Description of office: The General Assembly is the legislative branch of government in Pennsylvania. It is composed of two houses: the Senate is the upper house, and the House of Representatives is the lower house. A majority vote in both houses is necessary to pass a law. The PA House of Representatives consists of 203 members representing one district each, with an equal number of constituents. Representatives must be at least 21 years old, have been a citizen and a resident of the state four years and a resident of their respective districts one year before their election, and shall reside in their respective districts during their terms of service. The House develops budget packages, makes taxation decisions, allocates spending, and passes laws (including redistricting in collaboration with the Senate). The House also has the exclusive authority to impeach public officials. Representatives also serve on various policy committees that may propose legislation.Term: 2 yearsSalary: $113,591Vote for ONE.
County
Montgomery
Occupation
Senior Executive
Education
PhD, George Washington Univ; MA US Naval War College; MA, Wright State Univ; BS, US Air Force Academy
Qualifications
Col, USAF (ret); Vice President, Accenture; Assistant Professor
People want a better world generally. Opportunity, deep breaths of clean air, safety in schools or shopping centers, spending time with people we care about. The political input is affordability, great schools, healthcare... so much more. The key ingredient for a candidate is integrity, earning trust, diligence...
This is a highly political question that presumes Pennsylvania's elections are seriously flawed. They're not. Pennsylvania's elections are secure, well-managed. We've audited even the ones President Trump complains about. Our numbers add up; our poll workers are excellent, trustworthy.
Can we do more? Yes. We should fund county election services so they can be fully staffed, so all counties can keep their equipment current. We can make processes easier and timelines more sensible.
My bill, HB499 would provide clarification for mail-in ballot procedures and establish timelines recommended by Pennsylvania's Joint State Government Commission. And my
HB497 would eliminate foreign influence on our elections by tightening funding controls.
Forgive me for this: I'm answering a different question and I apologize up front. Pennsylvania is run like a very poor state. But we're not. We don't have the revenue to make our budgets work fluently. But we do have the resources and the capability to create that revenue. We don't tax oil and gas development (Texas, Wyoming, West Virginia do). We allow multi-regional and international companies to move their revenue outside of PA (see Delaware loophole). And we have a "uniformity clause" in our state constitution that allows very wealthy individuals to pay a lot less than they should. We need to budget for schools, for better roads, for transit, for parks and so much more. It's hard to do that when we voluntarily restrict ourselves.
#1. The state legislature absolutely must establish guardrails around the power, water, and land use for data centers. This isn't confusing. Local municipalities can't manage regional or upstream/downstream effects. But local municipalities do control zoning and permitting processes. Each level of our government structure has a role to play to ensure our residents are protected from largescale changes in energy and resource markets. And each level of government has a role to play in establishing the best economic opportunities for our communities. My role at the state level is both policy and legislation. I have written strong bills to regulate data center development. I have argued at FERC meetings in DC to make PJM respond to rate-payers.
County
Montgomery
Occupation
Self employed general contractor
Education
business degree
Qualifications
I was a board member, are an executive board member many a few profits in my area, Baseball leagues, basketball leagues, as well as the local church. I have been running my own construction company for over 40 years, commercial and residential development. I have been coaching baseball for about 2
Guidance and education, for seniors, and anyone else not comfortable with the internet and smart phones. Public transportation is spread thin, Our local emergency responders seem to get forgotten in the annual state budget. We have a major highway Rt422 running through, it's been under construction for the last 15 years. We have a few historical buildings they are just letting rot into the ground.
If you go back to the original election laws, You could only vote if you were there in person. Then during the civil, war they added mail in ballots for everyone going away to war. I feel that mail in ballots need to be applied for 100% of the time,, Each application gets assigned a voter ID number ( associated with the voter ), when the ballot goes out, it has the same voter ID number on it. This way when you scan the mail in ballot, and it does not have an application married to it, the ballot is void. its 2026. I'm still confused why we use paper ballots.
I read our state budget. This year over 14 billion to Philadelphia and over 12 billion to Harrisburg. That's out of 53 billion. They send way too much of the states' budget to cities that don't have a tax base to support their infrastructure. So the rest of the state get peanuts when the budget comes out.
I came up with a list of regulations for data centers.
1. 800 foot set backs.
2. Closed loop cooling systems.
3. 75% Roof coverage of solar panels.
4. Mandatory shut downs during major holidays
5. Charge a tax on bit coin miners. 2.5% on every bit coin.
6. Hight of the buildings not to exceed 30 feet in height.
