investment in PA
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Hayden Phillips Says No to Open Space
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Ott’s Stealth Tax Hike
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: NorCo Exec Debate Draws “New Generation” of Leaders and Followers

2 Responses

  1. Wouldn’t Charly Zogby make a great PAGOP alternative to Tom Corbett? He is the highest Charter Cyber School imbed anywhere in the state Government in the US, so raising funds will be no problem. (GIVE UNTIL IT HURTS VAHAN GUREGHIAN!!) Zogby is quite arrogant too. Looks like a winning combination to me.

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