Chester County Democratic Committee

CeaseFirePA, 4/23/13 Last Thursday, in Bucks County, PA, a man with an active protective from abuse order against him killed his wife and shot a police officer with a rifle. How did this man get a gun? Currently, in Pennsylvania, you can buy rifles and other long guns in a private sale — that is [...]

letter, Daily Local News, 12/29/12 The World Meteorological Organization recently reported that an area of arctic ice bigger than the United States melted this year. This prompted WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud to state: “Climate change is taking place before our eyes …” This is just the latest in a stream of increasingly dire climate change [...]

Editorial, Daily News, December 19, 2012 IF YOU HAVE BEEN convicted of a crime in Pennsylvania and travel to another state to buy a gun, odds are your application will be denied. There’s a federal computer database called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS. State and local police, the ones who most [...]

by Mike McGann, Unionville Times, November 3, 2012 Is competency more important that ideology? I think so. …here’s who I’d vote for this Tuesday if they appeared on my ballot. State Representative… read his own choices at Unionville Times

excerpt for ChesCo from sourcewatch.org House of Representatives * Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-160), ALEC Committee on Election Reforms, Civil Justice Task Force Member * Rep. Tim Hennessey (R-26), paid ALEC membership dues in 2005 and 2007 with taxpayer money * Rep. Thomas H. Killion (R-168), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member * [...]

For the first time ever, the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans has compiled a voting record for our State Legislators.  While PARA has never made endorsements in State Legislative races, we decided that it was time to get information like this out so that seniors can hold Legislators accountable for their votes. PARA took a [...]

from West Chester VOTE, 10/9/12 This summer West Chester VOTE submitted candidate questionnaires to all WCASD House of Representative and Senate candidates running for re-election this year. It included questions on various public education issues. Of the 12 candidates to whom the questionnaire was sent, all but the following responded: Tom Killion, Duane Milne, Dominic [...]

by Amanda Holt, 6/7/12 On the eve of the Revised Final Plan public unveiling, we now turn our attention to the House plan — why it was egregious and what quick clues that will indicate whether or not this plan will abide by our constitution. We begin with reviewing just why the Pennsylvania Supreme Court [...]

[n.b. call your representative in Harrisburg on this one!] By Amy Worden, Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/24/12 HARRISBURG — Even as some Republicans try to steer policy initiatives toward bread-and-butter economic issues in advance of the November elections, a small band of GOP lawmakers in Harrisburg tacked rightward Wednesday, introducing a bill to defund Planned Parenthood in [...]

from DemocracyRisingPA HARRISBURG, Jan. 19 Public support for reforming state government, including support for a Constitution convention, is unequivocally strong both in general and in many specifics, according to the results of the first public opinion survey in PA devoted exclusively to questions of public integrity. Click here for the full poll results. “By huge [...]