I’d like to respond to the accusations and comments made by Yvonne Morgan regarding Congressman Carney.
She cites as “evidence” that Mr. Marino is “ahead by as much as 15 points” a poll funded by and for Ayres, McHenry & Associates of Alexandria, Va. Ayres, co-founded by longtime GOP political operative Whit Ayres, did the poll for the American Action Forum, a nonprofit, conservative think tank co-founded earlier this year and headed by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the top economic adviser for Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
It should come as no great surprise that Republican-leaning pollsters will find (and sell) poll results that look good to their side.
Ms. Morgan also claimed that Carney voted for the “failed bailouts.” As a matter of fact, he voted against the Wall Street bailouts.
Three times.
Chris Carney is a moderate Democrat. I believe, along with many others, that he represents our district well.
He is one of us, and he shares our values. He has strong family values, he’s a military reservist, and he’s got the intelligence to realize that the last thing we need to do right now is allow the people who ran the economic bus into the ditch back into the driver’s seat.
Our current economic problems didn’t happen overnight, and they aren’t going to be fixed overnight, either.
Rick Thomas, chair
Union County Democratic Committee
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Pay for home care
On Dec. 15, President Barack Obama announced a proposed rule that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. This is an exciting development for home care workers across the country.
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Public investment
Public investment? Pennsylvania's funding of our local schools is a crying shame. Sure, times are tough, but the state managed to come up with $10 million for Bucknell University, a private school, to have a new bookstore in downtown Lewisburg. I'm still not sure how Bucknell wrangled that deal or why a private university is entitled to public funding.
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Ill-conceived measure
Ill-conceived plan. It is imperative that motorists drive safely and courteously when approaching bicyclists. The only problem with the new bicyclist law requiring motorists to allow four feet of distance between their cars and the bicyclists is that this will place the car in the opposing travel lane or require it to cross the yellow line in a no-passing zone.
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Heroic workers
I was astounded when I saw Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011's headline "Workers tackle robber over $603".
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Cell phone ban
Last week I was reading "Cell ban tough to enforce" in The Daily Item and it was very controversial.
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Worth $603?
The article on Dec. 20 in the edition of The Daily Item about the Dollar Tree robber caught my interest.
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Alarming ailment
In the Dec. 20, 2011 issue of The Daily Item, I read the article "Childhood disorder bolsters research."
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Public obligation
As part of her argument for home schooling, "Studying in Pajamas", Jan. 20, Joanna Wert dismisses public schools and "the majority of American workers" with a few condescending generalizations. She goes on to extol her own children's virtues and accomplishments, and then lists famous people whom she claims were home-schooled.
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