Read this exchange with Rep Mark B Cohen who supports gerrymandering

It’s long but very educational. At least Rep Cohen has the discussion. However do you need to do more than look at Rep. Cohen’s district (202) below and think something is being manipulated? If not, why so tortured? There is only one reason the Republicans did this.  Despite all the rhetoric by Rep. Cohen the fact remains the districts [...]

How can all the sponsors of HB2420 be silent?

I am amazed that I’ve not seen any Representative writing in to any paper in support of HB2420 after Rep. Josephs pulled the vote. How can over 90 sponsors be so easily cowered by the PA leadership? This inaction just demonstrates more strongly how much power is in the use of gerrymandering. Please let all of [...]

One Senator’s fight that “failed”: SEN. ROBERT J. MELLOW

Senator Robert Mellow is trying to get fairness in Pennsylvania. Read his June 15th response to complaints he’s not getting it done.
Note that he’s one of the very few supporters of SB346 that has spoken up and he deserves credit.  Now that it was voted out of committee (as he says he was waiting for) [...]

Catch up with the Pocono Record, no wonder they are angry

Monroe County is represented by 6 PA State Senators, none of which live in the county. Incredible that we let this happen.  Below is a round up of all the good writing posted in June from the Pocono Record. Keep sending emails and leaving voice messages. I am convinced it does make a difference.
THis link [...]

Just found this chart, our representatives abuse our rights.

This is a statement by Dennis Baylor, Made on March 13, 2008.
The charts in this show that over the last 40 years, as the Legislature has learned to guarantee incumbency through gerrymandering, it has now split up 122 muncipalities. Previously it split only 77. This simple fact shows how wrong all the Representatives are on [...]

How stupid do Representatives think we are?

We’ve received responses from Representatives and they have so far all talked the party line, which is to defend the current gerrymandering. Below is an actual response from one Representative. I’ve not included his name because he didn’t “want his email to fill up”. I’ve added my comments because his claims are false. Read and get angry and remember [...]

Read Tim Potts Email from Monday – the clock may have run out.

This is from Tim Potts on June 23rd of Democracy Rising.
Time’s Up: Second-Worst and Going Down
Today is the last day that re-districting reform can happen without someone (probably legislative leaders) going to court. They will claim that any subsequent action is too late to meet advertising requirements for a Constitution amendment before November’s Election [...]

Letter to the Editor in Inquirer today

Let’s continue the Emails and Voice Mails to Josephs and Evans!
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080624_Letters_to_the_Editor.html
Kill the gerrymander
Chris Satullo’s column “Sliced, diced and gerrymandered” (Inquirer, June 21) is the fourth time in six weeks that he has discussed the political manipulation done by our pseudo-elected state representatives to ensure their jobs. Any citizen who has ever uttered a word of complaint [...]

Inquirer: Redistricting Debates

Redistricting debates in Pa.
 
See the article in the Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080623_Redistricting_debates_in_Pa_.html
By Angela Couloumbis and Mario F. Cattabiani
Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
 
HARRISBURG – After nearly losing to a political rookie in 2000, then-House Majority Leader John Perzel found a way to survive in elections to come: he had his Northeast Philadelphia district redrawn.
The result resembled a jigsaw puzzle scattered on [...]

Another Chris Satullo Article in the Inquirer on Gerrymandering

This is the fourth article in his series asking for reform however Rep. Josephs and the Pa legislative gang are stalling in hopes to keep their powers of control on the Representatives and Senators. Please continue to email Josephs and leave voice messages using contact info at the end of his article or that located on my [...]