Entries Tagged as 'Sam Smith'

EVENING COFFEE: Somebody’s watching me

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Newsroom brew’s gettin’ me through the Monday.
 
Working on a story tonight about where in Lancaster County the federal stimulus money is going to flow, specifically about highways, roadways and bridges.
As a heads up, how about PennDOT-monitored cameras along Route 30 or Route 283 to watch traffic conditions?
The construction part of this story is where the Obama […]

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Tags: Vince Fumo · Evening Coffee · Bonusgate · Mario Civera · Stimulus Package · Sam Smith · Government Reform · Infrastructure · Bill DeWeese · Roads and Bridges

House leaders chosen today

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Just received word current Minority Republican Leader Sam Smith beat back a challenge by colleague and former House Speaker John Perzel to retain his leadership post. I’m not surprised especially given the allegations that Perzel may have hired an outside consultant to do opposition research against members of his own caucus; Perzel has denied this. Smith […]

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Tags: Sam Smith · Todd Eachus · John Perzel · Bill DeWeese · Mike Sturla · Pennsylvania Politics · State House

Next on ‘As the GOP Turns’

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Seriously … we may want to forget the drama inside the House Democrats over Majority Leader Bill DeWeese and focus instead on the soap opera that the House Republicans are turning into. You may remember last night I published a post about former House Speaker John Perzel allegedly hiring a political hit man to do […]

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Tags: John Perzel · Sam Smith · Bill DeWeese · Denny O'Brien · Republicans · State House