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Political Watch PERFORMANCE REVIEW Federal Senator Rick Santorum’s CARE act provisions passed the Senate as part of the Tax Relief Act of 2005 (S.2020). State Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) co-sponsored S. 926, a bill that offers two-steps that will increase the minimum wage. Pennsylvania Representative Josh Shapiro (D-Montgomery) has joined the Pennsylvania Public Research Group as a part of his campaign to promote child safety. Together they released Trouble in Toyland, a report on hazardous toys that can cause choking, hearing loss, toxic poisoning, and strangulation. Representative Shapiro has also proposed H.R. 357 in order to create an 18 member statewide commission to improve child safety efforts. Local Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/18/2005 | Verna to shut Councilman Cohen’s Office Council President Anna Verna is closing Councilman Cohen’s office on December 31, 2005, due to the salary expense of supporting eight staffers that no longer support a member of Council. F.Y.I. For those of you wondering about Councilman Cohen’s seat -- Council President Verna has yet to decide when to have voters fill that vacancy. Her current options are: (1) Have the seat remain vacant until it comes up in 2007 (2) Have a special election prior to the May 2006 primary or (3) Include the seat in the May 2006 primary. The middle option seems the least likely as it is expensive to hold a special election and it is not Philadelphia tradition to hold special elections for Council seats. PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT Former Legislative Aide David Forde, has been promoted to Chief of Staff in the office of City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. Bonnie L. Grant, Philadelphia’s former Deputy City Representative, Office of Ceremonial & Special Events, is the new Director of Communications for the Philadelphia E-A-G-L-E-S. ELECTION WATCH – 2006 PoliticsPA has posted G. Terry Madonna’s extrapolated view of Franklin & Marshall polling statistics on the Santorum vs. Casey Senate race. Apprentice contestant Raj Bhakta considers challenging Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz for the 13th District. Don Eberly considers challenging Congressman Joseph Pitts in the Primary for the 16th District. Lois Herr (D) plans to run against Pitts again in the General.
James Matthews, Republican Montgomery County Commissioner, will soon announce his plans to run for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. A press conference in support of his candidacy will take place at the Montgomery County Courthouse on December 7, 2005. ELECTION WATCH – 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/27/2005 | Tom Ferrick Jr. | Getting a leg up on Street legacy ELECTION WATCH – 2008 Democrats set the dates for ’08 national convention The 2008 Democratic National Convention will be held from Monday, August 25, through Thursday, August 28 – Location to be determined after 2006 midterm elections. Republicans have yet to announce information about their 2008 convention. |
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