Back to local PA politics again…Did you know that Chuck McIlhinney, who is running for the State Senate for Pennsylvania’s 10th district, skipped 183 votes because he went on a wine tasting trip to France (Allentown Morning Call, 7/8/2001)?
Chuck also skipped a key budget vote, claiming that he didn’t want to change his vacation plans (part of me respects that, but not if you’re in government - Harrisburg Patriot-News, 7/1/2001).
But McIlhinney DID show up to vote to raise income taxes. And he voted for a bill which Republicans say would have allowed school districts to tax our savings (House Bill 200, Act 46, December 22, 2003, House Journal page 2574, Act 72, July 4, 2004, House Journal page 1596).
And he showed up to vote to raise his own pension by 50 percent (House Bill 26, May 8, 2001).
I don’t know about you, but as a resident of Pennsylvania, I’m truly tired of reading about this stuff. So as far as I’m concerned, there’s only one thing to do, and that’s to vote for Chris Serpico for the PA State Senate (10th District) on November 7th.
That way, Chuck will be free to travel to France as many times as he wants, and we won’t have to pay for any of it.
(And here's more from Chris, by the way.)
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