Chester County Democratic Committee

by email, 6/29/10 Rep. Joe Barton’s apology to BP for President Obama establishing a $20 billion pledge from the oil company to clean up its Gulf oil ooze should have been no surprise from someone who worked for Arco Oil Company before he entered Congress. However, did you know that Barton has had a hand [...]

From Senator Specter’s site. “Let’s sharpen our lines of questioning, colleagues.” Washington, D.C. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), a 30-year veteran of the Senate Judiciary Committee, took to the Senate floor yesterday to expose the imbalance of power between the three coequal branches of government. In advance of Monday’s confirmation hearings [...]

letter, Daily Local News, 5/31/10 I bet you’ve been thinking, just like me, what is the government doing about this catastrophic oil spill in the gulf? We’ve seen hours and hours of footage of BP’s attempts to control the spouting oil, but I haven’t seen a hardly a word about the government’s efforts to stop [...]

Daily Local News, June 23, 2010 By DAN KRISTIE, Staff Writer TREDYFFRIN – State Rep. Paul Drucker, D-157th, of Tredyffrin, announced on Monday that the state has granted $1 million for the construction of a 2.75-acre solar farm on the Paoli Rail Yard property. Building the solar farm is part of the ongoing, intergovernmental effort [...]

excerpt from Robert Reich’s blog post “My Father and Alan Greenspan,” 6/20/10. Reich was secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Greenspan was Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 under presidents Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. …Greenspan supported George W. Bush’s gigantic tax cut in 2001 (that went mostly to the [...]

email from the Trivedi Campaign, PA CD-06, 6/22/10 The fallout continues from Congressman Joe Barton’s outrageous apology to British Petroleum for efforts to hold them accountable for cleanup costs in the Gulf, yet Jim Gerlach, a staunch Barton ally, remains silent on Barton’s comments. Considering that Rep. Gerlach has taken $17,500 in campaign contributions from [...]

(email from Dan Onorato, Dem candidate for Governor, 6/21/10) As we begin the General Election campaign for Governor, Pennsylvania is facing deep economic and fiscal challenges and the Commonwealth’s citizens have lost confidence in state government’s ability to help solve these problems. It is more important than ever that Pennsylvanians have the opportunity to hear [...]

From: “Rich Sestak, Campaign Director” Subject: “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone” Date: Jun 18, 2010 10:55 AM Even after the BP catastrophe, Pat Toomey still wants to drill in the Great Lakes. Yesterday, Erie’s No.1 newscast reported on Pat Toomey’s visit there: “Toomey believes [...]

On behalf of Bob Graham, Adam Thomas and Sean McCarson, I want to thank you for your support this past Saturday. Over the last four years this party has demonstrated what can be accomplished when Democrats come together for a common purpose.  Let’s make “Democrats Coming Together” our theme for every race in every election. We will [...]

The CCDC reorganization meeting took place on June 12. After a spirited talk by PA Treasurer Rob McCord, the assembled committeepersons and proxies elected: Chair: Michele Vaughn Vice Chair: Bob Graham Secretary: Adam Thomas Treasurer: Sean McCarson Audit Committee new member: Andrea Lynch Building Committee new members: Mike Bedrick, Maxine Endy, JoAnn Kelton, Dave McLimans [...]