Category: Election 2015

Paul Mullen, the Republican-endorsed candidate for the vacant 161st District State House seat, is sending a flyer full of promises to the non-Republican houses in the district.

In it he pledges he:

• “Will support strong unions.” This means you union guys will continue to have your dues automatically deducted so Mullen can continue to get his $130,000 salary as business manager of IBEW Local 654, while the union continues to contribute to candidates who shut down refineries and open borders to cheap labor. It appears he is going to keep his union job as he collects his $85,356 legislative salary if he should win.
• “Will protect pensions”. This means Gary “What Child Molestation?” Shultz will continue to collect his $330,699 pension as the pensions of police and secretaries become far more tenuous along with the home ownerships of those on the hook for covering them.
• “Will Fight for Good, Local Work” This means he’s not going to quit his $130,000 per year job as business manager of IBEW Local 654.

The election is Aug. 4. The champion of the little guy and gal is Lisa Esler, the traditional Republican who is running a write-in campaign. If you want to save your home and public pension vote for her on Election Day.

Paul Mulllen Flyer Exposes Agenda

Lisa Esler, the  wife, mother, grandmother, certified optician, and a school board director who is running a write-in campaign for the vacant 161st District State House Seat, has the bacon shakin’.

The fat old swine who have long been in control and have picked a safe stooge in Paul Mullen as their candidate are terrified.

Their obesity, of course, comes at your expense and they don’t want the swill feast you are paying for to end.

The state Republican Party and the unions have so far spent $150,000 to get their boy elected reports Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania.

And all this money has not been aimed at the Democrat in the race but at the grandmother and non-professional politician — you know school directors are not paid, right? — who is running a write-in campaign.

The latest stunt of the old boys has been to get U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey to endorse Mullen.

That’s right, the man Mullen campaigned against in 2010 to get a liberal Democrat in office has now endorsed Mullen.

It should be noted that until a few weeks ago, the only people Mullen had been campaigning for were liberal Democrats including Barack Obama and, last fall, John Kane for whom he served as hatchet man.

Anyway, Lisa obviously has a good shot to win despite what they might be telling  you as they would not be firing the salvos against her otherwise. Lisa may not be paying for polling but the big shots sure are, and we can guess what that polling is telling them, LOL.

The election is Aug. 4. If you love your family, if you love your children, bring your pen and write in Lisa Esler.

Lisa Esler Has Bacon Shakin’

Two of the three candidates in the special election for the vacant 161st District Pennsylvania House Seat have accepted invitations to appear at the only public forum scheduled for the contest.

Committed to attend are Republican write-in candidate Lisa Esler of Aston and Democrat Leanne Krueger-Braneky of Swarthmore.

Paul Mullen, who had been supporting Democrats until the county Republicans tapped him as their candidate a few short weeks ago, has not responded as of this writing.

The event is sponsored by Delco Debates and will be 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2 at Swarthmore Borough Hall, 121 Park Ave.

Candidates will make opening statements then accept questions from the audience. They will then make a closing statement.

Ms. Krueger-Braneky describes herself as a businesswoman and was the Democratic candidate in the race for the seat last fall losing to Republican Joe Hackett by 2,696 votes. Hackett’s resignation, April 30, prompted the need for a special election.

Ms. Krueger-Braneky is endorsed by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, which represents the Pennsylvania state stores; the Education Voters Action Fund, which seeks more tax money for school employees; and Delaware County United for Sensible Gun Policy, a gun control group.

Mrs. Esler is a Penn Delco school director and an optician. She is endorsed by the Associated Builders and Contractors. She has declared herself to be a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. She believes state stores should be privatized and feels that the state will be bankrupted if the pension systems for school and state employees are not changed. She notes that education spending has consistently increased and could be reduced by eliminating unfunded mandates which do not improve outcomes for students and hurts the taxpayer with ever-increasing property taxes.

It should be interesting.

161st Debate Will Be Aug. 2

The below email was sent by Ryan Shafik of Rockwood Strategies and concerns the depicted flyer sent by the state GOP attacking Lisa Esler, a consistent, traditional Republican running a write-in campaign for the vacant 161st District State House seat. 

Mrs. Esler is a working grandmother who has been a Penn Delco School director. In seeking re-election, she was the top vote-getter in the May primary on the Republican AND Democrat tickets.

Obviously, she shares a whole lot of values with the people who worry about their children and fear being taxed into poverty.

The same can’t be said about the man whom the state Republican Party much prefers.

If you love your children, write in Lisa Esler on Aug. 4.

And for what it’s worth Republican Party of Pennsylvania, your perverse and dishonest attacks are making a lot of people you depend upon very unhappy. Lisa Esler is not the one who supported Barack Obama, Joe Sestak and John Kane, which is something that should be obvious if you had either an ounce of sense or decency.

By Ryan Shafik

This is why Republican voters, donors and activists have no faith in the Republican Party of PA under Rob Gleason, union financed party chairs like Delco’s Andy Reilly and the poor leadership of the former Perzel-hacks that still run the House Republican Campaign Committee.

They have ZERO belief in anything except accumulation of power for power’s sake.

The fact that the Republican Party would orchestrate and spend money for the nomination of an Obama, Wolf, and Sestak supporting union boss who STANDS FOR EVERYTHING AGAINST the Republican Party claims to espouse and then attack the REAL REPUBLICAN who worked to elect Romney, Toomey and Corbett  is why the Gleason, Reilly and the retreads at HRCC have ZERO credibility left.

It’s time all donors and activists to completely DEFUND the the Gleason-Reilly-HRCC machine.

Your money is not going to elect people you think. It’s going to preserve the cozy relationships these guys have with unions who help keep them in power.

GOP Attacks Lisa

Lisa Esler supporters spent two hours today, July 18, on MacDade Boulevard in Ridley from Monta Vista Avenue through Route 420. There were lots of honks of support and thumbs up from drivers with one man shouting Lisa, Lisa, Lisa as he drove into the Home Depot parking lot.

While her opponent in the 161st Pennsylvania State House special election has the support of the county and state Republicans, along with organized labor, which is spurning the official Dem in the race, and Mrs. Esler is but a wife, mother, grandmother, certified optician, and a school board director, this will be a contest.

And the GOP machine knows it. They are  ignoring the official Democrat and aiming all guns at that instrument of change that is Lisa Esler.

The election is Aug. 4.

Lisa Esler Ridley Support

 

We put this article out a few minutes ago but we are now significantly revising it as it  has just been pointed out to us that the name on the letterhead is misspelled as is the signature. The proper spelling is Whelan. So we got ourselves a scandal. Was it sent out by the Esler or Krueger-Braneky campaigns just to make the Mullen campaign look really stupid?  Hardly. 

But it is real clear that the Delaware County District Attorney didn’t write it himself.

So Mr. District Attorney do you know your name is being used in the 161st District race and rather poorly at that?

The letter — which claims to be “From the Desk of Jack Whalen” and identifies itself as being paid for by the HRCC — has  “Jack Whalen Delaware County District Attorney” claiming that “Paul Mullen is a fiscal conservative” and “We can trust he will be an independent voice for us.”

OK Mr. “Whalen” if Mullen is such a “fiscal conservative” why did he support Joe Sestak, Barack Obama, Bob Casey and John Kane?

Why is John Kane supporting him in this election?

Fiscal conservative? Do we really need to say LOL here?

Fortunately, there is someone in the race who is a fiscal conservative and has been a consistent Republican; and who understands why property taxes keep rising like floodwater and knows what to do to stop it.

That is Penn Delco School Board Director Lisa Esler.

She explains herself in her campaign letter:

Dear Neighbor,

My name is Lisa Esler and I am the WRITE-IN candidate for State Representative in the special election that will be held on August 4th. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, certified optician, and a school board director. Why am I doing this? Because in my role as a school board director, I have seen how Harrisburg has become tainted with special interest groups and lobbyists, leaving the taxpayer without representation.

If elected, I will be a Representative who speaks for the people in this district – not for the special interest groups with deep pockets who use money and power to stifle any meaningful reforms. As your voice, I will push hard for common sense solutions for the problems we face. For example, we have a looming pension crisis that drives your property taxes up every year and will cost taxpayers dearly for years to come. I want to join with the other like-minded legislators to work toward fixing that broken system.

I am not a career politician and do not intend to become one. I am not seeking this office to become wealthy on the backs of the taxpayers. If elected, I pledge not to take part in the pension system that is bankrupting you and our Commonwealth.

People have lost faith in their leaders and in the system. I hope I can restore some of that faith. You see my integrity and reputation mean a lot more to me than any political office.

Remember, I am not “endorsed” and therefore my name is not on the ballot. That is why I am asking you to WRITE-IN my name on the ballot. “How-To instructions” will be available at the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, August 4th.

I would be honored to have your support and your vote on August 4th.

If you have any questions or would like to help with my campaign, please call me at 484-995-1540.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Lisa Esler

The 161st seat was vacated in April by Republican Joe Hackett and a special election has been scheduled for Aug. 4. The official Democrat in the race is Leanne Krueger-Braneky.

Whelan Name Misspelled On Campaign Lit