Property Taxes and Government Reform

As your State Representative, I will eliminate wasteful spending to reduce property taxes. I will work against entrenched interests to reform Government at all levels in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania needs campaign finance reform, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, as well as lobbying reform to lessen the impact of special interests.

In addition, we need to streamline government administration, while looking at new ways to broaden and balance revenue raising options like expanding local PILOT programs. We also need to actively work with Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation to bring home more federal support, such as stimulus funding to support shovel-ready public transportation projects.

I support the establishment of appointed judges in Pennsylvania, as well as Senator Andy Dinniman’s proposal to mandate non-partisan School Board elections. We need to keep politics out of our courtrooms and out of our classrooms. We need to ensure the best education for our children, who are our future.

I think the best way to accomplish all of these tasks and to change the corrupting culture in Harrisburg is for “We the People” to convene a Constitutional Convention in the State Capitol to help bring our government into 21st century.  Let’s together preserve the best of our Commonwealth’s Constitutional traditions – the oldest of their kind in the nation – while leveraging the new ideas and greater accountability necessary to ensure a bright future.