The governor rarely visits Pittsburgh when he doesn't talk to every third person about the arena. |
The governor still believes it's appropriate for the federal government to take action but inaction by the president forced us to seek a minimum wage increase. |
The governor understands that the contract allows Penguins owners to take the team to another city if that is their desire, and he is doing everything in his power to stop that from happening. |
The governor would maintain his position if the bill comes to him. |
The governor's comments speak for themselves. He came to Harrisburg to get things done, and through leadership, diplomacy and compromise, he has. A little frankness is always refreshing, I think. |
The governor's main focus with this legislation is that the greater good of the community is properly balanced with a property owner's rights. |
The overall funding is still less than half of what is needed to comply with (NCLB), leaving the burden on states and local taxpayers. |
There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they should be taxed the same way. Cellular providers have chosen to pass the tax to their consumers. They could have chosen to absorb all or some of the tax as a cost of doing business. |
They made good progress and the governor believes there is a general commitment by all four caucuses to work over the next two weeks to craft a compromise. |
This bill could disenfranchise thousands of voters, which is counter to the American election system. |
This is not unique, by any means. We don't believe that it's inappropriate, either, and at the end of the day he seems to be selectively choosing Judge Baldwin as a target for who knows what. |
This was not money taken away from roads and bridges, so that's not the truth. |
This will be the largest property tax reduction in Pennsylvania history. If there is appetite to reduce property taxes more, we can cross that bridge down the road. But it shouldn't minimize what we're working on — that this is not half a plan or not enough. This is going to be significant property tax relief. |
To say these projects are being cut for new projects is a misrepresentation of the process. The governor has zeroed out these pet projects and they become part of the budget negotiations. It's nothing new. The governor didn't cut them as a comment on the project. It's just the process. |
We don't believe it's enough. The governor wants to go farther. |