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State Supreme Court Invalidates
Redistricting Plan
A narrowly divided Pennsylvania
Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated a plan to redraw state
House and
Senate district lines, calling the redistricting approach
“contrary to law” and throwing into disarray plans by candidates
and parties for this year’s General Assembly races.
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2012
LCDC Endorsement Convention
The Lancaster County Democratic Committee
will convene its annual Endorsement Convention on Saturday, January
28, 2012, at The Country Barn, 211 S. Donerville Road, Lancaster.
Directions...
Late Wednesday afternoon, by a 4-3 vote,
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices invalidated a controversial
plan to redraw district lines for seats in the State House and State
Senate, calling the redistricting approach "contrary to law". The
justices have sent the plan back to the Legislative Reapportionment
Commission.
We will be returning to our 2001 State
House & State Senate district boundaries.
Take note: the dates for petition signing
have also been moved from January 26th to February 16th.
Court Ruling adjusts petition
calendar
Any signatures on nomination petitions
dated January 24 or January 25, 2012, shall be deemed valid as to
timeliness, subject, however, to any other statutory challenge.
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Local
Headlines
Grove, DePasquale vote for bill to cut
size of legislature
Rendell slams food-stamp asset test
OMG! ‘Street people’ from city are
hanging out at Manheim Twp.’s library!
Franklin & Marshall College gets $5M
toward new stadium
Morales, Coller, Polite to be Honored at City Dinner
The
Lancaster City Democratic Committee wants to thank their three retiring city
council persons for their years of service to the city. Joe Morales, Sr.,
Pat Coller, and Nelson Polite, Sr. will be honored on Monday, January 30th,
at the Cork and Cap Restaurant. Make your reservations now.
Read more...
 Mike
Sturla’s Policy Points Of The Day
Topic: High
School Dropouts
PA students are required to attend
school till the age of 17. DC and 15 states have set their dropout
age at 18. In the 2009-10 school year, 1.5% or 12,662 PA students
dropped out with 57% being male.
Click
here for Mike Sturla's "Commonwealth Common Sense" blog...
State Headlines
McCaffrey out of Dem AG race
PA lawmakers grill education secretary over failing schools
PA bill eliminates biz tax shelters, lower biz income taxes
Democrats urge governor to make public education a priority
New Obama Online Ad in Pa:
President Obama's major 2011 energy goals left unfinished
Corbett's call for spending freeze gains little traction
State plans to develop health
insurance exchange
State Party website
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PADems.com
Pitts Watch...
National
Headlines
Obama: American dream in peril, fast action needed
Obama rarely mentions health care in State of the Union
Fed Signals That a Full Recovery Is Years Away
Obama Speech Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness
Measure would change business as usual in Washington
A Tax Proposal Is Brought Out Again
President to Offer Way for Easing Home Debt
Obama Urges Tougher Laws on Financial Fraud
President Takes His Economic Message on the Road
Indiana House Passes a Bill on Union Fees
Marcellus Shale
Truth Squad: "Are there really
100 years worth of natural gas beneath the US?"
Drilling resumes in Allegheny
National Forest
New York fines a PA driller; PA
considers using acid mind drainage for fracking
DEP weighs using mine water for
fracking
Nine Republican Senators Speak
Out Against Impact Fee
Feds: less shale, but more
production
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about Marcellus Shale...
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kralph@lancasterdems.com
Say NO to privatizing state Liquor Stores
 by
Bill Saylor
There has been a recent rash of erroneous
letters advocating privatization of the State liquor stores. They have
been filled with fallacies. In a time of screaming conservatism, why
would you want to liberalize availability of alcohol to minors? State
store workers don’t sell to kids.
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