As President of the Delaware County Young Democrats and a taxpayer, I Casey Roncaglione, am calling on Representative Mario Civera to repay Taxpayers for the money spent airing Public Service Announcements on his behalf. The total is $114,801. We also demand all other Legislators, Republican and Democrat, to do the same.
Mr. Civera (R-164 Upper Darby) stood on the House floor calling for restraint of new taxes in the Governor's budget. A good start to that restraint would be to reimburse the Taxpayer for Representative Civera's own lack of restraint, anything less would be hypocritical and make his budget statements just political posturing.
Dear Pennsylvanians,
To start the campaign to voice your displeasure over the spending of your taxes for Public Service Announcements to promote legislators re-elections we must force them to refund the money. The total expenditures are in the Millions. PSA's are little more than campaign commercials, paid for by taxpayers, and happen to run around election periods. The same information is available in many other places.
E-Mail Mario Civera who spent $114,801 at mcivera@pahousegop.com.
His office is (610) 853-4115.
This campaign is bipartisan and aimed at both Democrats and Republicans. Here are their web sites.
http://www.pasenategop.com
http://www.pahousegop.com
http://www.pasenate.com
http://www.pahouse.com
When Representative Civera took the late night pay raise in 2005, he reluctantly returned the money after public pressure forced him to face reality. We hope he will see the light with his PSA spending as he did with the pay raise, and return the money to the State.
Public Service announcements have been called nothing more than taxpayer funded election commercials. The information included in PSA's is available in many other places. This material is also provided free to citizens.
When the House voted to eliminate the PSA spending, Mr. Civera voted not to eliminate them, while his colleague Representative Greg Vitali voted yes to stop the waste.
If Mr. Civera is serious about reducing taxes then he should start at home and repay the $114,801 he spent on his Public Service Announcements.
PSA money spent by Mario J Civera
Months of 2005 Cable Spots and Radio Spots
May $13,090.00 Website
June $11,866.00 PHEAA
July $11,628.00 District Office
August $11,866.00 CHIP
September $11,866.00 Tutoring Pgm
November $11,628.00 Liheap
Total 2005 PSA Money Spent $71,944.00
Months of 2006 of Cable Spots and Radio Spots
January $11,866.00 PACE
February $10,251.00 Senior Pgms
July $10,370.00 Prop Tax-Rent Rebate
August $10,370.00 Veterans Event
Total 2006 PSA Money Spent $42,857.00
Total PSA Money Spent for Mario J Civera $114,801.00
Comments from posters to my site:
DELCO Republicans just don't get it
On May 22nd, 2007 Anonymous says:
Evans may have had a good idea and tried to give Civera some props, and Civera and his brethren took it as an opportunity to bash the governor. So much for a bipartisan spirit. Civera's attitude is typical of DELCO republicans and went a long way to killing any chance of bipartisanship.
Civera made an error
On May 22nd, 2007 Anonymous says:
If he would have just graciously accepted the proposal that Evans put out, he might have gotten his way. But, no, he is a jerk and his proposal gets defeated (102-96 according to Micek).
I don't think the GOP understands that bipartisan means that you have to play nicely for 10 minutes.
LV Dem
G.O.P. - Golden Opportunities Plummeted?
On May 22nd, 2007 thegentlemanfro... says:
As a conservative Republican myself, the Republican Party in this fine Commonwealth never ceases to amaze me. Day by day I become more and more convinced that my political brethren are infected by a self-destruction bug which appears to be incurable. Here we have Dwight Evans, a Democrat who, for whatever reason, was prepared to hand the GOP it's dream budget, and Civera takes that diamond and proceeds to flush it down the toilet with talking points and brazen ego. I heard an expression once that stuck with me: "You have two ears and one mouth. Use them in the proportion and you'll do just fine." Civera should've known to shut up and vote. Get the budget to Rendell on time and force his hand. Instead, he bought himself a few more lines in the paper. The Pennsylvania GOP is truly doomed.
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