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Where is the difference?; Gerald D. Moran; Beaver County Times; August 23, 2012.
A previous Moran letter was entitled “Do more for poor than pray for them.”
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“A recent Times’ editorial lamented the demise of local zoning authority with Act 13, which was promoted and signed by Gov. Corbett.”
[RWC] I didn’t see the editorial and the BCT doesn’t publish them on its website. (Note: The BCT quit publishing editorials – both in print an online – during September 2011 then restarted – in print only – sometime this summer using the title “Take 5.”) Regardless, the BCT’s history regarding local control is flip-flopping.
“The real people now have lost their rights to the corporation ‘people,’ who may drill and build wherever they will.
“For this, Gov. Corbett received more than $600,000 from oil and gas interests for his political campaign. Shell gets tax-free development.”
[RWC] American English is my first – and only – language so I think it’s safe to say Mr. Moran accuses Gov. Tom Corbett of quid pro quo activity regarding campaign contributions “from oil and gas interests.” Since at least 1998, only twice (2004 at 86% and 2006 at 87%) did less than 90% of labor union federal campaign contributions go to Democrat candidates. It was 93% in 2010. I’ll go out on a limb and guess a similar trend at the state level. Using Mr. Moran’s logic, this means Democrats are bought and paid for when it comes to pushing leftist ideology instead of being supported for their true principles.
“On the same page in Sunday’s paper, Lonzie Cox Jr. laments for the proactive leadership in race relations and the multi-public services brought about from imprisoned former state representative Mike Veon, jailed for using tax dollars for his campaign -- ironically prosecuted by then Attorney General Corbett.”
[RWC] Oh brother, another Mike Veon fan?
“Where is the difference? What is corruption?”
[RWC] Seriously?
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