Fayette County Firemen's Past Presidents Banquet

Wow! You all should have been at the Firemen's Banquet on Sunday the 16th!

There were fireworks and their were duds!

Some of us were their to honor the dedication of a 100 year old man who has been a firemen for 79 years, Mr. Debolt!!!!!!

Others were there to get free face time with Ed Rendell (Mahoney and Kula).

Let's talk about the duds...Rendell came in late, a little over 30 minutes late and then rudely announced that he only had time to make a quick speech and eat, then he would have to leave.

So, he was announced to a standing ovation...oh, wait, a standing ovation of 8 people and those were the people who came into the banquet with him.

Most of the firemen did not stand or even clap. I think I heard some boos, too.

Of course, this is Steeler Country, so it is Swann Country, too.

Now, the fireworks...Bill DeWeese was sitting and eating with Tim Mahoney and Deberah Kula.

Well, Ron Gallo was trying to take pictures and DeWeese took offense to the fact that he might have been in one of the pictures while he was sitting and talking with Mahoney and Kula.

DeWeese was IRATE! I thought he was going to beat up Mr. Gallo. DeWeese called over the Fayette County Sheriff and every thing. It was crazy!

DeWeese wouldn't let it drop. He approached Mr. Gallo several times! I told Mr. Gallo that he better destroy those pictures and sleep with a gun at night or he might get knocked off or something.

Ok, for those that don't understand why a "strong and powerful" 30 year politician like DeWeese doesn't want his picture taken with Mahoney and Kula is because Mahoney and Kula are telling the voters that they have no ties to the Fayette Democrats, like Lebder and DeWeese.

Mahoney has said that he wouldn't support DeWeese and he supposedly didn't cash a campaign donation from DeWeese.

Kula has also stated that she has no ties to Fred Lebder or the old school Fayette politics, even though she has accepted $8000 from the Heinz-Kerry family whom doesn't even live in the 52nd District.

Supposedly, Mahoney and Kula want the voters to think that they are trying to clean up politics by bringing changes to Harrisburg, by being "free thinkers", but how can you be a free thinker when a man who has ran Fayette Politics for almost 70 years handpicked you to be the Democratic candidate before the Primary election?

Someone needs to come clean to the voters.

There will be at least 2 debates in the near future.

Then the people will see, which candidate is truly For The People!

Vote Earnesty!

The Working Man for the Working Family!

Until Next Time...Have a Great Day!!!

What Happened In Mt. Pleasant?

Well, it has been a little over a week since I visited the good folks of Mt. Pleasant, but I have been busy making phone calls and knocking on doors, so I think the good people of the 52nd District will let me slide on not updating my blog as much as I should.

I met with a group of about 100 voters at the Mt. Pleasant Sr. Citizen's Center and it was great.

I spoke to them about my background and how I would cut their property taxes, cut income taxes, cut business taxes, bring good jobs to the area, support their firemen without tax dollars, and make all state government records open to the public.

Oh, and I explained to them that I am the ONLY candidate in the 52nd District who has stated that I will not accept a free car or gas from the tax payers, if I am elected.

I ended my meeting by taking questions, because the ladies and gentlemen said that the other candidate wouldn't answer questions, so I took the time to answer their questions.

Oh, and I also explained to them how my opponent was handpicked by the Fayette County Democrat Party Chairmen, who demanded that all of the committee people would support her even before petition time.

The Westmoreland citizens didn't seem too happy about having another Fayette politician shoved down their throats.

They seemed very happy about voting for one of their own local high school graduates for State Representative...ME!

All in all, it was a very nice visit. They invited me to eat lunch with them, but I explained that I was visiting them during my lunch hour and that I had to get back to work, because I don't have the luxury of being an unemployed politician like my opponent.

They understood shook my hand and wished me the best of luck and then ate lunch and spoke with my parents after I left.

And I went back to work resetting Bradley Fighting Vehicles and helping to protect our soldiers.

Until Next Time...Have a Great Day!!!

Campaign Visit in Mt. Pleasant

I know it's been a while since I last posted, but I have been very busy at work helping protect our soldiers.

I will be in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday July 13, 2006 at approximately 11:30. I won't be boring the greatest generation with any speeches or insulting their intelligence by telling them that our taxes are too high like the other candidate did a few weeks ago. We already know that our taxes are too high. We need a state representative with solutions to fix our high tax problems.

I will speak for 5 or 10 minutes, then I will take questions from the people in attendance. I was told that the other candidate wouldn't take any questions, which upset the people who attended that day.

I have no problem talking to all of our fine citizens and answering their questions, because I answer all questions truthfully and from my heart, because I am not a politician so I don't answer the same question 4 or 5 different ways trying to make everyone happy. I answer questions truthfully.

We truly need to elect a state representative who will represent the people of the 52nd District and not the rich people of Pittsburgh and Washington, DC who are sending big money into this legislative race.

I will be the State Representative for the people and if you don't live in the 52nd district, then you don't get to tell me how to represent the people of the 52nd district and I surely won't allow you to bribe me with campaign contributions like the rich people of Pittsburgh and Washington, DC are trying to do with my opponent.

I hope to meet all of the fine people in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday.

You may have to sign up, so if you have any questions, please call the Mt. Pleasant Senior Citizen's Center Director, Irene Zubach (I apologize, if I spelled it incorrectly) at 724-547-4593.

Until Next Time...Have a Great Day!!!

Happy Birthday America!!!

Another fantastic Fourth of July holiday.

My family and I attended the fireworks show in Connellsville as we do every year and they were AWESOME!

My son bought a hotdog (no bun, of course) from the Chamber of Commerce tent, which was cool, because that gave me an opportunity to toss $20 in the "Fireworks Donations" jar.

We then found a spot by the southwest corner of the firehall and watched the best fireworks display that we have seen in a long time. Keystone just keeps out doing themselves every year.

They had a great mini grand finale, we thought maybe someone lit the wrong batch, but overall it was just so great!

My children cheered very loud during the entire show and I confess that I ended up campaigning a little bit.

It is becoming more difficult to go out with my children without being recognized and getting into conversations with all the great residents of the 52nd District.

I enjoy meeting each and everyone of you and don't worry about coming up to me and starting a conversation, because I have no problem taking the time to discuss any issue that is on your mind.

That is what being a public servant is all about and that is why you deserve to have a state representative that WILL represent you, instead of themselves.

God bless you all and of course, God bless America!

Until Next Time...Have A Great Day!!!