4th CD Progressive Democrats of America activists greet Joe Hoeffel, Candidate for PA governor, In Vanport
Joe Hoeffel: Public Money for Public Schools – no private school vouchers
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Dear Progressive Democrat,There are just 7 days to go until the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary. With a third of primary voters undecided, we can still achieve an upset victory. But I need your help to get my progressive message out in the closing days. Unlike my opponents, I have offered bold, detailed, plans to meet Pennsylvania’s challenges:
Democratic primary voters will support my candidacy for governor if they are reminded of the differences between my opponents and me.I ask that you make a final contribution of $100, $50, $35 or another amount to my campaign so I can get this critical information to undecided voters before next Tuesday. Voters have a real choice in this election. You have the power to give them the information to make their decision. With your continued support, we will be successful on May 18th and go on to victory in November. Thank you,
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Pickets Demand Clinic at Closed UPMC Braddock Hospital
Plan for Braddock questioned
Protesters demand emergency clinic at site of closed UPMC hospital
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette
Jan McMannis of Braddock Hills passes out information Monday in front of the Allegheny County Courthouse on Grant Street to question County Executive Dan Onorato’s actions regarding the closure of UPMC Braddock. Mr. Onorato is a Democratic candidate for governor.
Protesters upset about the closing of UPMC Braddock want assurances that any site redevelopment plans include an emergency medical clinic.
About a dozen protesters, members of a citizens group Save Our Community Hospitals, set up informational picket lines Monday around the Allegheny County Courthouse.
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PDA Endorsed Democrat for Governor Joe Hoeffel will stop in Beaver County on Friday May 14th
Progressive Democratic candidate for Governor Joe Hoeffel will meet and greet Beaver County voters on Friday May 14th in a swing through western Pennsylvania before the May 18th primary election.
Meet and greet Joe Hoeffel at the following locations on Friday May 14th:
8:00-8:40 Challenges Senior Center, 2706 Mercer Rd., New Castle
9:10-9:30 Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe, Route 68, Vanport
9:45-10:05 George’s Family Restaurant, 2477 Brodhead Rd., Hopewell Township
10:20-11:20 Ambridge Nationality Days, 8th & Merchant Streets, Ambridge
61 US Senators Vote to Preserve Dominance of MegaBanks that wrecked the economy
Financial Oligarchy Prevails As 27 Senate Dems Join GOP To Defend ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks
By John Nichols
May 7, 2010
Published by The Nation.
Whatever the final form of federal financial services reform legislation, one thing is now certain: The biggest of the big banks will still be calling the shots.
That was confirmed Thursday evening, when the Senate by a 61-33 vote rejected a move to eliminate the danger posed to both the federal treasury and the U.S. economy by “too-big-to-fail” banks.
Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Ted Kaufman of Delaware had proposed an amendment to limit the size of the nation’s largest banks as a means of reining in the financial sector.
They lost. And so too did the prospect that the federal government might establish meaningful control of the banking sector.
What does the defeat mean? The “financial oligarchy,” as economist Simon Johnson described the big banks, will remain in place. And, to further quote Johnson, the federal government will remain “helpless, or unwilling, to act against them.”
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Legacy of Dick Cheney in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizons blowout + Upper Big Branch mine explosion + Marcellus Shale destruction = Bush criminal bureaucrats still at work
Call for Criminal Investigation of MSHA and MMS
by Randy Shannon
The Justice Department is investigating the Bush bureaucrats in the Mine Safety and Health Administration – MSHA. They rewrote regulations so full of loopholes that Massey Coal could operate a mine that was a ticking time bomb that killed 29 workers.
The Justice Department must investigate the Minerals Management Service- MMS, that rewrote the safety regulations for the Deepwater Horizon drilling operation. They exempted BP from filing a safety plan to deal with a blow out. The Bush hacks and the oil companies agreed that it “wasn’t likely to happen” so there was no need to prepare for it. Eleven roughnecks died on that rig, blown to kingdom come, just like the miners.
The despicable 109th Congress, led by Tom DeLay and Bill Frist, and full of criminals now serving time, passed the Halliburton exemption in 2005. This allows the gas drillers to run roughshod over Pennsylvania and other states in complete disregard of the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and other laws to protect our lives and property from poisoning and destruction. In Pennsylvania, what the gas drillers are doing would be a crime if done by any other enterprise. But the Bush era Congress of criminals gave them a get out of jail free card. This law must be repealed. The gas drillers must be held accountable for the destruction of human lives, animals, forests, crops, land, infrastructure, water, and air.
PA DEP: Impose tougher regulations on Marcellus shale drilling “yesterday”
Red flags raised over gas wells
DEP secretary issues warning at Marcellus shale conference at Duquesne University
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania needs tougher regulations for Marcellus shale gas drilling, aggressive, independent enforcement, and a severance tax on the gas extracted, according to state Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger.
And yesterday would not be soon enough to get all of that done and “done right” to protect the state’s water resources, said Mr. Hanger in a forceful keynote speech opening the Marcellus Shale Policy Conference at Duquesne University on Monday.
“Let me be clear: Self-regulation doesn’t work. That’s not contestable,” Mr. Hanger told the audience of about 250, including a significant number of gas industry representatives. “We’ve made mistakes before. We have to get this right or the costs will overwhelm the benefits.”
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Healthcare not Warfare weekly vigil at Beaver Courthouse 1:00pm
28 Day Strike by Militant United Employees Defeats Temple University Hospital Management’s “Best & Final” Offer
Temple Unions Ratify New Contracts, Declare Victory after Strike
1045 – 30 Vote in Favor
After 28 days on strike, the members of PASNAP, the union that represents 1500 nurses, professionals and technical employees at Temple University Hospital, voted overwhelmingly to accept the new contract agreements. After three ratification votes held throughout the day, the total members voting was 1075 with 97% in favor.
“Temple provoked this strike in an effort to weaken our unions and eliminate our right to speak out for our patients. What they got instead was an emboldened, stronger union membership that will continue to work under a contract with some of the best working conditions and benefits in Philadelphia,” said Jackie Silver, MSW. “We are proud that we reached a resolution and that we will be able to continue to fight for our patients, our rights, and our professions.”
