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A Christian radio station based in southern Lancaster County has agreed to run advertisements critical of state Sen. Noah W. Wenger and his $31,000 pay raise beginning next week.
New Providence-based WDAC, which holds one of the largest market shares among Christian broadcasters in the country, will be the first local media outlet to run a controversial ad by Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania.
This should be interesting.
Other blogs with info: Herb Riede
I think this is/was Joe's blog, but it may not be.
Anyone know the process for calling a Constitutional Convention for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? I can't seem to find it in the State Constitution.
I have to admit, it's a little surprising that Current, the blog for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, actually has a publicly visible, although also publicly unofficial, take on the political furor about the state legislator pay raise.
That take, on the other hand, is not a surprise:
So a lot of people have asked me why I haven’t discussed the pay raise issue. Since “I don’t want to,” doesn’t seem to satisfy, let me try this…
Rule #1 of any communication/advocacy effort is to STAY ON MESSAGE. Our members are concerned about the economy and the Commonwealth’s competitiveness for jobs. So, to embroil ourselves in the public furor over the pay raise only distracts from the Chamber’s Agenda for Jobs.
Secondly, The Chamber has not heard an outcry from our membership over the pay raise. Rather, the outcry has been over the lack of movement on our Agenda for Jobs. Therefore, see above for Rule #1.
There's more. But the short answer is, We can't piss off the folks we are trying to lobby.
This position isn't any different from any other organization that lobbies the Pennsylvania General Assembly for advantages. There's no way that the grassroots efforts that are pushing on the General Assembly to rescind the pay raise can look for any useful participation from the "players" in Harrisburg.
