Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape

Dominic Pileggi of the 9th District  is facing a challenge from Jake Corman of the 34th District to be Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania State Senate, a spot Pileggi now holds.

Pileggi has been under fire from conservative groups and has come under fire from newcomer Sen. Scott Wagner of the 28th District for the inability to get commonsense consumer and taxpayer oriented reforms in the state that would gore the oxen of the state’s powerful and wealthy unions but would make life a lot easier for everybody else.

We have been asked to compile a list of Pileggi’s major contributors.

After going through Pileggi’s 34 pages of contributions for 2014 on the state’s campaign finance website, we have found these groups that have donated at least five figures to Friends of Dominic Pileggi. (Regarding Steam Fitters Local 449, we figure a steamfitter is a steamfitter.)

University City Housing Company
10/08/2014     $25,000

Vahan H. Gureghian
05/15/2014     $25,000

CARPENTERS LEG. PROGRAM OF GREATER PA PAC
04/07/2014     $25,000

CARPENTERS PAC OF PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY
04/07/2014     $25,000

LOCAL 66 PAC CLUB
04/07/2014     $25,000

Local Union #98 I.B.E.W, Committee on Political Education
05/15/2014     $25,000

PA FUTURE FUND (business)
03/10/2014     $20,000

PENNSYLVANIA HORSEBREEDER’S ASSOCIATION INC PAC
04/07/2014     $20,000

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
05/14/2014     $15,000
06/24/2014     $1,000
09/08/2014     $1,000
10/01/2014     $1,000

Robert C Robb, Jr.
05/15/2014     $15,000

Comcast Corp & NBCUniversal PAC
06/24/2014     $15,000

PSEA PACE
03/10/2014     $1,000
08/20/2014     $10,000
03/10/2014     $1,000

Responsible Citizens
05/08/2014     $10,000

Pennsylvania Healthcare Assoc. PAC
10/02/2014     $10,000

PECOPAC
10/02/2014     $10,000

McNees PAC
06/28/2014     $10,000

Steamfitters’ Local Union 420 Committee on Political Education Fund
05/14/2014     $10,000

Steam Fitters Local 449 PAC Fund
05/14/2014     $3,000

However, a supporter of Pileggi sent us the following list of contributors to  Corman for 2014 and noted that Corman was a yes vote on the pay raise and pension hike.

PSEA PACE
7,500
10 20 2014
$5,000
3 24 2014

For the People
Allentown
$5,000
3 24 2014
(PAC formed by former Democratic State Rep. Jennifer Mann with leftover campaign money.  Mann now Chairs the PAC)

Committee for a Better Tomorrow (Philly Trial Lawyers)
$5,000
3 28 2014

AFSCME Council 13 PAC
$2,000
2 26 2014

Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19
Philadelphia
$1,000
3 28 2014

LAWPAC (Statewide Trial Lawyers)
800 North Third Street 2nd Floor
Harrisburg
PA 17102
$1,000
10 9 2014

APSCUF/CAP-PA (State University Faculty)
$1,000
3 24 2014

Steamfitters Local 449 PAC
Pittsburgh
$500
1 6 2014

Can we wish a pox on both houses?

Truthfully, we suspect that both men are smart enough to read the very large writing put on the wall by the voters in the once union-dominated  states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and remember the fate of soon-to-be former Gov. Tom Corbett. They are also smart enough to know they are being watched and being held accountable.

To our Tea Party friends who see bright red whenever they look at Pileggi’s name, stop making it personal. If Pileggi should win, focus on issues. To use a local example, a new $150 million high school is being proposed for Springfield. Repealing the prevailing wage law will cut the cost greatly with some estimating it could be by as much as $30 million. The unions that contribute to both men but especially Pileggi don’t want the law to change.  We suspect it would be far more effective to focus on the issue of  saving elderly and unemployed people a lot of money while getting a school built rather than about how  Pileggi is a bad, bad, bad person.

And that is the Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape.

Pileggi vs Corman - Tale Of The Tape

Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape.

 

New Legislative Session Begins Jan. 6

The Pennsylvania  General Assembly will convene on Jan. 6 for a swearing-in ceremony, signaling the beginning of a new legislative session, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

All members of the state House of Representatives will take the oath of office to serve a new two-year term.

Any bills that were introduced and in various stages of approval in the General Assembly, but did not become law, expired with the end of the current session and must be re-introduced, he said.

The new makeup of the state House and Senate – with many new representatives and senators taking office – also means that bills that did not have enough support in previous years may have enough votes to be approved by the General Assembly, he said.

New Legislative Session Begins Jan. 6

New Legislative Session Begins Jan. 6

Loren Kantor Woodcut Artist

We got a nice personal email from Los Angeles woodcut artist Loren Kantor promoting her site and the subjects on it.

One of these days we are going to start charging for this stuff but, with the inspiration of Pope Francis, we are going to cut Loren a break, pay it forward and help out a starving artist.

Here is Loren’s site and here is her depiction of noted director David Lynch, who gives full credit to the time he spent in Philadelphia for his bleak and bizarre visionary productions and international success.

Loren Kantor David Lynch

Good luck, Loren

Loren Kantor Woodcut Artist