Chesco GOP Hearts Dinniman? — It keeps coming in from Chester County.
The latest is that Democrat State Senator Andy Dinniman whose 19th District covers much of that county is a Republican Party play thing; that he literally ran like a puppy from across the room when former Chesco GOP boss “Skip” Brion whistled.
When Steve Kantrowitz ran against Dinniman in 2008 on the GOP ballot he says he did not get an iota of help from the party establishment. He even had to drive his own nominating petitions to Harrisburg. In a snowstorm.
He says the party actively discouraged him from running in the primary which ultimately he won uncontested.
The story is that Dinniman gives the county GOP what they want and they make it easy for him to keep his job.
And is this why nothing ever gets done for the hard-working little guy and gal in the Pennsylvania Legislature but a whole lot gets done for the special interests.
Ask yourself, do teacher strikes really help children. Why are they legal?
There is only ONE party in Chester County, no matter what they call themselves.
Dinniman actually stepped up for the little guy and became a leader and spokesman for the effort to ELIMINATE SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES. Wolfes Lt Governor cast the tie breaking vote in the Senate recently to defeat the bill with a huge SMILE ON HIS FACE. Wolf wants to use an even larger sales tax increase and income tax increase to provide another one of those measily rebates…like Rendel did.
I actually applaud Dinimans efforts as he is out in front promoting this bill unlike many Republican supporters who are only silent partners.
If passed the bill would completely Eliminate the majority of a districts school property tax, with the remaining 10-15% following once the district retires its current debt. A followup bill would permanently band the use of property taxes for this purpose. Numerous independent financial institutions have supported this since 2006 but special interests like the PSEA have opposed it and bought legislators votes. AS a result it could cost an additional $4 billion in funds next year to achieve the same goal.
Last session with over 50% of the Senate signed on as sponsors, Pellegi violated his own promise to bring the bill to the floor for a vote…and it died at the end of the year…typical of all of our Republican AND Democratic leadership for years.
If passed the bill would save property owners in Chester County the majority of the school property taxes they now pay ( $1,500 to $19,000 of those I have talked to) EVEN After the increase in sales and state income tax, and as a result allow taxes to adjust immediately to reflect a families current earning power and buying habits. It would allow residents in this corner of PA to keep an additional $6 Billion a YEAR in spending money. Used locally it would be a boom to small business and job creation.
In my opinion we need to TRUMP Harrisburg and get rid of long term established politicians, or kiss asses who are only there for personal gain.