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Life in the fast lane with Ed Rendell
Looks like Ed Rendell hasn’t lost his touch.
They said the state would never elect a Democratic former mayor of Philadelphia to statewide office. How did that one turn out?
Then he got a lot of foes in the middle of the state to join his crusade to push through a huge expansion of legalized gambling to provide money for property tax relief. The slots have been jingling, at Harrah’s in Chester and a slew of other locations across the state, ever since.
Last week we got another taste of “Fast Eddie” at work. It looked like his call for a huge infusion in new education spending by the state was in danger of foundering in the annual budget stalemate in Harrisburg.
So there was Rendell signing the new budget on Saturday, even if it did come a few days after the deadline. And yes, it does contain most of the education funding Rendell was seeking.
Now there is the small matter of leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rendell wants to do it to raise money for the state’s crumbling infrastructure, roads and bridges. Right now the bill is bottled up in a state committee, and the chairman is vowing the measure will never see the light of day, let alone a vote by either the committee or the full House.
Anyone want to bet against Rendell?
They said the state would never elect a Democratic former mayor of Philadelphia to statewide office. How did that one turn out?
Then he got a lot of foes in the middle of the state to join his crusade to push through a huge expansion of legalized gambling to provide money for property tax relief. The slots have been jingling, at Harrah’s in Chester and a slew of other locations across the state, ever since.
Last week we got another taste of “Fast Eddie” at work. It looked like his call for a huge infusion in new education spending by the state was in danger of foundering in the annual budget stalemate in Harrisburg.
So there was Rendell signing the new budget on Saturday, even if it did come a few days after the deadline. And yes, it does contain most of the education funding Rendell was seeking.
Now there is the small matter of leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rendell wants to do it to raise money for the state’s crumbling infrastructure, roads and bridges. Right now the bill is bottled up in a state committee, and the chairman is vowing the measure will never see the light of day, let alone a vote by either the committee or the full House.
Anyone want to bet against Rendell?
posted by Heron's Nest at
7:21 AM
1 Comments:
What should be clear is that the campaign Pennsylvania Transportation Partners is launching is in response to $1 million in 16 months of aggressive lobbying by the Turnpike Commission to kill the debate and discussion on the Governor's proposed lease.
We're encouraged by the many legislators, more and more every day, who are either enthusiastic about the lease or who want to hear more about the over $20 billion in investment the lease brings to the Commonwealth or the improved management and operating standards it brings to the Turnpike.
Most importantly, Pennsylvania Transportation Partners' outreach campaign is spent by the private sector. Every time you use EZ-pass or pay a toll, you're also paying for the Turnpike Commission to hire lobbyists to protect their own interests, not those of Pennsylvania drivers.
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