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STEPHEN BLOOMRepublican for

State RepresentativePA 199th District

DEDICATED LEADERSHIPI’ve been dedicated to serving the people of the 199th District as a lawyer and community leader since my wife and I made our home here as new-lyweds 25 years ago. We’ve been blessed and I’ve always worked hard to give back. Now, facing reckless career politicians spiraling out of control at every level, I’m convinced that responsible citizens like you and I need to stand up and take back our govern-ment, before we lose our basic freedoms forever.

- Stephen Bloom

Cut governmentCut taxesGrow freedomGrow jobs

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Committee MembersJames Prescott III - Honorary Co-ChairEarl Keller - Honorary Co-ChairBrad Morgan - ChairJoel Flinchbaugh, CPA - TreasurerJeff BarnesGeorge & Shari BellishSharon BloomDennis BrandtRodger DiehlDennis & Sheri DowneyPete & Fran EinsteinDennis GarmanTony GasullBill & Melinda HenchJames Hughes

Roger IrwinTodd & Patty JenningsWilliam & Laura Lee KauffmanDonald H. & Marjorie M. MoweryNed KerstetterRobert KilmerMarcus McKnightBrad MentzerH. David MillerKaren NoelWilliam & Linda PippJane Keller RosboroughBlaine & Pat ShattoJoyce & John J. Wardle Jr.Evan Pittsley & Derek Petrella - Managers

By Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

Two years ago, incumbent Rep. Mark Keller claimed nearly 80 percent of the vote in the Republican primary en route to winning his third term as state representative for the 86th Legislative Dis-trict seat.

His opponent in that race, Michael Lapp of Oliver Township, is hoping for a better result in 2010.

A retired Army veteran, Lapp is back on the ballot for the May 18 primary.

And much like 2008, no Democrats filed to run for the 86th district seat.

86th Legislative District

Rematch set for 86th district

incumbent Rep. mark keller will once again face michael lapp in the Republican primary for the 86th legislative District, which includes perry county and the Franklin county townships of Fannett, metal and St. thomas, as well as parts of Hamilton and peters.

keller defeated lapp in the 2008 primary.

• term: 2 years• salary: currently

$78,314.66 for elected state House and Senate members.

In Focus

age: 56address: 6441 Waggoners Gap Road, Spring townshipEducation: missouri Auction School; attended classes at pennsylvania State university.occupation: state representative; auctioneer/farmerFamily: Wife, Sally keller; son, bryan kellercommunity organizations: mt. Zion lutheran church; Adams lodge 319, new bloomfield; perry county Farm bureau; landisburg Fire and Ambulance; nRA; Scottish Rite, Harrisburg; Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg; boy Scout council; sportsmen’s clubsExperience in politics: current committee assignments: Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; minority vice chair, Game and Fisheries committee; minority chair of townships and local Government committee; transportation; House Republican policy committee’s infrastructure task Force; deputy whip; perry county representative to Harrisburg Area transit Study since 1996, chairman of coordinating committee since 2004; perry county commissioner from 1996-2005; president of the county commissioners Association of pennsylvania in 2004; Spring township board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1996; Spring township auditor from 1979 to 1985.• What is the most pressing issue in the 86th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax relief. throughout my tenure, i have sponsored and supported legislation that would overhaul the property tax system; it is a priority for our entire commonwealth.• Would you support a constitutional convention? Yes, as long as the issues are predetermined before the convention begins.• should Pennsylvania have more toll roads? no. the infrastructures of our highway systems have already been paid for by tax dollars. i don’t believe in double charging citizens. We need to start looking at differ-ent alternatives for funding rather than looking only in the pockets of pennsylvanians.• should sales tax be broadened? no. i believe the citizens of the com-monwealth are paying enough taxes already. it is time for our government and its agencies to reduce spending and clean up the widespread misman-aged spending of tax dollars.

Mark K. Keller

My vote this tuesday, May 18!

age: 48address: 573 Wolf St., oliver townshipEducation: Associate’s in applied science and business administration from columbia Southern university; bachelor’s in business administration from central penn collegeoccupation: u.S. Army (retired)Family: Wife, trish lapp; children, David, 21, Andrew, 20, katie, 16community organizations: perry county Day camp director; turkey trot steering committee; newport VFW chaplain; American legion; meals-Wheels; newport Graveyard Restoration team; elder/councilmember of the newport First church of God.Experience in politics: not a politician• What is the most pressing issue in the 86th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? eliminate real estate tax, elimi-nate assessments, retain farmland.• Would you support a constitutional convention? Yes. the system is simply broke. change needs to occur before anything truly works. the people do not run this state. Who runs this state are a few “career” lawmakers who know how to take advantage of the current system. A con-stitutional convention would bring needed reforms. lobbyist monies, the current marriage law, campaign finance and the out-of-control tax system are a few issues that need immediate repair. • should Pennsylvania have more toll roads? not if the following data is true. it will cost $60 million per booth to initiate the program on i-80. About every 30 miles there will be a booth. Does this put us ahead or behind?• should sales tax be broadened? Sales tax should be lowered to 4 per-cent and include all items except home residential and business power (i.e. heating oil). For example, if you want to buy a pair of $100 jeans then pay the 4 cents on the dollar. ... i’ll stick to $15 jeans.

Michael J. LappMy vote this

tuesday, May 18!VotE tuEsDay, May 18

Pennsylvania

Dems fear losing four-decade grip on seatBy GEnaRo c. aRMasASSociAteD pReSS WRiteR

JOHNSTOWN — In what was the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha’s western Pennsylvania district — reachable through John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Air-port or John P. Murtha Highway — Democrats watch nervously, hoping his former top aide can hold on to the House seat.

Mark Critz, who worked for Murtha for more than a decade in Pennsylvania, including the past three as district director, is in a fierce fight with Republican busi-nessman Tim Burns in the May 18 special election. The national GOP has spent hundreds of thou-sands of dollars to push Burns’ candidacy, sensing a legitimate shot of capturing the seat held for 36 years by Murtha, an ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

A loss would unnerve Demo-crats, who face the backlash against the party in power typical for a midterm election year, and depress the outlook for the party’s other candidates in Pennsylvania, which Barack Obama won easily in 2008.

Democrats hold a roughly 2-to-1 registration edge in the socially conservative, blue-collar district marked by old steel mills, coal mines — and projects named for Murtha, who was the powerful chairman of the House Appro-priations defense subcommittee. He died in February at age 77 from complications of gallbladder sur-gery.

oppositionGrowing opposition to Obama

and the Democrats, tea party-driven discontent and unhappi-ness with the president’s health care law give Republicans hope that the 42-year-old Burns, who lives in Eighty Four, can win.

“This year, we have mobilized millions of people from all over the country, and they are ready to take back this country. It’s going to start right here, right now in this district on May 18,” Burns said

at a recent fundraiser in Latrobe featuring former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

At a recent Pittsburgh fundraiser for Critz, Vice President Joe Biden said: “This guy’s the real deal.”

Critz, 48, of Johnstown, says he’s “pro-life, pro-gun” and de-termined to help a district hard-hit by job losses — policy positions that mirror Murtha’s.

Burns calls for lower taxes and repeal of the health care law. Critz highlights his experience helping his former boss bring more eco-nomic development to the region as his own strength.

The two candidates sparred over taxes and who would be less be-holden to Washington at Wednes-day night’s debate.

“You keep talking about Wash-ington, D.C. I’m worried about Washington, Pa.,” Critz said.

“Do you want someone who has grown up in government or some-one who has grown up in the real world?” asked Burns.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent more than $641,000, according to Federal Election Commission re-cords. Along with pro-Critz ads, the committee has run ads accus-

ing Burns of selling a company to a corporation that “used a tax loophole which encourages send-ing American jobs overseas” and supporting a 23 percent “national sales tax.”

Big spendingThe National Republican Cam-

paign Committee has spent roughly $728,000 — all oppos-ing Critz, FEC records show. Their ads link Critz to Pelosi and what is said to be a liberal agenda in Washington.

One Republican ad, with-out mentioning Murtha’s name, questioned Critz’s ethics, saying he was investigated as a staffer in a House probe.

Critz called the spot mislead-ing and he defended Murtha. Critz responded in an ad that said the Republican commercial has “gone way too far when you attack someone who is no longer here to defend himself.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has also spent $100,000 on behalf of Burns.

“This has grown much more than (just) local politics,” Critz said recently at an appearance be-fore a Democratic women’s group in Johnstown. “But really, it’s about local politics, it’s about the economy, it’s about jobs.”

Recent federal campaign fi-nance reports showed Burns with $387,000 on hand at the end of March; he had lent himself $225,000. Critz had $330,000 on hand and no loans.

Anchored in Pennsylvania’s southwestern corner, the district snakes out haphazardly to the east and north, reaching out to Wash-ington and Latrobe. The district’s eastern hub is the Murtha strong-hold of Johnstown. It has a signif-icant number of older voters and remnants of a labor constituency.

Evelyn Mrsnik, 65, of John-stown, said her concern is job

growth.Critz “gave me a lot of peace of

mind that these companies are going to be able to stay here, and they are going to be self-suffi-cient, and I’m sure he’s going to bring in more jobs, too,” Mrsnik said after Critz spoke to the dozen or so members of the East Hills Federated Democratic Women’s Club.

The district can be difficult to predict. Democrat John Kerry won it in the 2004 presidential elec-tion and Republican John Mc-Cain claimed it in 2008. Critz and Burns likely will get to do it again in November as they are seeking party nominations on May 18.

“I think this will be one of the races where the people of west-ern Pennsylvania show the folks what they really think of what’s going on in Washington,” Brian O’Connor, 44, an insurance exec-utive from Latrobe, said at a Burns fundraiser.

Associated press

Mark Critz, a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania’s 12th congres-sional district, talks with campaign worker at his campaign headquarters in Johnstown. Critz is running for the congressional seat vacated by the death of Congressman John Murtha.

“this year, we have mobilized

millions of people from all over the country, and they are ready to take

back this country. It’s going to start right here, right

now in this district on May 18.”

tiM burnsRepublicAn, 12tH DiStRict

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This year’s primary election has a headliner — that’s for sure.

With state Rep. Will Gabig’s announced retire-ment, seven Republi-cans lined up to replace him as the 199th state House representative. All men, the contend-ers have echoed similar themes of reform dur-ing the campaign.

The GOP winner is expected to face Carlisle Area School District board member Fred Baldwin in the general election. Baldwin is the lone Democratic candidate on the ballot.

While the crowded 199th district race is getting all the attention, it is not the only competitive con-test on the May 18 ballot.

Congressman Todd Platts, R-19, has an intrapar-ty challenger in York businessman Mike Smeltzer. So do state House members Sheryl Delozier, R-88, and Mark Keller, R-86. They are being challenged by Margie Stuski and Michael Lapp, respectively.

INSIDE THIS VOTER’S GUIDE• rematch set for 86th Legislative

District race — E2

• Delozier and stuski to meet in primary race for 88th — E4

• York businessman challenges Platts in the 19th — E5

• several unopposed races in 2010 state primary — E6

• 12 republicans, 4 Democrats make bids for state committee seats — E7

• seven compete for GOP nomination in 199th Legislative District — E8-12

• Cumberland County polling locations for the primary race — E13-14


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Rob KauffmanSTATE REPRESENTATIVE

89TH DISTRICT

Sheryl DelozierSTATE REPRESENTATIVE

88TH DISTRICT

Jim CawleyLT. GOVERNOR

Pat ToomeyU.S. SENATE

Tom CorbettGOVERNOR

Glen GrellSTATE REPRESENTATIVE

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MECHANICSBURG PRECINCTS (Continued)

• Mechanicsburg 2-2: Wesley United Methodist Church, 201 S. Filbert St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 3: First Church of God Community Center, 201 E. Green St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 4: Mechan-icsburg Municipal Center, 36 W. Allen St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 5: Citizen’s Fire and Rescue #2, 208 S. York St., Mechanicsburg.

MIDDLESEX AND MONROE PRECINCTS

• Middlesex 1: Middlesex Twp Bldg., 350 N Middlesex Road, Carlisle

• Middlesex 2: Hickorytown United Methodist Church, 1677 Trindle Road, Carlisle.

• Monroe 1: Monroe Municipal Bldg., 1220 Boiling Springs Road, Mechanicsburg

• Monroe 2: Monroe Fire Co., 1225 Peffer Road, Mechanicsburg.

MT. HOLLY SPRINGS AND NEW CUMBERLAND

PRECINCTS• Mt. Holly Springs: Citizens

Fire Co., 100 Chestnut St., Mt. Holly Springs

• New Cumberland 1-1: New Cumberland Fire Co., 319 4th St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-1: New Cumberland River Rescue, 12th and Market St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-2: St. Theresa Parish, 1300 Bridge St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-3: New Cumberland Library Foundation Hall, 498 9th St., New Cumber-land.

NEWBURG AND NEWVILLE PRECINCTS

• Newburg: Hopewell Fire Dept., 106 N. High St., Newburg

• Newville North and South: Friendship Fire Co. #1, 15 E. Big Spring Ave., Newville

NORTH MIDDLETON AND NORTH NEWTON PRECINCTS

• North Middleton 1: North Middleton Fire Co. #2, 2061 Spring Road, Carlisle

• North Middleton 2: Calvary Road Church of God, 910 Calvary

Road, Carlisle• North Middleton 3: North

Middleton Fire Co. #1, 310 North Middleton Road, Carlisle

• North Newton: Township Community Bldg., 433 Oakville Road, Newville

PENN AND SHIPPENSBURG PRECINCTS

• Penn: Twp Volunteer Fire Company, 1750 P ine Road, Newville

• Shippensburg East: Oasis of Love Church, 303 S. Washington St., Shippensburg

• Shippensburg Middle: Ship-pensburg First Church of God An-nex, 5 N Prince St., Shippensburg

• Shippensburg Township: Shippensburg Township building, 83 Walnut Bottom Rd., Shippens-burg

SHIREMANSTOWN AND SILVER SPRING PRECINCTS

• Shiremanstown: Boro Hall, 1 Park Lane, Shiremanstown

• Silver Spring 1: North Cum-berland Perry Vo Tech, 110 Old

Willow Mill Road, Mechanicsburg• Silver Spring 1: South, Sil-

ver Spring Twp Social Hall, 6471 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg

• Silver Spring 2: New Kings-town Fire Co., 277 N. Locust Pt. Road, New Kingstown

SOUTH MIDDLETON AND SOUTH NEWTON PRECINCTS

• South Middleton 1: Carlisle First Church of the Brethren, 1340 Forge Road, Carlisle

• South Middleton 2: South Middleton Fire Co., 405 Forge Road, Boiling Springs

• South Middleton 3: Mt. Vic-tory UM Church Fellowship Hall, 1 Victory Church Road, Gardners

• South Middleton Upper: St. Patrick Church, 85 Marsh Dr., Carlisle

• South Newton: Fire Co., 16 Firehouse Road, Walnut Bottom.

SOUTHAMPTON AND UPPER ALLEN PRECINCTS• Southampton Lower: South-

ampton Twp Bldg., 200 Airport Road, Shippensburg

• Southampton Upper 1: Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, 125 Middle Spring Road, Shippens-burg

• Southampton Upper 2: South-ampton Twp Multi-Purpose Cen-ter, 56 Cleversburg Road, Ship-pensburg

• Upper Allen 1: Daybreak Church, 321 Gettysburg Pike, Me-chanicsburg

• Upper Allen 2: Grantham Brethren in Christ Church, 421 Grantham Road, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 3: Shepardstown United Methodist Church, 1934 South York Street, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 4: St. Peter’s Lu-theran Church, 130 Nittany Drive, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 5: Bowmansdale Church of God, 1010 East Lisburn Road, Bowmansdale

• Upper Allen 6: Crossroads Community Church, 1425 South Market St., Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 7: Messiah Vil-lage, 100 Mt Allen Drive, Mechan-icsburg

• Upper Allen 8: Upper Allen Municipal Building, 100 Gettys-

burg Pike, Mechanicsburg• Upper Allen 9: Immanuel Al-

liance Church, 800 South Market St., Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 10: Temple Beth Shalom, 913 Allendale Road, Me-chanicsburg.

UPPER FRANKFORD AND UPPER MIFFLIN PRECINCTS

• Upper Frankford Fire Co., 4080 Enola Road, Newville; Up-per Mifflin Township Bldg., 455 Whiskey Run Road, Newville

WEST PENNSBORO AND WORMLEYSBURG

PRECINCTS• West Penn Lower: West Penn

Vol Fire Co., 20 Park Road, Plain-field

• West Penn Upper: Newville Assembly of God, 403 Oak Flat Road, Newville

• Wormleysburg 1: Knisely Hall, S. 2nd St. and Market St., Worm-leysbug

• Wormleysburg 2: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 1000 Yverdon Dr., Camp Hill

Sentinel file photo

Abby Beam, left, and Nicholas Minnich make their way into Carlisle’s St. John’s Episocal Church to cast their vote last year.



Delozier and Stuski to meet in primaryBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

After 20 years of serving the 88th Legislative Dis-trict, Jerry Nailor retired from office in 2008.

With no incumbent run-ning, that election gener-ated a lot of buzz as Repub-lican Sheryl Delozier of New Cumberland eventually emerged from a seven-way primary and then squared off against Wormleysburg Democrat Margie Stuski in the general election.

Delozier defeated Stuski 20,575 to 11,724 to claim the seat and her first public of-fice.

Stuski, who ran unsuc-cessfully for the seat in 2006, is giving it a third try in 2010.

Unlike two years ago, she will face Delozier in the pri-mary as a Republican, hav-ing switched parties.

incumbent Rep. Sheryl Delozier will once again face margie Stuski in the race for the 88th legislative District seat. in 2008, they met in the general election. Stuski, a Democrat then, has sinced changed parties and will run as a Republican against Delozier in the primary.

the 88th legislative District includes upper Allen, lower Allen and monroe townships, as well as lemoyne, mechanicsburg, new cumberland, Shiremanstown and part of Wormleysburg.



In Focus

Sheryl M. Delozier

My vote tuesday, May 18!

Margie StuskiMy vote

tuesday, May 18!

age: 42address: p.o. box 66, lower Allen townshipEducation: bachelor’s degree in political science from university of Delaware; open university of the netherlands to study international business in european markets; master’s degree in management in business administration from pennsylvania State universityoccupation: State representativeFamily: Husband, son and daughtercommunity organizations: Volunteer for the Area m Special olympics, as well as the YWcA of Greater Harrisburg; Highland elementary parent teacher organization; Sunday school teacher at St. Stephen episcopal cathedral; honorary board member on the keystone Area council boy Scouts of America board of Directors; and messiah college presidents’ leadership council.Experience in politics: prior to being elected as the state representative for the 88th legislative district, i had never been on the ballot. i have been very active in local and statewide politics as a member of the Republican Women in Government, new cumberland and camp Hill Republican Women and serve as a Republican county committee member for lower Allen township precinct 5 in cumberland county. i have been employed by statewide Republican campaigns for two governor races, a u.S. Senate race, an auditor general race and a presidential race.• What is the most pressing issue in the 88th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? beyond a shadow of a doubt the rising costs in all our household budgets. At a time when our electricity rates increased by 30 percent, gas prices continue to escalate and our economy is still lagging behind, it is amazing that the governor has continued to increase the commonwealth’s spending at an unsustainable clip. While our families continue to make adjustments to their personal budgets, we in Harrisburg should be doing the same thing. i have consistently opposed increased spending at this time and i am absolutely opposed to the governor’s “tax more and spend more” plan that he announced this February. • An application for a resort casino in Cumberland County has been filed by a group of investors. What is your position on gaming in this county and its potential local impact? i voted against the expansion of gaming when it came up for a vote in the House and see no reason to change my mind on it now. besides the already significant social issues that arise from enhanced gaming in a community, that area of cumberland county cannot, at this time, sustain another burden on local infrastructure. i’m sure there will be a vigorous debate on the application and i know there will be a significant study of the long-term impacts of the issue.• You face a familiar opponent in the primary. How does this year’s race compare and differ (obviously your opponent switched political parties), and what do you think will be the deciding factor in the nomination? this primary will be different since i am not facing a Republican. my opponent is an attorney who has spent her career as a Democratic candidate, but switched to a Republican this january. i believe the deciding factor will be leading by example and having a record of standing up for those in the 88th district. i’m very willing to stand up for the constituents in the 88th District by continuing to fight against the expansive Rendell state budget, by fighting to control state spending and by leading by example. i do not take any state per diems, i don’t take state-paid-for health benefits, i returned the cost of living salary increase and i do not take a state vehicle. my hope is the voters in the 88th District will continue to support me because they know i am fighting outrageous spending and abuse of their money in Harrisburg and continue to put the taxpayer first.

age: 51address: 908 Walnut St., WormleysburgEducation: bachelor’s in political science from the university of pennsylvania; juris doctorate from temple university School of lawoccupation: AttorneyFamily: Single, three rescue old english Sheepdogscommunity organizations: American legion Auxiliary member, mechanicsburg; secretary, Wormleysburg parks and Recreation board; Wormleysburg Riverfront committee; Gateway Historical SocietyExperience in politics: candidate for district attorney; candidate for state representative; committeewoman• What is the most pressing issue in the 88thth Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax reform, fol-lowed by addressing electric rates and corruption in government.i would be relentless in seeking support for immediately increasing rent rebate/property tax refunds for senior citizens so they could stay in their homes. With the increase in electric bills and other increases in consumer’s expenses, we need to act now to lower property taxes. this could be done by cutting the unfunded mandates from the state and i would introduce a bill to do that. no mandate could come from the state unless it was 100 percent funded by the state.• An application for a resort casino in Cumberland County has been filed by a group of investors. What is your position on gam-ing in this county and its potential local impact? i am opposed to this application. the specific intention of the gaming law was to allow gaming at resorts and/or race tracks. the location selected is neither.• You face a familiar opponent in the primary. How does this year’s race compare and differ, and what do you think will be the deciding factor in the nomination? (Why did you switch political parties?) this year, the choice is in the primary between the other candidate and me. Whoever wins this election, wins the seat. So it will depend on which Republicans come out and vote in the primary. i think the big difference is that i bring real-life experience to the job and my opponent has done little in one year. i have written more bills as a legislative staffer than the two bills she has introduced. my choice to be a Republican is to send a clear message that there needs to be a strong experienced fighter for lower property taxes, less government waste and more support for small businesses to create economic development now in my district. i can work in a bipartisan manner to get results. i am not owned by special interests, i will serve the people who elect me.

CAMP HILL PRECINCT• Camp Hill 1: Fredricksen Li-

brary, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill• Camp Hill 2: Camp Hill Bor-

ough Bldg., 2145 Walnut St.• Camp Hill: Camp Hill 3,

Schaeffer Elementary School, 2900 Walnut St., Camp Hill

• Camp Hill 4: Fred and Mae Fiala Memorial Community Bldg., S. 21st St. & Dickinson Ave., Camp Hill

• Camp Hill 5: Camp Hill High School Band Room, 24th St. & Chesnut St., Camp Hill.

CARLISLE PRECINCT• Carlisle 1-1: St. John’s Epis-

copal Church, 1 N. Hanover St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 1-2: Carlisle Alliance Church, 237 E. North St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 2: Carlisle Band Hall, 35 E. South St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-1: Grace United Methodist Church, 45 S. West St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-2: Forest Park Health Center, 700 Walnut Bottom Rd., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-3: Carlisle Baptist Church, 701 Walnut Bottom Rd., Carlisle

• Carlisle 4-1: 1 W. Penn Com-munity Rm., 1 W. Penn St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 4-2: Grace Baptist Church, 777 W. North St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 5: Carlisle Community Center, 415 Franklin St., Carlisle.

COOKE AND DICKINSON PRECINCTS

• Cooke Township: Bldg., 1700 Centerville Rd., Newville

• Dickinson North: Dickinson Township Municipal Bldg., 219 Mountain View Rd., Mt. Holly Springs

• Dickinson South: Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 4200 Carlisle Rd., Gardners.

EAST PENNSBORO PRECINCT

• East Pennsboro 1: Oyster Mill Playhouse, 1001 Oyster Mill Rd.,

Camp Hill• East Pennsboro 2: W. Enola

Fire Company, 118 Chester Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 3: West Creek Hills Elementary, 400 Erford Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 4: W. Enola Fire Company, 118 Chester Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 5: Midway Fire Company, 17 E. Manor Ave., Enola

• East Pennsboro 6: Goodwill Fire Company #1, 400 Third St., Enola

• East Pennsboro 7: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 225 Salt Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 8: East Penn Elementary, 840 Panther Pkwy., Enola

• East Pennsboro 9: Marcy C. Schaner Senior Center, 98 S. Eno-la Dr., Enola

• East Pennsboro 10: Summer-dale Fire Company, 202 Third St., Enola.

HAMPDEN PRECINCTS• Hampden 1: Recreation Build-

ing Community Room, 5001 Park Street Extension, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 2: Hampden Twp Emergency Services Bldg., 295 S. Sporting Hill Road, Mechanics-burg

• Hampden 3: Full Gospel Church of God, 220 St. John’s Church Road, Camp Hill

• Hampden 4: St. Timothy Lu-theran Church, 4200 Market St., Camp Hill

• Hampden 5 & 6: Good Hope Middle School, 451 Skyport Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 7: West Shore Brethren In Christ Church, 1085 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 8: New Covenant Fellowship, 4500 Creekview Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 9: Emergency Ser-vices Building North, 1200 Good Hope Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 10: Aldersgate Unit-ed Methodist Church; 1480 Jeru-salem Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 11: St. James Pres-

byterian Church, 1425 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 12: Capital Area Christian Church, 1775 Lambs Gap Road, Mechanicsburg

HOPEWELL AND LEMOYNE PRECINCTS

• Hopewell: Twp Bldg., 415 Three Square Hollow Road, New-burg

• Lemoyne 1: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 509 Hummel Ave, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 2: West Shore Bu-reau of Fire, 326 Herman Ave, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 3: Calvary United Methodist Church, 700 Market Street, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 4: Lemoyne Com-

munity Building, 510 Herman Ave, Lemoyne.

LOWER ALLEN PRECINCTS• Lower Allen 1 and Lower Al-

len 1 Annex: Lower Allen Fire Co. #2, 800 Rupp Ave, Mechan-icsburg

• Lower Allen 2: Christian Life Assembly Church, 2645 Lisburn Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 3: Lower Allen Twp Municipal Services Cen-ter, 2233 Gettysburg Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 4: Faith United Church of Christ, 1120 Drexel Hills Blvd., New Cumberland

• Lower Allen 5: Christ Presby-terian Church, 421 Deerfield Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 6: Bethany Village Retirement Center, 325 Wesley Dr., Mechanicsburg

LOWER FRANKFORD AND LOWER MIFFLIN PRECINCTS

• Lower Frankford: Twp Bldg., 1205 Easy Road, Carlisle

• Lower Mifflin: Lower Mifflin Twp Bldg., 529 Shed Road, Newville

MECHANICSBURG PRECINCTS

• Mechanicsburg 1: St. Mark Lutheran Church, 117 W. Keller St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 2-1: Mechan-icsburg Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Simpson St., Mechanicsburg

Cumberland County

Polling places for the May 18 primary

Sentinel file photo

Gail McDermott, right, and Bill Freeman, discuss the Pennsylvania primaries at the Democratic Headquarters in Carlisle last year.

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York businessman challenges PlattsBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-19, handily defeated Dem-ocrat Phil Avillo 63,109 to 30,103 in Cumberland County two years ago en route to re-election to his fifth term in Congress.

Chasing a sixth term, Platts faces a primary chal-lenger in Republican and longtime York business-man Mike Smeltzer.

Though he has never run for elected office before, Smeltzer can claim more than 30 years experience building companies that provided jobs and commu-nity investments.

He has also been the di-rector of the Manufactur-ers Association of South Central Pennsylvania since 2002, so he has worked with government officials, business and community leaders and educational leaders.

incumbent u.S. Rep. todd platts has a new challenger in the Republican primary this year.

York businessman mike Smeltzer will look to take down the five-term con-gressman.

the victor will face likely Democratic candidate Ryan Sanders, who is run-ning unopposed in the primary.

the 19th congressional District includes all of York and Adams counties, as well as part of cumberland county.

• term: 2 years• salary: the current

salary for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year.

In Focus

Todd Platts


age: 48address: 1240 oakdale Drive, Spring Garden townshipEducation: York Suburban High School; Shippensburg university (b.S. in public administration); pepperdine university School of law (juris doctorate)occupation: u.S. congressmanFamily: Wife, leslie platts; sons, t.j. (13), tom (11)community organizations (past and present): coach, York little league baseball (eight years); coach, Spring Garden township basketball (one year); member, metropolitan planning organization, county of York (12 years); Hugh o’brian Youth leadership, central pennsylvania Seminar (six years); junior Achievement of South central pennsylvania (three years); York county transportation coalition (seven years); children’s Health insurance program Advisory commission (three years)Experience in politics: u.S. congressman, 19th District (2001-present); state representative, 196th District (1992-2000); ranking Republican member, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and communities; u.S. House of Representatives committee on education and labor (2007-pres-ent); chairman, Subcommittee on Government management, Finance, and Accountability u.S. House of Representatives Government Reform committee (2003–06); co-chairman, congressional Arts caucus (2009-present); co-chairman, national Service caucus (2007-present); co-chairman, congressional brain injury task Force (2005-present); co-chairman, congressional task Force on tobacco and Health (2003-present)• The United States continues to be active in wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. What do you see as our military’s future role there? i share all Americans’ hopes that our troops return home as quickly as possible. As with president bush’s iraq “troop surge,” the success of which set the stage for the ongoing troop drawdowns in iraq, i support president obama’s Afghanistan “troop surge.” military deci-sions must be based on facts on the ground, not partisan politics. i strongly oppose, however, president obama’s proposals to try terrorist detainees in civilian court and to transfer detainees from Guantanamo bay to stateside prisons. Said actions will impair national security, jeop-ardize sensitive intelligence information and cost over $500 million.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners in Pennsylvania. What would you push for to improve the business climate in the 19th? Strengthening the economy to help create good, well-paying jobs is my top priority here at home. Rather than adopting costly plans that increase the size and expense of the federal government, such as last year’s $787 billion “stimulus” package, which i voted against, we need to help businesses be more competitive. We need to lower energy costs, crack down on unfair trade practices by china and others, and promote a tax structure that rewards rather than discourages productivity and ingenuity. We must also enact real health care reforms that lower costs, protect medicare and do not harm the economy or cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. the obama health care plan must be repealed and replaced with common-sense reforms that protect patients’ rights rather than empower Washington bureaucrats.• What is the most pressing issue in the 19th Congressional District and what would you do to address it? Strengthening the economy to help create good, well-paying jobs is our most important priority in the 19th District. in addition to the proposals i set forth in that answer, we must restore fiscal accountability in Washington and rein in out-of-control spending. if we are to help jump-start the economy, while also properly funding priorities such as veterans benefits, health care research, Social Security, quality schools, medicare and a strong military, we need to stop irresponsible spending by enacting a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and eliminating wasteful earmarks. i have sponsored legislation proposing both reforms. i have repeatedly opposed reckless spending measures in congress.

Mike SmeltzerMy vote this

tuesday, May 18!

age: 54address: 1295 Golden Way, Windsor townshipEducation: penn State university for computer scienceoccupation: executive director of the manufacturers’ Association of South central pennsylvaniaFamily: Wife, Ann; children, paul and emilycommunity organizations: board of Directors of South central Workforce investment board; York county Alliance for learning; York county economic Development corporation; York county chamber of commerce; mAntec; junior Achievement of South central pennsylvania; and Red lion Area education Foundation. He is also a member of the pennsylvania manufacturing task Force; manufacturing Workforce partnership; Workforce innovations network; York counts; better York, metro York; national Association of manufacturers president’s council; trustee for the national Association of manufacturers “the manufacturing institute;” and was recently appointed by Governor Rendell to the pennsylvania early childhood investment commission and the pennsylvania Adult basic and literacy education interagency coordinating council.Political Experience: Windsor township Zoning Hearing board; received the 2006 and 2007 national leadership Award and was appoint-ed honorary chairman of the business Advisory council by the national Republican congressional committee.• The United States continues to be active in wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. What do you see as our military’s future role there? both wars have become politicized and military forces are being put in harm’s way, with no defined exit strategy. it is time for politicians to empower, once again, the highly trained military leaders to bring an end to each war.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners in Pennsylvania. What would you push for to improve the business climate in the 19th? the tax system in America needs to be revised to incentivize small business, and large business, to invest and grow. enforce trade agreements and address currency issues that are encouraging the continued off-shoring of manufactured goods and services. enforce the “buy American” clause in government contracting. treat business as an asset to the united States.• What is the most pressing issue in the 19th Congressional District and what would you do to address it? the economy and jobs. Far too many of the residents of the 19th District have either lost their job or worry about losing their job. the federal government must address the irresponsible spending habits that are bankrupting this country and focus on working with employers to create jobs in the private sector.

John GattenMy vote tuesday, May 18!

name: john Gattenage: 50address: 58 S. High St., newvilleEducation: college courses through community college of the Air Force and mount Aloyious collegeoccupation: mental health case managerFamily: Spouse, kimcommunity organizations: noneExperience in politics: 8 years, 7 months as newville borough council member; 6 years as mayor of newville; 4 years on newville planning commission• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? i think the size of the legislature is appropriate as is. i believe a legislator’s job is full time. When not in session, the legislator needs to be active in the dis-trict assisting the municipalities and citizens.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes. time in office brings seniority which brings power which often leads to corruption. Representatives should have four-year terms, with a two-term limit, and senators should have six-year terms, with a two-term limit.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? i think the problem with open records is that everything is written in government language. Government should be operated using language that people can understand.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? 1. Reduce corporate taxes. 2. offer tax deferments for business expansion and job creation. 3. tort reform. 4. Repeal prevailing wage law.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? many farmers have verbalized to me that they want the government to stay out of the mix. they feel government is too involved.• Should property taxes be eliminated? i don’t think we can eliminate them, but i do believe we can reduce them utilizing an expand-ed sales tax. • What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? jobs and businesses. 1. Reduce corporate taxes. 2. offer tax deferments for business expansion and job creation. 3. tort reform. 4. Repeal prevailing wage law. 5. Reduce income taxes for both businesses and individuals.

“Government should be operated

using language that

people can understand.”

john gatten199tH pRimARY cAnDiDAte

Pennsylvania

Other important state primary races


The May 18 primary also offers high competitive races for state governor and lieutenant gover-nor, as well as U.S. Senate.

In the race for governor, four Democrats and two Republicans are hoping to replace outgoing Gov. Ed Rendell.

On the Democratic side, the primary candidates are Allegh-eny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, state Auditor General Jack Wagner, state Sen. An-thony Williams and Montgom-ery County Commissioner Joe

Hoeffel.Attorney General Tom Corbett

and state Rep. Sam Rohrer are the Republicans vying for the state’s top office.

As for the state’s second-in-command, nine Republicans and three Democrats are competing in the primary for the lieutenant governor post.

On the Republican side, the candidates are Bucks Coun-ty Commissioner Jim Caw-ley, Carlisle graduate and York County businessman Steve Johnson, former state Rep. John Kennedy of East Pennsboro Township, state Sen. Jean Craige Pepper, activist Russ Diamond, businessman Chet Beiler, Wash-ington County resident Billy McCue, Luzerne County Com-missioner Stephen Urban and state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe.

The Democratic slate includes former Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner, state Rep. Scott Conklin and former Philadelphia Controller Jona-than Saidel.

In the U.S. Senate seat race, in-cumbent Democrat Arlen Spec-ter faces U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak in the primary. U.S. Rep. Pat Toom-ey and former gubernatorial can-didate Peg Luksik are competing for the Republican nomination in November’s election.

State’s top two ■

offices, u.S. Senate seat also on the ballot.

Associated press

at right: Candidates running for governor include, from upper left to right, Republi-can tom Corbett; Republican Sam Rohrer; Democrat Dan onorato. Lower left to right is Democrat jack Wagner; Democrat anthony Williams and Democrat joe hoeffel.

E12 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Tuesday, May 11, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — E5www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com199th LegisLative District

Scott Perry

No challengers for PerryState Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican, has no

challengers in the May 18 primary election for the 92nd Legislative District seat.

The Carroll Township lawmaker is seeking his third two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the 92nd seat.The district includes Mt. Holly Springs and

South Middleton Township in Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Newberry and Washington town-ships, as well as Dillsburg, Franklintown, Goldsboro and Lewisberry.

Pennsylvania

Several unopposed races in primary

Glen Grell

Grell likely to face West in November

State Rep. Glen Grell, a Republican, is run-ning unopposed in the May 18 primary election for the 87th Legislative District.

The Hampden Township lawmaker is seeking his fourth two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

Angela West of East Pennsboro Township was the lone Democrat to file for the 87th seat.

The district includes Hampden, East Pennsboro and Silver Spring townships, as well as Camp Hill and part of Wormleysburg.

Angela West

Rob Kauffman

No opposition for KauffmanRepublican Rep. Rob Kauffman is running

unopposed in the May 18 primary election for the 89th Legislative District.

The Greene Township lawmaker is seeking his fourth two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the 89th seat.The district includes Shippensburg

and Southampton townships, as well as in Shippensburg in Cumberland County. In Franklin County, the 89th includes Southampton, Greene, Guilford (part), Letterkenny and Lurgan townships, as well as Chambersburg, Orrstown and Shippensburg.

Bill Shuster

Shuster may face ConnersU.S. Rep. Bill Shuster is running unopposed

in the May 18 primary election for the 9th Congressional District seat.

The Blair County Republican is seeking his sixth two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the race. However, Tom Conners, former general manager of WTAJ-TV in Altoona, announced April 27 that he will run as a write-in candidate for the Democratic nomination.

Conners will need at least 1,000 Democratic voters to write his name in on the ballot in order to have it placed on the general election ballot.

The 9th district spans 15 counties, including portions of Franklin and Cumberland counties.

Tom Conners

Ken SheafferMy vote Tuesday, May 18!

Age: 59Address: 1634 Pine Road, Penn TownshipEducation: Bachelor’s in business administration and management from Shippensburg UniversityOccupation: President of Sheaffer Lawn & Garden, Inc.Family: Divorced, with four children and eight grandchildrenCommunity Organizations: Huntsdale Church of the Brethren; Penn Township Vol. Fire Co.; 48 years active service with Boy Scouts of America; St. Johns Lodge No. 260; Scottish Rite - Harrisburg; and Royal Arch Chapter No. 171Experience in politics: Minority inspector for Penn Township election board; Penn Township Board of Supervisors since 2004• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? I do not think that the size of the state Legislature is the prob-lem with our Legislature. The real problem is the culture of abuse of power that pervades our elected officials. Somehow they have forgotten that they work for the people and not the other way around. I am not sure if a part-time would be effective or practical, but I would like to consider the possibility.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? I would support term limits (four four-year terms for representatives and three six-year terms for senators). This may require a constitutional convention.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? The new open records law seems to be an improvement. It should be revisited every three to four years for review and changes where appropri-ate.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? The foundation of a stable and growing business climate begins with manufacturing. One manufacturing job can create five to 12 spin-off jobs. Most small businesses are service oriented. Lowering the corporate tax rate or eliminating it for new manufacturers for the first five years would stimulate growth and economic stability.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? The solution to keep farming as a sustainable enterprise is to make farming profitable.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Nobody likes property taxes or any other taxes for that matter. Property taxes need to tied to income and ability to pay. This would take the pressure off of persons on fixed incomes.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? I believe the most pressing issue in the 199th is to break the deadlock caused by career politicians. Under the current system, one or two committee chairpersons can block much needed and effective legislation by simply not allowing it to come to the floor for a vote. Lobbyists and special interest groups only need to influence a few key persons in order to impose their self serving agendas.Term limits would greatly address this issue. If you can get it to a vote. A constitutional convention is the only way to effectively break this monopoly.

199th LegisLative District

Stephen BloomMy vote Tuesday, May 18!

Age: 48Address: 2100 Longs Gap Road, North Middleton TownshipEducation: Bachelor’s in agricultural economics and rural sociology from Penn State University; juris doctorate from Penn State Dickinson School of LawOccupation: Business lawyer at Irwin & McKnight, P.C.; and adjunct instructor of management and business at Messiah CollegeFamily: Wife, Sharon; kids, Nick (22), Anna (19) and Katy (18)Community organizations: Current - Grace United Methodist Church; SonPower Ministries; Estate Planning Council of Cumberland County; United Methodist Stewardship Foundation of Central Pennsylvania; Cumberland County Bar Association. Previous - Downtown Carlisle Association; Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce; Carlisle Early Education Center; Carlisle Jaycees; Salvation Army of Carlisle; Birthright of Carlisle; Christian Services Counseling Center; One Heart Ministries; Greater Carlisle Area Council for Excellence; and Kiwanis of CarlisleExperience in politics: None in elective office. However, in the course of representing clients, I have appeared at and actively participated in hundreds of government proceed-ings at the municipal, county, and state levels.• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? I strongly favor returning to a true part-time citizen legisla-ture, as our founders intended. While I will work as a full-time representative for so long as the salary is full time, I believe the people of Pennsylvania would be better served by part-time legislators who continue to spend most of their working lives in the private sector, experiencing first-hand the impact of the laws they make. Other large states, such as Texas, have maintained growing economies and business-friendly conditions with only a part-time legislature, and Pennsylvania can do the same. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? I am skeptical of any laws that take away freedom of choice from voters, so I am not in favor of mandatory term limits. It should be up to the citizens, the voters, to decide who will represent them. I would, however, be strongly in favor of term limits for state House and Senate committee chairs to reduce their undue concentration of power and influence.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? There can never be too much transparency in government. The government belongs to the citizens and the citizens should have easy access to all information about government activities. Especially with improved technology, more details, such as specific real-time data on all spending, should be freely available online to any interested citizen.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? Pennsylvania remains one of the most unfriendly states in the U.S. for business, but there’s no reason in the world we shouldn’t be the most business-friendly state. We’ve got the perfect location, great natural resources, and a quality labor force, especially here in the 199th District. We should get rid of laws that lock-in unfair privileges for unions, and we should reduce taxes and fees across the board for small businesses, reform our unemployment compensation system, and simplify the regulations that make it hard for small businesses to operate efficiently, including overly restrictive DEP regula-tions. • Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? We need to eliminate the Pennsylvania death tax, so farmers can keep family farms in the family – I’ve worked with many local farmers in developing their farm business and estate plans and this is a major challenge they face. We also need to exempt farmers from ridiculous laws, regulations, and ordinances that unnecessarily restrict them from efficiently using their farms and farm equipment for farming. And we need to consider policies to wisely protect Pennsylvania farmers from the destructive impact of foreign-gov-ernment subsidized agricultural imports, especially from countries that use substandard, unhealthful, or unethical production practices.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Yes. Property taxes are regressive in nature, fundamentally unfair. The burden of property taxes hits hardest on older folks who have worked and saved to own a home for their retirement years, and they can’t afford an oppressive tax that penalizes them for doing the right thing and keeps increasing even when their income is fixed.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? The 199th District is an exceptional place. But our whole way of life, our sacred constitutional freedoms, our strong conservative moral values and our self-reliant hardworking ethics — everything we believe in is under threat from dan-gerous out-of-control big spending, big taxing politicians at every level of government. As state representative, I will be a strong listener and a strong advocate for the people of the 199th, I will be dedicated to leading the fight against taxes and government and I will be dedicated to leading the fight for freedom and the prosperity it brings.

“The government belongs to

the citizens and the citizens should

have easy access to all information

about government activities.”Stephen Bloom199TH CANDIDATE


Many candidates for state committee

The May primary election will also feature candidates running for the Republican and Democratic state com-mittees.

In Cumberland County, Re p u b l i ca n s e l e c t seve n members and Democrats three.

A committee person is responsible for representing all registered Republicans or Democrats from their county or district at meetings of their respective parties.

The following candidates are running for Republican State Committee: Matthew Seagrist, G. Edwin Math-ias IV, Dick Stewart, Tam-my Shearer, Glenda Farner Strasbaugh, Jason P. Kutu-lakis, David Hoang, Albert H. Bienstock, David Garry, Justin Leventry, Deborah B. Keys and David D. Buell.

The Democratic candi-dates for state committee are: Sandy Wolfe, Ken Lee, Kim Hileman and Jacque-line Smith-Bennett.

—From staff reports

Primary BriefPennsylvania Senator Race

Specter urges for compromise

By MARC LEVyAssociAted Press Writer

HARRISBURG — On the first anniversary of his flight from the Republican Party last month, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter renewed his call for bipartisanship in Congress, urging GOP senators to risk their party’s ire by cross-ing the aisle for the sake of the nation.

Pennsylvania’s longest-serving senator spoke on the Senate floor after a third straight successful Republican rebuff to Democratic attempts to get the necessary 60 votes to begin debate on legisla-tion to rein in financial institu-tions but before the Republicans relented and allowed the debate to go forward.

“Senators must be willing to cross the aisle and work with their colleagues even at the peril of disfavor of their political par-ty,” Specter said.

“The problems of the country today are too severe, too many Americans are out of work, too many Americans are fighting and dying in foreign lands, for mem-bers of this body to be unwilling to risk their seats for the public good.”

OppositionSpecter’s opponent in the

Democratic primary, former Navy vice admiral and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, also marked the anni-versary of Specter’s switch with his own speech at the offices of a Washington law firm.

Specter, he said in prepared re-marks, should be answerable for supporting the policies of former President George W. Bush that were damaging to the country and especially unpopular with Democrats, such as the 2001 tax

cut and the Iraq war.“In the Navy, we relieve a cap-

tain if he runs the ship aground,” Sestak said.

“If Senator Specter has changed his views and learned from these mistakes, then he ought to say so. But he has not. If he has a plan to repair our country here at home and restore our standing in the world, we have yet to hear it.”

The primary is May 18. Specter, 80, was first elected in 1980 and

is seeking a sixth six-year term.He is endorsed by President

Barack Obama and Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden, as well as Penn-sylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and the state’s other senator, Bob Casey.

Making the switchSpecter, a longtime centrist

who had often crossed the aisle as a way to bolster his influence in Congress, switched parties af-ter GOP displeasure with his vote

for Obama’s economic stimu-lus bill dimmed his prospects of surviving a Republican primary challenge from former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey.

He said he voted for the bill because he worried the nation would slip into a depression without it. It was a risk that no other Republican in Congress facing re-election in 2010 was willing to take, and Specter also used the opportunity to increase federal funding for biomedical research, a pet cause.

Sestak joined Congress in 2007 as the highest-ranking retired military officer elected to the in-stitution, representing a subur-ban Philadelphia district.

He has criticized Specter’s switch as a selfish maneuver to save his job and says Specter cannot be counted on to sup-port Democratic principles and Obama’s agenda.

one year after party switch, specter says senators must ‘cross the aisle’ sometimes.

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Associated Press

Sen. Arlen Specter, left, D-Pa., prepares for a debate with U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., in Philadelphia earlier this month.

“The problems of the country today are too severe ... for members of this body to be unwilling to risk their seats for the public good.”

Sen. ARlen SPecteRd.-PA.

Cast your vote tuesday, May 18

Bill Piper

My vote Tuesday, May 18!

Age: 57 Address: 350 Barnstable road, West Pennsboro townshipEducation: Bachelor’s in elementary education from shippensburg UniversityOccupation: retired, deputy director Pennsylvania state Farm show complex for 23.5 yearsFamily: Wife, deborah Piper; daughter, Brekan Kaylee Piper Community organizations: trustee, shippensburg University, May 1996 to present; cumberland-Perry Vocational technical school, Joint operating committee, 2002 to present; cumberland county extension service, board of directors, November 2002 to 2007; Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; West Pennsboro township Municipal Authority, July 1998 to present; Plainfield Lions club; Zion Lutheran church, Newville, elected member of church council and serving as president of the council for 2009 and 2010; Pennsylvania society, 1995 to present; st. John’s Lodge No. 260, F.& A.M., November, 1984 to present; Harrisburg consistory, s.*.P.*.r.*.s.*., 32nd degree, october 2004 to presentExperience in politics: West Pennsboro township Board of supervisors, 1980 to 1985; Big spring school district, Board of education, November 1999 to present; republican Party committeeman, mid-1980s to late-1990s and 2008 to present, Lower Precinct, West Pennsboro township• What would be an appropriate size for the State Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? Going door to door in this campaign i have learned the value of listening directly to voters. the legislative districts must be small enough so people have a direct voice to their legislator. taxpayers expect citizen legislators — not career politicians. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes. i have campaigned that i will be a citizen legislator — not a career poli-tician and will serve not more than six years. i believe that some of the problems of our state Legislature result from legislators being more concerned about getting re-elected than serving their constituents.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to govern-ment activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more trans-parency in both state and local government? i believe it has made a favorable differ-ence for public awareness. • Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority,

especially in the 199th? Numerous businesses have left, or in the process of leav-ing, the 199th district. state and local business taxes must be friendlier to business development. the corporate net income tax, the capital stock and franchise and the net operating loss carry forward tax must be seriously examined in order to stimulate small business — the major employer in this commonwealth and this county. As the former deputy director of the Farm show complex, i am the only candidate for the 199th district with a proven record of cutting state budgets in Harrisburg. We must cut spending in Harrisburg to support these tax cuts.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? i am the only candidate for the 199th district with hands-on experience in agri-business and cash-crop farming. We need to encourage initiatives to buy locally pro-duced fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products and other types of agricultural products. in addition, there is no encouragement for our farmers to transition to the next genera-tion. With the abolishment of the death tax (inheritance tax) that families now pay when passing the farm onto future generations within their family, we provide that opportunity for that farm to stay in production and protect the rural landscape that Pennsylvanians are so proud. Farmers are good environmental stewards and deserve to have the tools to sustain growth and opportunity.• Should property taxes be eliminated? it is easy to say that property tax should be eliminated. this issue has become a perfect campaign stump message. But, if property taxes are eliminated, the funding must come from other sources. Few proponents of eliminating property tax are willing to say from where this funding will come. increases in other taxes such as sales taxes, earned income taxes, taxes on retirement income all have a negative impact on individuals and business. i am a proponent of maintaining the property tax, but providing incentives to school districts to become more efficient, reduce waste and restrict their ability to impose tax increases.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? Job creation, including preserving and broadening the presence of agriculture in our community with all its opportunities and inter-relation-ships, both small and large. We need to re-examine the business tax structure to provide incentives for small businesses to begin rehiring employees. We also need to reinvigorate efforts within this district to encourage the general public to “buy local” from our local farmers, embracing the agricultural economy — the number one industry in the com-monwealth and in cumberland county.

abe Brown


Age: 29Address: 11 carlisle road, West Pennsboro townshipEducation: High school diploma and it certifications Occupation: owner of A&J Lawn and LandscapingFamily: Wife and four dogsCommunity organizations: Master Mason; scottish rite 32 Mason; American Legion legionnaire Experience in politics: None•What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the current Pennsylvania constitution defines that the size of the legislature shall be 50 senators and 203 representatives. Article 2, section 16it also clearly defines that once the Legislature convenes, “the General Assembly shall be a continuing body during the term for which its representatives are elected.” Article 2, section 4• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes, our representatives often stay in office for such a long time that they lose touch with what the people want and need. We ought to have term limits in order to curb the corrosive effects caused by those who stay in office too long. • Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? state and local budgets need to be accessible to citizens in a clear and concise way. they also need to be detailed, with references to the provisions they are budgeting in. We need to revamp our documentation systems to align with current times. Not everyone has a mainframe computer, or programs at home to display the information that the government gives them. For example: if you don’t have a working knowledge of excel when you buy a copy of the state voter list from the department of state, you’ve wasted your money.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? clearly our corporate tax rate is yet another heel of our state. At 9.99 percent, we are the second highest next to iowa. i will push for lowering that rate by 3-5 percent, because i understand what it means to own a business. the more money i am able to keep, the more money i can reinvest in my company to grow it. As a government, we also need to make it easier for companies to bid on state contracts.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? i firmly believe that we need to get the government out of farming. When you fix a price, you cripple the market. We’ve seen it in the price of gasoline in the 70s, and we see it today in our dairy farming. our farmers deserve to make a living like anyone else, and they deserve the opportunity rise and flourish in a free market. the government hinders that by fixing the price of milk. our family farms need to be protected by eliminating the property tax. there is no reason that a farm should be sold off, merely because they cannot afford to pay the unfair tax on the land.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Absolutely. they call us property owners, but we never fully own our property even after we pay off our mortgage. this is an injustice. We have the right to truly own our property and not merely rent it from the government.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? to me, the most pressing issue in the 199th is employ-ment. there are a few big companies that are looking to leave the area and take their jobs with them. We must create an environment where they have incentive to stay and con-tinue to do business. to me, that means lowering the corporate tax rate. this will help them to thrive and expand. Another issue to me is the county landfill. on route 641 in front of my house, the trucks go faster than the speed limit into Newville, are big and bulky and take up the road. on route 696 into Newburg, they are backed up for miles every morning. We need to find a better solution to route these trucks away from these small towns to the landfill, and we need to shut down the out of state haulers to our landfill.

199th LegisLative DistrictE10 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Tuesday, May 11, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — E7www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com

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www.Lebo199th.com

AS YOUR STATEREPRESENTATIVE,

I PROMISE:I will not vote for any net increase in taxes.I will forego state pension, car leases, and mileage reimbursement for commute to Harrisburg.I will work to reduce spendingand government regulations.

I will strive to lower all taxes and to eliminate the school property tax.I will be an advocate to protect unborn children and provide mothers with compassionate alternatives including reducing barriers to adoption.I will uphold our right to bear

arms.

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Seven compete for GOP nomination in 199thBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

The 199th Legislative District will have a new represen-tative next year.

Incumbent Rep. Will Gabig announced in January that after five terms and 10 years he will step aside from the state House.

That news opened the floodgates as seven Repub-licans publicly declared their candidacy for the of-fice, which represents most of western Cumberland County.

open primaryJust like in 2008, the Cumberland County Republican

Committee did not endorse any of the seven candidates, meaning this is an open primary.

Likely challengerCarlisle school board member Fred Baldwin was the

only Democrat to file for the 199th, so he is the likely challenger in November.

in FocusRep. Will Gabig has decided not to

run after five terms serving the 199th Legislative District, which includes Cooke, Dickinson, Hopewell, Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin, Middle-sex, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn, South Newton, Upper Frank-ford, Upper Mifflin and West Penns-boro townships, as well as Carlisle, Newburg and Newville.

Seven Republicans are vying for the nomination. The Republican that emerges from this race will likely face Fred Baldwin, the lone Democrat to file for the 199th seat.

• Term: 2 years• Salary: Currently $78,314.66 for

elected state House and Senate mem-bers.

Denny LeboMy vote tuesday, May 18!

age: 56address: 3047 Ritner Highway, West pennsboro townshipEducation: Graduate of carlisle Area High School; attended Grove city collegeoccupation: cumberland county clerk of courtFamily: married 31 years to the former joy Fickes of newville; eight children community organizations: carlisle Summerfair board, 1999–2005, 2002 chairman; carlisle borough Zoning Hearing board; carlisle borough planning commission; carlisle borough parks and Recreation board; Hope Reformed presbyterian church in Shippensburg; ordained Deacon, presbyterian church in America.Experience in politics: Republican committeeman, 1980-present; Republican State committee mem-ber, most years since 1980, continuously since 1994; carlisle Home Rule Study commission; carlisle borough council member 1996 and 1997; cumberland county clerk of court, 1998–present.• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the number of legislators is not the real problem and any substantial reduction would really hurt rural areas of the state where one legislator is already representing more than one full county. i believe that the costs would be better reduced by trimming legislative staff. i am open to the idea of returning to a part-time legislature. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and senate? undecided. the citi-zens of pennsylvania have the right to term limit every mem-ber of the General Assembly. i hesitate to deny the right of the voters to return someone who they wish to have represent them. However, incumbents have built-in advantages such as “newsletters” sent at taxpayer expense that are really cam-paign literature. too often they also have fundraising advan-tages as special interests are prone to feed the hands that feed them. if some of those incumbent re-election benefits are removed, the perceived need for term limits would be reduced. • Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? should there be more transparency in both state and local government? there should be com-plete transparency, but especially regarding financial issues.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a prior-ity, especially in the 199th? i don’t think the 199th needs economic development anymore than anywhere else. We must cut personal and corporate tax rates to make pennsylvania an attractive place to do business so we keep the businesses we have and gain new ones. We also need to eliminate barriers to competition like prevailing wage laws and project labor agreements and grant all pennsylvanians the right to work without joining a union unless they want to.• agriculture is the no. 1 industry in cumberland county. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? the same things stated in the above question that need to be done for all businesses. We also need to address the inheritance tax to make it easier for family farms to be passed to the next generation. • should property taxes be eliminated? Absolutely. it is the most regressive tax that exists. it taxes someone based of very subjective criteria apart from any consideration of their ability to pay. Your tax can go up even if your income and spending stay the same (or go down) just because the value of your house supposedly goes up. And that is of no help in paying your tax unless you sell it.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? We must cut the cost of government, reduce and resist unnecessary regulations and reduce taxes. i will not vote for any budget that doesn’t reduce spending until the budget gets more in line with inflation over the last eight years, nor will i vote for any overall increase in taxes. Any increase in a tax would have to be offset by a decrease somewhere else.

Rep. Will Gabig has decided not to run after five terms serving the 199th legislative District, which includes cooke, Dickinson, Hopewell, lower Frankford, lower mifflin, middlesex, north middleton, north newton, penn, South newton, upper Frankford, upper mifflin and West pennsboro townships, as well as carlisle, newburg and newville.

Seven Republicans are vying for the nomina-tion. the Republican that emerges from this race will likely face Fred baldwin, the lone Democrat to file for the 199th seat.



In Focus

Jay Mowery


age: 50address: 354 Gameland Road, upper mifflin townshipEducation: Furman university for political science and business; Dickinson college for english literature coursesoccupation: Self-employedcommunity organizations: big Spring presbyterian church, served as a Sunday School teacher, president of the board of trustees and as an ordained elder; cub Scout leader and little league coach; cumberland county Historical Society; Greater carlisle Area chamber of commerce; cumberland county Farm bureau; and the philadelphia museum of Art.Experience in politics: currently serving second term as a member of the upper mifflin township planning commission• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the current state House of pennsylvania has 203 members and the state Senate has 50 Senators and a total annual cost of $300 million. the legislature is too big, too expensive and too concerned with their own preservation. each sena-tor represents about 250,000 constituents and the House represents about 59,000 pennsylvanians. if we increase the House representation to 75,000, it would reduce the size to about 160 members and reduce the budget by approximately 16 percent or $50 million.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and senate? i would support term limits. too many legislators are more concerned with self preservation than in what is right for the citizens of pennsylvania. pennsylvania was intended to have a citizen legislature where members serve and then return to their cho-sen fields to live under the laws they established. We have created too many career politicians.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? the current open records law seems to be effective, and working as intended. With today’s technology, there is no reason to not have more transparency at all levels of government unless the government is attempting to hide something. if elected, i will clearly post every dollar that i accept from the state.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? As the strongest pro-business candidate in this race, economic develop-ment would be my main objective. i believe in the strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit of the people in the 199th District, and i know that with a more favorable business climate our area is poised for economic growth. i would reduce the pennsylvania corporate tax, which is currently the highest in the country, push for reasonable tort reform and reduce property taxes. • agriculture is the no. 1 industry in cumberland county. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? our farmers need property tax reform to be able to exist in these challenging times. big Spring School District cannot continue with building projects and skyrocketing pen-sions on the backs of farmers and property owners. Farmers do not need more restrictive mandates and regulations placed on them. many of our current farms have been passed down through several generations and they have proven to be great stewards of their land.• should property taxes be eliminated? it is unlikely that property taxes will be eliminated, but they should be drastically reduced and frozen until the actual sale of a property establishes fair market value. the state would be required to increase funding to schools to alleviate the shortfall by reducing various government programs and waste.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax reform is the most pressing issue in the 199th. it is forcing homeowners out of their homes and crippling businesses and farmers. by reforming property tax, we will stimulate economic growth and job creation through-out our district.


“We must cut the cost of

government, reduce

and resist unnecessary regulations and reduce

taxes.”Denny Lebo

199tH pRimARY cAnDiDAte


Conservative values for Cumberland County

vote Jay mowery for state representative on tuesday, may 18th

P a i d f o r b y f r i e n d s o f M o w e r y , t r e a s u r e r w a r r e n H o l s i n g e r , j r .

lifelong Cumberland County residentlifelong republicansmall business owner for 28 yearsupper Mifflin Planning CommissionChurch elderCub scout leaderPro lifePro 2nd amendment

Providing real Property tax reliefCreating jobs and opportunitiesreforming state governmentPreserving our family farmsstrengthening our schoolsfighting for our Veteransdefending our Conservative Values

real experience real results

Denny welcomes your comments /concerns :d leboco@juno .com or 717-776-6461

Paid for by Friends of Denny Lebo - Kingsley Blasco, Treasurer

The ONLY Candidate Endorsed by

Citizens AgainstHigher Taxes

Pennsylvania’s LeadingTaxpayer Advocate Organization

VOTE

for StateRepresentative

Republican PrimaryTuesday, May 18

DENNYLEBO

20 years as owner/manager of a small business 2 years on Carlisle Borough Council, voting against raising taxes and for keeping costs down Served on Carlisle Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board 12 years as Clerk of Court, making government work efficiently at the lowest cost to taxpayers

www.Lebo199th.com

AS YOUR STATEREPRESENTATIVE,

I PROMISE:I will not vote for any net increase in taxes.I will forego state pension, car leases, and mileage reimbursement for commute to Harrisburg.I will work to reduce spendingand government regulations.

I will strive to lower all taxes and to eliminate the school property tax.I will be an advocate to protect unborn children and provide mothers with compassionate alternatives including reducing barriers to adoption.I will uphold our right to bear

arms.

•••

•

EXPE

RIENC

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Seven compete for GOP nomination in 199thBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

The 199th Legislative District will have a new represen-tative next year.

Incumbent Rep. Will Gabig announced in January that after five terms and 10 years he will step aside from the state House.

That news opened the floodgates as seven Repub-licans publicly declared their candidacy for the of-fice, which represents most of western Cumberland County.

open primaryJust like in 2008, the Cumberland County Republican

Committee did not endorse any of the seven candidates, meaning this is an open primary.

Likely challengerCarlisle school board member Fred Baldwin was the

only Democrat to file for the 199th, so he is the likely challenger in November.

in FocusRep. Will Gabig has decided not to

run after five terms serving the 199th Legislative District, which includes Cooke, Dickinson, Hopewell, Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin, Middle-sex, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn, South Newton, Upper Frank-ford, Upper Mifflin and West Penns-boro townships, as well as Carlisle, Newburg and Newville.

Seven Republicans are vying for the nomination. The Republican that emerges from this race will likely face Fred Baldwin, the lone Democrat to file for the 199th seat.

• Term: 2 years• Salary: Currently $78,314.66 for

elected state House and Senate mem-bers.

Denny LeboMy vote tuesday, May 18!

age: 56address: 3047 Ritner Highway, West pennsboro townshipEducation: Graduate of carlisle Area High School; attended Grove city collegeoccupation: cumberland county clerk of courtFamily: married 31 years to the former joy Fickes of newville; eight children community organizations: carlisle Summerfair board, 1999–2005, 2002 chairman; carlisle borough Zoning Hearing board; carlisle borough planning commission; carlisle borough parks and Recreation board; Hope Reformed presbyterian church in Shippensburg; ordained Deacon, presbyterian church in America.Experience in politics: Republican committeeman, 1980-present; Republican State committee mem-ber, most years since 1980, continuously since 1994; carlisle Home Rule Study commission; carlisle borough council member 1996 and 1997; cumberland county clerk of court, 1998–present.• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the number of legislators is not the real problem and any substantial reduction would really hurt rural areas of the state where one legislator is already representing more than one full county. i believe that the costs would be better reduced by trimming legislative staff. i am open to the idea of returning to a part-time legislature. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and senate? undecided. the citi-zens of pennsylvania have the right to term limit every mem-ber of the General Assembly. i hesitate to deny the right of the voters to return someone who they wish to have represent them. However, incumbents have built-in advantages such as “newsletters” sent at taxpayer expense that are really cam-paign literature. too often they also have fundraising advan-tages as special interests are prone to feed the hands that feed them. if some of those incumbent re-election benefits are removed, the perceived need for term limits would be reduced. • Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? should there be more transparency in both state and local government? there should be com-plete transparency, but especially regarding financial issues.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a prior-ity, especially in the 199th? i don’t think the 199th needs economic development anymore than anywhere else. We must cut personal and corporate tax rates to make pennsylvania an attractive place to do business so we keep the businesses we have and gain new ones. We also need to eliminate barriers to competition like prevailing wage laws and project labor agreements and grant all pennsylvanians the right to work without joining a union unless they want to.• agriculture is the no. 1 industry in cumberland county. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? the same things stated in the above question that need to be done for all businesses. We also need to address the inheritance tax to make it easier for family farms to be passed to the next generation. • should property taxes be eliminated? Absolutely. it is the most regressive tax that exists. it taxes someone based of very subjective criteria apart from any consideration of their ability to pay. Your tax can go up even if your income and spending stay the same (or go down) just because the value of your house supposedly goes up. And that is of no help in paying your tax unless you sell it.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? We must cut the cost of government, reduce and resist unnecessary regulations and reduce taxes. i will not vote for any budget that doesn’t reduce spending until the budget gets more in line with inflation over the last eight years, nor will i vote for any overall increase in taxes. Any increase in a tax would have to be offset by a decrease somewhere else.

Rep. Will Gabig has decided not to run after five terms serving the 199th legislative District, which includes cooke, Dickinson, Hopewell, lower Frankford, lower mifflin, middlesex, north middleton, north newton, penn, South newton, upper Frankford, upper mifflin and West pennsboro townships, as well as carlisle, newburg and newville.

Seven Republicans are vying for the nomina-tion. the Republican that emerges from this race will likely face Fred baldwin, the lone Democrat to file for the 199th seat.



In Focus

Jay Mowery


age: 50address: 354 Gameland Road, upper mifflin townshipEducation: Furman university for political science and business; Dickinson college for english literature coursesoccupation: Self-employedcommunity organizations: big Spring presbyterian church, served as a Sunday School teacher, president of the board of trustees and as an ordained elder; cub Scout leader and little league coach; cumberland county Historical Society; Greater carlisle Area chamber of commerce; cumberland county Farm bureau; and the philadelphia museum of Art.Experience in politics: currently serving second term as a member of the upper mifflin township planning commission• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the current state House of pennsylvania has 203 members and the state Senate has 50 Senators and a total annual cost of $300 million. the legislature is too big, too expensive and too concerned with their own preservation. each sena-tor represents about 250,000 constituents and the House represents about 59,000 pennsylvanians. if we increase the House representation to 75,000, it would reduce the size to about 160 members and reduce the budget by approximately 16 percent or $50 million.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and senate? i would support term limits. too many legislators are more concerned with self preservation than in what is right for the citizens of pennsylvania. pennsylvania was intended to have a citizen legislature where members serve and then return to their cho-sen fields to live under the laws they established. We have created too many career politicians.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? the current open records law seems to be effective, and working as intended. With today’s technology, there is no reason to not have more transparency at all levels of government unless the government is attempting to hide something. if elected, i will clearly post every dollar that i accept from the state.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? As the strongest pro-business candidate in this race, economic develop-ment would be my main objective. i believe in the strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit of the people in the 199th District, and i know that with a more favorable business climate our area is poised for economic growth. i would reduce the pennsylvania corporate tax, which is currently the highest in the country, push for reasonable tort reform and reduce property taxes. • agriculture is the no. 1 industry in cumberland county. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? our farmers need property tax reform to be able to exist in these challenging times. big Spring School District cannot continue with building projects and skyrocketing pen-sions on the backs of farmers and property owners. Farmers do not need more restrictive mandates and regulations placed on them. many of our current farms have been passed down through several generations and they have proven to be great stewards of their land.• should property taxes be eliminated? it is unlikely that property taxes will be eliminated, but they should be drastically reduced and frozen until the actual sale of a property establishes fair market value. the state would be required to increase funding to schools to alleviate the shortfall by reducing various government programs and waste.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax reform is the most pressing issue in the 199th. it is forcing homeowners out of their homes and crippling businesses and farmers. by reforming property tax, we will stimulate economic growth and job creation through-out our district.


“We must cut the cost of

government, reduce

and resist unnecessary regulations and reduce

taxes.”Denny Lebo

199tH pRimARY cAnDiDAte


Conservative values for Cumberland County

vote Jay mowery for state representative on tuesday, may 18th

P a i d f o r b y f r i e n d s o f M o w e r y , t r e a s u r e r w a r r e n H o l s i n g e r , j r .

lifelong Cumberland County residentlifelong republicansmall business owner for 28 yearsupper Mifflin Planning CommissionChurch elderCub scout leaderPro lifePro 2nd amendment

Providing real Property tax reliefCreating jobs and opportunitiesreforming state governmentPreserving our family farmsstrengthening our schoolsfighting for our Veteransdefending our Conservative Values

real experience real results

Many candidates for state committee

The May primary election will also feature candidates running for the Republican and Democratic state com-mittees.

In Cumberland County, Re p u b l i ca n s e l e c t seve n members and Democrats three.

A committee person is responsible for representing all registered Republicans or Democrats from their county or district at meetings of their respective parties.

The following candidates are running for Republican State Committee: Matthew Seagrist, G. Edwin Math-ias IV, Dick Stewart, Tam-my Shearer, Glenda Farner Strasbaugh, Jason P. Kutu-lakis, David Hoang, Albert H. Bienstock, David Garry, Justin Leventry, Deborah B. Keys and David D. Buell.

The Democratic candi-dates for state committee are: Sandy Wolfe, Ken Lee, Kim Hileman and Jacque-line Smith-Bennett.

—From staff reports

Primary BriefPennsylvania Senator Race

Specter urges for compromise

By MARC LEVyAssociAted Press Writer

HARRISBURG — On the first anniversary of his flight from the Republican Party last month, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter renewed his call for bipartisanship in Congress, urging GOP senators to risk their party’s ire by cross-ing the aisle for the sake of the nation.

Pennsylvania’s longest-serving senator spoke on the Senate floor after a third straight successful Republican rebuff to Democratic attempts to get the necessary 60 votes to begin debate on legisla-tion to rein in financial institu-tions but before the Republicans relented and allowed the debate to go forward.

“Senators must be willing to cross the aisle and work with their colleagues even at the peril of disfavor of their political par-ty,” Specter said.

“The problems of the country today are too severe, too many Americans are out of work, too many Americans are fighting and dying in foreign lands, for mem-bers of this body to be unwilling to risk their seats for the public good.”

OppositionSpecter’s opponent in the

Democratic primary, former Navy vice admiral and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, also marked the anni-versary of Specter’s switch with his own speech at the offices of a Washington law firm.

Specter, he said in prepared re-marks, should be answerable for supporting the policies of former President George W. Bush that were damaging to the country and especially unpopular with Democrats, such as the 2001 tax

cut and the Iraq war.“In the Navy, we relieve a cap-

tain if he runs the ship aground,” Sestak said.

“If Senator Specter has changed his views and learned from these mistakes, then he ought to say so. But he has not. If he has a plan to repair our country here at home and restore our standing in the world, we have yet to hear it.”

The primary is May 18. Specter, 80, was first elected in 1980 and

is seeking a sixth six-year term.He is endorsed by President

Barack Obama and Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden, as well as Penn-sylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and the state’s other senator, Bob Casey.

Making the switchSpecter, a longtime centrist

who had often crossed the aisle as a way to bolster his influence in Congress, switched parties af-ter GOP displeasure with his vote

for Obama’s economic stimu-lus bill dimmed his prospects of surviving a Republican primary challenge from former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey.

He said he voted for the bill because he worried the nation would slip into a depression without it. It was a risk that no other Republican in Congress facing re-election in 2010 was willing to take, and Specter also used the opportunity to increase federal funding for biomedical research, a pet cause.

Sestak joined Congress in 2007 as the highest-ranking retired military officer elected to the in-stitution, representing a subur-ban Philadelphia district.

He has criticized Specter’s switch as a selfish maneuver to save his job and says Specter cannot be counted on to sup-port Democratic principles and Obama’s agenda.

one year after party switch, specter says senators must ‘cross the aisle’ sometimes.

■

Associated Press

Sen. Arlen Specter, left, D-Pa., prepares for a debate with U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., in Philadelphia earlier this month.

“The problems of the country today are too severe ... for members of this body to be unwilling to risk their seats for the public good.”

Sen. ARlen SPecteRd.-PA.

Cast your vote tuesday, May 18

Bill Piper


Age: 57 Address: 350 Barnstable road, West Pennsboro townshipEducation: Bachelor’s in elementary education from shippensburg UniversityOccupation: retired, deputy director Pennsylvania state Farm show complex for 23.5 yearsFamily: Wife, deborah Piper; daughter, Brekan Kaylee Piper Community organizations: trustee, shippensburg University, May 1996 to present; cumberland-Perry Vocational technical school, Joint operating committee, 2002 to present; cumberland county extension service, board of directors, November 2002 to 2007; Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; West Pennsboro township Municipal Authority, July 1998 to present; Plainfield Lions club; Zion Lutheran church, Newville, elected member of church council and serving as president of the council for 2009 and 2010; Pennsylvania society, 1995 to present; st. John’s Lodge No. 260, F.& A.M., November, 1984 to present; Harrisburg consistory, s.*.P.*.r.*.s.*., 32nd degree, october 2004 to presentExperience in politics: West Pennsboro township Board of supervisors, 1980 to 1985; Big spring school district, Board of education, November 1999 to present; republican Party committeeman, mid-1980s to late-1990s and 2008 to present, Lower Precinct, West Pennsboro township• What would be an appropriate size for the State Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? Going door to door in this campaign i have learned the value of listening directly to voters. the legislative districts must be small enough so people have a direct voice to their legislator. taxpayers expect citizen legislators — not career politicians. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes. i have campaigned that i will be a citizen legislator — not a career poli-tician and will serve not more than six years. i believe that some of the problems of our state Legislature result from legislators being more concerned about getting re-elected than serving their constituents.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to govern-ment activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more trans-parency in both state and local government? i believe it has made a favorable differ-ence for public awareness. • Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority,

especially in the 199th? Numerous businesses have left, or in the process of leav-ing, the 199th district. state and local business taxes must be friendlier to business development. the corporate net income tax, the capital stock and franchise and the net operating loss carry forward tax must be seriously examined in order to stimulate small business — the major employer in this commonwealth and this county. As the former deputy director of the Farm show complex, i am the only candidate for the 199th district with a proven record of cutting state budgets in Harrisburg. We must cut spending in Harrisburg to support these tax cuts.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? i am the only candidate for the 199th district with hands-on experience in agri-business and cash-crop farming. We need to encourage initiatives to buy locally pro-duced fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products and other types of agricultural products. in addition, there is no encouragement for our farmers to transition to the next genera-tion. With the abolishment of the death tax (inheritance tax) that families now pay when passing the farm onto future generations within their family, we provide that opportunity for that farm to stay in production and protect the rural landscape that Pennsylvanians are so proud. Farmers are good environmental stewards and deserve to have the tools to sustain growth and opportunity.• Should property taxes be eliminated? it is easy to say that property tax should be eliminated. this issue has become a perfect campaign stump message. But, if property taxes are eliminated, the funding must come from other sources. Few proponents of eliminating property tax are willing to say from where this funding will come. increases in other taxes such as sales taxes, earned income taxes, taxes on retirement income all have a negative impact on individuals and business. i am a proponent of maintaining the property tax, but providing incentives to school districts to become more efficient, reduce waste and restrict their ability to impose tax increases.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? Job creation, including preserving and broadening the presence of agriculture in our community with all its opportunities and inter-relation-ships, both small and large. We need to re-examine the business tax structure to provide incentives for small businesses to begin rehiring employees. We also need to reinvigorate efforts within this district to encourage the general public to “buy local” from our local farmers, embracing the agricultural economy — the number one industry in the com-monwealth and in cumberland county.

abe Brown


Age: 29Address: 11 carlisle road, West Pennsboro townshipEducation: High school diploma and it certifications Occupation: owner of A&J Lawn and LandscapingFamily: Wife and four dogsCommunity organizations: Master Mason; scottish rite 32 Mason; American Legion legionnaire Experience in politics: None•What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? the current Pennsylvania constitution defines that the size of the legislature shall be 50 senators and 203 representatives. Article 2, section 16it also clearly defines that once the Legislature convenes, “the General Assembly shall be a continuing body during the term for which its representatives are elected.” Article 2, section 4• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes, our representatives often stay in office for such a long time that they lose touch with what the people want and need. We ought to have term limits in order to curb the corrosive effects caused by those who stay in office too long. • Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? state and local budgets need to be accessible to citizens in a clear and concise way. they also need to be detailed, with references to the provisions they are budgeting in. We need to revamp our documentation systems to align with current times. Not everyone has a mainframe computer, or programs at home to display the information that the government gives them. For example: if you don’t have a working knowledge of excel when you buy a copy of the state voter list from the department of state, you’ve wasted your money.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? clearly our corporate tax rate is yet another heel of our state. At 9.99 percent, we are the second highest next to iowa. i will push for lowering that rate by 3-5 percent, because i understand what it means to own a business. the more money i am able to keep, the more money i can reinvest in my company to grow it. As a government, we also need to make it easier for companies to bid on state contracts.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? i firmly believe that we need to get the government out of farming. When you fix a price, you cripple the market. We’ve seen it in the price of gasoline in the 70s, and we see it today in our dairy farming. our farmers deserve to make a living like anyone else, and they deserve the opportunity rise and flourish in a free market. the government hinders that by fixing the price of milk. our family farms need to be protected by eliminating the property tax. there is no reason that a farm should be sold off, merely because they cannot afford to pay the unfair tax on the land.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Absolutely. they call us property owners, but we never fully own our property even after we pay off our mortgage. this is an injustice. We have the right to truly own our property and not merely rent it from the government.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? to me, the most pressing issue in the 199th is employ-ment. there are a few big companies that are looking to leave the area and take their jobs with them. We must create an environment where they have incentive to stay and con-tinue to do business. to me, that means lowering the corporate tax rate. this will help them to thrive and expand. Another issue to me is the county landfill. on route 641 in front of my house, the trucks go faster than the speed limit into Newville, are big and bulky and take up the road. on route 696 into Newburg, they are backed up for miles every morning. We need to find a better solution to route these trucks away from these small towns to the landfill, and we need to shut down the out of state haulers to our landfill.

199th LegisLative DistrictE10 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Tuesday, May 11, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — E7www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com

Scott Perry

No challengers for PerryState Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican, has no

challengers in the May 18 primary election for the 92nd Legislative District seat.

The Carroll Township lawmaker is seeking his third two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the 92nd seat.The district includes Mt. Holly Springs and

South Middleton Township in Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Newberry and Washington town-ships, as well as Dillsburg, Franklintown, Goldsboro and Lewisberry.

Pennsylvania

Several unopposed races in primary

Glen Grell

Grell likely to face West in November

State Rep. Glen Grell, a Republican, is run-ning unopposed in the May 18 primary election for the 87th Legislative District.

The Hampden Township lawmaker is seeking his fourth two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

Angela West of East Pennsboro Township was the lone Democrat to file for the 87th seat.

The district includes Hampden, East Pennsboro and Silver Spring townships, as well as Camp Hill and part of Wormleysburg.

Angela West

Rob Kauffman

No opposition for KauffmanRepublican Rep. Rob Kauffman is running

unopposed in the May 18 primary election for the 89th Legislative District.

The Greene Township lawmaker is seeking his fourth two-year term to the state House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the 89th seat.The district includes Shippensburg

and Southampton townships, as well as in Shippensburg in Cumberland County. In Franklin County, the 89th includes Southampton, Greene, Guilford (part), Letterkenny and Lurgan townships, as well as Chambersburg, Orrstown and Shippensburg.

Bill Shuster

Shuster may face ConnersU.S. Rep. Bill Shuster is running unopposed

in the May 18 primary election for the 9th Congressional District seat.

The Blair County Republican is seeking his sixth two-year term to the U.S. House of Representatives.

No Democrats filed for the race. However, Tom Conners, former general manager of WTAJ-TV in Altoona, announced April 27 that he will run as a write-in candidate for the Democratic nomination.

Conners will need at least 1,000 Democratic voters to write his name in on the ballot in order to have it placed on the general election ballot.

The 9th district spans 15 counties, including portions of Franklin and Cumberland counties.

Tom Conners

Ken SheafferMy vote Tuesday, May 18!

Age: 59Address: 1634 Pine Road, Penn TownshipEducation: Bachelor’s in business administration and management from Shippensburg UniversityOccupation: President of Sheaffer Lawn & Garden, Inc.Family: Divorced, with four children and eight grandchildrenCommunity Organizations: Huntsdale Church of the Brethren; Penn Township Vol. Fire Co.; 48 years active service with Boy Scouts of America; St. Johns Lodge No. 260; Scottish Rite - Harrisburg; and Royal Arch Chapter No. 171Experience in politics: Minority inspector for Penn Township election board; Penn Township Board of Supervisors since 2004• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? I do not think that the size of the state Legislature is the prob-lem with our Legislature. The real problem is the culture of abuse of power that pervades our elected officials. Somehow they have forgotten that they work for the people and not the other way around. I am not sure if a part-time would be effective or practical, but I would like to consider the possibility.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? I would support term limits (four four-year terms for representatives and three six-year terms for senators). This may require a constitutional convention.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? The new open records law seems to be an improvement. It should be revisited every three to four years for review and changes where appropri-ate.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? The foundation of a stable and growing business climate begins with manufacturing. One manufacturing job can create five to 12 spin-off jobs. Most small businesses are service oriented. Lowering the corporate tax rate or eliminating it for new manufacturers for the first five years would stimulate growth and economic stability.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? The solution to keep farming as a sustainable enterprise is to make farming profitable.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Nobody likes property taxes or any other taxes for that matter. Property taxes need to tied to income and ability to pay. This would take the pressure off of persons on fixed incomes.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? I believe the most pressing issue in the 199th is to break the deadlock caused by career politicians. Under the current system, one or two committee chairpersons can block much needed and effective legislation by simply not allowing it to come to the floor for a vote. Lobbyists and special interest groups only need to influence a few key persons in order to impose their self serving agendas.Term limits would greatly address this issue. If you can get it to a vote. A constitutional convention is the only way to effectively break this monopoly.


Stephen BloomMy vote Tuesday, May 18!

Age: 48Address: 2100 Longs Gap Road, North Middleton TownshipEducation: Bachelor’s in agricultural economics and rural sociology from Penn State University; juris doctorate from Penn State Dickinson School of LawOccupation: Business lawyer at Irwin & McKnight, P.C.; and adjunct instructor of management and business at Messiah CollegeFamily: Wife, Sharon; kids, Nick (22), Anna (19) and Katy (18)Community organizations: Current - Grace United Methodist Church; SonPower Ministries; Estate Planning Council of Cumberland County; United Methodist Stewardship Foundation of Central Pennsylvania; Cumberland County Bar Association. Previous - Downtown Carlisle Association; Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce; Carlisle Early Education Center; Carlisle Jaycees; Salvation Army of Carlisle; Birthright of Carlisle; Christian Services Counseling Center; One Heart Ministries; Greater Carlisle Area Council for Excellence; and Kiwanis of CarlisleExperience in politics: None in elective office. However, in the course of representing clients, I have appeared at and actively participated in hundreds of government proceed-ings at the municipal, county, and state levels.• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? I strongly favor returning to a true part-time citizen legisla-ture, as our founders intended. While I will work as a full-time representative for so long as the salary is full time, I believe the people of Pennsylvania would be better served by part-time legislators who continue to spend most of their working lives in the private sector, experiencing first-hand the impact of the laws they make. Other large states, such as Texas, have maintained growing economies and business-friendly conditions with only a part-time legislature, and Pennsylvania can do the same. • Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? I am skeptical of any laws that take away freedom of choice from voters, so I am not in favor of mandatory term limits. It should be up to the citizens, the voters, to decide who will represent them. I would, however, be strongly in favor of term limits for state House and Senate committee chairs to reduce their undue concentration of power and influence.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? There can never be too much transparency in government. The government belongs to the citizens and the citizens should have easy access to all information about government activities. Especially with improved technology, more details, such as specific real-time data on all spending, should be freely available online to any interested citizen.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? Pennsylvania remains one of the most unfriendly states in the U.S. for business, but there’s no reason in the world we shouldn’t be the most business-friendly state. We’ve got the perfect location, great natural resources, and a quality labor force, especially here in the 199th District. We should get rid of laws that lock-in unfair privileges for unions, and we should reduce taxes and fees across the board for small businesses, reform our unemployment compensation system, and simplify the regulations that make it hard for small businesses to operate efficiently, including overly restrictive DEP regula-tions. • Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farm-ers? We need to eliminate the Pennsylvania death tax, so farmers can keep family farms in the family – I’ve worked with many local farmers in developing their farm business and estate plans and this is a major challenge they face. We also need to exempt farmers from ridiculous laws, regulations, and ordinances that unnecessarily restrict them from efficiently using their farms and farm equipment for farming. And we need to consider policies to wisely protect Pennsylvania farmers from the destructive impact of foreign-gov-ernment subsidized agricultural imports, especially from countries that use substandard, unhealthful, or unethical production practices.• Should property taxes be eliminated? Yes. Property taxes are regressive in nature, fundamentally unfair. The burden of property taxes hits hardest on older folks who have worked and saved to own a home for their retirement years, and they can’t afford an oppressive tax that penalizes them for doing the right thing and keeps increasing even when their income is fixed.• What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? The 199th District is an exceptional place. But our whole way of life, our sacred constitutional freedoms, our strong conservative moral values and our self-reliant hardworking ethics — everything we believe in is under threat from dan-gerous out-of-control big spending, big taxing politicians at every level of government. As state representative, I will be a strong listener and a strong advocate for the people of the 199th, I will be dedicated to leading the fight against taxes and government and I will be dedicated to leading the fight for freedom and the prosperity it brings.

“The government belongs to

the citizens and the citizens should

have easy access to all information

about government activities.”Stephen Bloom199TH CANDIDATE



York businessman challenges PlattsBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-19, handily defeated Dem-ocrat Phil Avillo 63,109 to 30,103 in Cumberland County two years ago en route to re-election to his fifth term in Congress.

Chasing a sixth term, Platts faces a primary chal-lenger in Republican and longtime York business-man Mike Smeltzer.

Though he has never run for elected office before, Smeltzer can claim more than 30 years experience building companies that provided jobs and commu-nity investments.

He has also been the di-rector of the Manufactur-ers Association of South Central Pennsylvania since 2002, so he has worked with government officials, business and community leaders and educational leaders.

incumbent u.S. Rep. todd platts has a new challenger in the Republican primary this year.

York businessman mike Smeltzer will look to take down the five-term con-gressman.

the victor will face likely Democratic candidate Ryan Sanders, who is run-ning unopposed in the primary.

the 19th congressional District includes all of York and Adams counties, as well as part of cumberland county.

• term: 2 years• salary: the current

salary for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year.

In Focus

Todd Platts


age: 48address: 1240 oakdale Drive, Spring Garden townshipEducation: York Suburban High School; Shippensburg university (b.S. in public administration); pepperdine university School of law (juris doctorate)occupation: u.S. congressmanFamily: Wife, leslie platts; sons, t.j. (13), tom (11)community organizations (past and present): coach, York little league baseball (eight years); coach, Spring Garden township basketball (one year); member, metropolitan planning organization, county of York (12 years); Hugh o’brian Youth leadership, central pennsylvania Seminar (six years); junior Achievement of South central pennsylvania (three years); York county transportation coalition (seven years); children’s Health insurance program Advisory commission (three years)Experience in politics: u.S. congressman, 19th District (2001-present); state representative, 196th District (1992-2000); ranking Republican member, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and communities; u.S. House of Representatives committee on education and labor (2007-pres-ent); chairman, Subcommittee on Government management, Finance, and Accountability u.S. House of Representatives Government Reform committee (2003–06); co-chairman, congressional Arts caucus (2009-present); co-chairman, national Service caucus (2007-present); co-chairman, congressional brain injury task Force (2005-present); co-chairman, congressional task Force on tobacco and Health (2003-present)• The United States continues to be active in wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. What do you see as our military’s future role there? i share all Americans’ hopes that our troops return home as quickly as possible. As with president bush’s iraq “troop surge,” the success of which set the stage for the ongoing troop drawdowns in iraq, i support president obama’s Afghanistan “troop surge.” military deci-sions must be based on facts on the ground, not partisan politics. i strongly oppose, however, president obama’s proposals to try terrorist detainees in civilian court and to transfer detainees from Guantanamo bay to stateside prisons. Said actions will impair national security, jeop-ardize sensitive intelligence information and cost over $500 million.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners in Pennsylvania. What would you push for to improve the business climate in the 19th? Strengthening the economy to help create good, well-paying jobs is my top priority here at home. Rather than adopting costly plans that increase the size and expense of the federal government, such as last year’s $787 billion “stimulus” package, which i voted against, we need to help businesses be more competitive. We need to lower energy costs, crack down on unfair trade practices by china and others, and promote a tax structure that rewards rather than discourages productivity and ingenuity. We must also enact real health care reforms that lower costs, protect medicare and do not harm the economy or cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. the obama health care plan must be repealed and replaced with common-sense reforms that protect patients’ rights rather than empower Washington bureaucrats.• What is the most pressing issue in the 19th Congressional District and what would you do to address it? Strengthening the economy to help create good, well-paying jobs is our most important priority in the 19th District. in addition to the proposals i set forth in that answer, we must restore fiscal accountability in Washington and rein in out-of-control spending. if we are to help jump-start the economy, while also properly funding priorities such as veterans benefits, health care research, Social Security, quality schools, medicare and a strong military, we need to stop irresponsible spending by enacting a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and eliminating wasteful earmarks. i have sponsored legislation proposing both reforms. i have repeatedly opposed reckless spending measures in congress.

Mike SmeltzerMy vote this

tuesday, May 18!

age: 54address: 1295 Golden Way, Windsor townshipEducation: penn State university for computer scienceoccupation: executive director of the manufacturers’ Association of South central pennsylvaniaFamily: Wife, Ann; children, paul and emilycommunity organizations: board of Directors of South central Workforce investment board; York county Alliance for learning; York county economic Development corporation; York county chamber of commerce; mAntec; junior Achievement of South central pennsylvania; and Red lion Area education Foundation. He is also a member of the pennsylvania manufacturing task Force; manufacturing Workforce partnership; Workforce innovations network; York counts; better York, metro York; national Association of manufacturers president’s council; trustee for the national Association of manufacturers “the manufacturing institute;” and was recently appointed by Governor Rendell to the pennsylvania early childhood investment commission and the pennsylvania Adult basic and literacy education interagency coordinating council.Political Experience: Windsor township Zoning Hearing board; received the 2006 and 2007 national leadership Award and was appoint-ed honorary chairman of the business Advisory council by the national Republican congressional committee.• The United States continues to be active in wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. What do you see as our military’s future role there? both wars have become politicized and military forces are being put in harm’s way, with no defined exit strategy. it is time for politicians to empower, once again, the highly trained military leaders to bring an end to each war.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners in Pennsylvania. What would you push for to improve the business climate in the 19th? the tax system in America needs to be revised to incentivize small business, and large business, to invest and grow. enforce trade agreements and address currency issues that are encouraging the continued off-shoring of manufactured goods and services. enforce the “buy American” clause in government contracting. treat business as an asset to the united States.• What is the most pressing issue in the 19th Congressional District and what would you do to address it? the economy and jobs. Far too many of the residents of the 19th District have either lost their job or worry about losing their job. the federal government must address the irresponsible spending habits that are bankrupting this country and focus on working with employers to create jobs in the private sector.

John GattenMy vote tuesday, May 18!

name: john Gattenage: 50address: 58 S. High St., newvilleEducation: college courses through community college of the Air Force and mount Aloyious collegeoccupation: mental health case managerFamily: Spouse, kimcommunity organizations: noneExperience in politics: 8 years, 7 months as newville borough council member; 6 years as mayor of newville; 4 years on newville planning commission• What would be an appropriate size for the state Legislature — would you prefer a part-time government? i think the size of the legislature is appropriate as is. i believe a legislator’s job is full time. When not in session, the legislator needs to be active in the dis-trict assisting the municipalities and citizens.• Would you support legislation that calls for term limits in both the state House and Senate? Yes. time in office brings seniority which brings power which often leads to corruption. Representatives should have four-year terms, with a two-term limit, and senators should have six-year terms, with a two-term limit.• Pennsylvania’s current open records law improved citizen access to government activities. Does it go far enough or too far? Should there be more transparency in both state and local government? i think the problem with open records is that everything is written in government language. Government should be operated using language that people can understand.• Much has been made about government regulations and taxes on small business owners. What would you push for to improve the business climate in Pennsylvania and ensure that economic development remains a priority, especially in the 199th? 1. Reduce corporate taxes. 2. offer tax deferments for business expansion and job creation. 3. tort reform. 4. Repeal prevailing wage law.• Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Cumberland County. What needs to be done to maintain agriculture as a sustainable industry in Pennsylvania for small farmers? many farmers have verbalized to me that they want the government to stay out of the mix. they feel government is too involved.• Should property taxes be eliminated? i don’t think we can eliminate them, but i do believe we can reduce them utilizing an expand-ed sales tax. • What is the most pressing issue regarding the 199th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? jobs and businesses. 1. Reduce corporate taxes. 2. offer tax deferments for business expansion and job creation. 3. tort reform. 4. Repeal prevailing wage law. 5. Reduce income taxes for both businesses and individuals.

“Government should be operated

using language that

people can understand.”

john gatten199tH pRimARY cAnDiDAte

Pennsylvania

Other important state primary races


The May 18 primary also offers high competitive races for state governor and lieutenant gover-nor, as well as U.S. Senate.

In the race for governor, four Democrats and two Republicans are hoping to replace outgoing Gov. Ed Rendell.

On the Democratic side, the primary candidates are Allegh-eny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, state Auditor General Jack Wagner, state Sen. An-thony Williams and Montgom-ery County Commissioner Joe

Hoeffel.Attorney General Tom Corbett

and state Rep. Sam Rohrer are the Republicans vying for the state’s top office.

As for the state’s second-in-command, nine Republicans and three Democrats are competing in the primary for the lieutenant governor post.

On the Republican side, the candidates are Bucks Coun-ty Commissioner Jim Caw-ley, Carlisle graduate and York County businessman Steve Johnson, former state Rep. John Kennedy of East Pennsboro Township, state Sen. Jean Craige Pepper, activist Russ Diamond, businessman Chet Beiler, Wash-ington County resident Billy McCue, Luzerne County Com-missioner Stephen Urban and state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe.

The Democratic slate includes former Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner, state Rep. Scott Conklin and former Philadelphia Controller Jona-than Saidel.

In the U.S. Senate seat race, in-cumbent Democrat Arlen Spec-ter faces U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak in the primary. U.S. Rep. Pat Toom-ey and former gubernatorial can-didate Peg Luksik are competing for the Republican nomination in November’s election.

State’s top two ■

offices, u.S. Senate seat also on the ballot.

Associated press

at right: Candidates running for governor include, from upper left to right, Republi-can tom Corbett; Republican Sam Rohrer; Democrat Dan onorato. Lower left to right is Democrat jack Wagner; Democrat anthony Williams and Democrat joe hoeffel.

E12 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Tuesday, May 11, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — E5www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com199th LegisLative District


Delozier and Stuski to meet in primaryBy Jason scottSentinel [email protected]

After 20 years of serving the 88th Legislative Dis-trict, Jerry Nailor retired from office in 2008.

With no incumbent run-ning, that election gener-ated a lot of buzz as Repub-lican Sheryl Delozier of New Cumberland eventually emerged from a seven-way primary and then squared off against Wormleysburg Democrat Margie Stuski in the general election.

Delozier defeated Stuski 20,575 to 11,724 to claim the seat and her first public of-fice.

Stuski, who ran unsuc-cessfully for the seat in 2006, is giving it a third try in 2010.

Unlike two years ago, she will face Delozier in the pri-mary as a Republican, hav-ing switched parties.

incumbent Rep. Sheryl Delozier will once again face margie Stuski in the race for the 88th legislative District seat. in 2008, they met in the general election. Stuski, a Democrat then, has sinced changed parties and will run as a Republican against Delozier in the primary.

the 88th legislative District includes upper Allen, lower Allen and monroe townships, as well as lemoyne, mechanicsburg, new cumberland, Shiremanstown and part of Wormleysburg.



In Focus

Sheryl M. Delozier


Margie StuskiMy vote

tuesday, May 18!

age: 42address: p.o. box 66, lower Allen townshipEducation: bachelor’s degree in political science from university of Delaware; open university of the netherlands to study international business in european markets; master’s degree in management in business administration from pennsylvania State universityoccupation: State representativeFamily: Husband, son and daughtercommunity organizations: Volunteer for the Area m Special olympics, as well as the YWcA of Greater Harrisburg; Highland elementary parent teacher organization; Sunday school teacher at St. Stephen episcopal cathedral; honorary board member on the keystone Area council boy Scouts of America board of Directors; and messiah college presidents’ leadership council.Experience in politics: prior to being elected as the state representative for the 88th legislative district, i had never been on the ballot. i have been very active in local and statewide politics as a member of the Republican Women in Government, new cumberland and camp Hill Republican Women and serve as a Republican county committee member for lower Allen township precinct 5 in cumberland county. i have been employed by statewide Republican campaigns for two governor races, a u.S. Senate race, an auditor general race and a presidential race.• What is the most pressing issue in the 88th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? beyond a shadow of a doubt the rising costs in all our household budgets. At a time when our electricity rates increased by 30 percent, gas prices continue to escalate and our economy is still lagging behind, it is amazing that the governor has continued to increase the commonwealth’s spending at an unsustainable clip. While our families continue to make adjustments to their personal budgets, we in Harrisburg should be doing the same thing. i have consistently opposed increased spending at this time and i am absolutely opposed to the governor’s “tax more and spend more” plan that he announced this February. • An application for a resort casino in Cumberland County has been filed by a group of investors. What is your position on gaming in this county and its potential local impact? i voted against the expansion of gaming when it came up for a vote in the House and see no reason to change my mind on it now. besides the already significant social issues that arise from enhanced gaming in a community, that area of cumberland county cannot, at this time, sustain another burden on local infrastructure. i’m sure there will be a vigorous debate on the application and i know there will be a significant study of the long-term impacts of the issue.• You face a familiar opponent in the primary. How does this year’s race compare and differ (obviously your opponent switched political parties), and what do you think will be the deciding factor in the nomination? this primary will be different since i am not facing a Republican. my opponent is an attorney who has spent her career as a Democratic candidate, but switched to a Republican this january. i believe the deciding factor will be leading by example and having a record of standing up for those in the 88th district. i’m very willing to stand up for the constituents in the 88th District by continuing to fight against the expansive Rendell state budget, by fighting to control state spending and by leading by example. i do not take any state per diems, i don’t take state-paid-for health benefits, i returned the cost of living salary increase and i do not take a state vehicle. my hope is the voters in the 88th District will continue to support me because they know i am fighting outrageous spending and abuse of their money in Harrisburg and continue to put the taxpayer first.

age: 51address: 908 Walnut St., WormleysburgEducation: bachelor’s in political science from the university of pennsylvania; juris doctorate from temple university School of lawoccupation: AttorneyFamily: Single, three rescue old english Sheepdogscommunity organizations: American legion Auxiliary member, mechanicsburg; secretary, Wormleysburg parks and Recreation board; Wormleysburg Riverfront committee; Gateway Historical SocietyExperience in politics: candidate for district attorney; candidate for state representative; committeewoman• What is the most pressing issue in the 88thth Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax reform, fol-lowed by addressing electric rates and corruption in government.i would be relentless in seeking support for immediately increasing rent rebate/property tax refunds for senior citizens so they could stay in their homes. With the increase in electric bills and other increases in consumer’s expenses, we need to act now to lower property taxes. this could be done by cutting the unfunded mandates from the state and i would introduce a bill to do that. no mandate could come from the state unless it was 100 percent funded by the state.• An application for a resort casino in Cumberland County has been filed by a group of investors. What is your position on gam-ing in this county and its potential local impact? i am opposed to this application. the specific intention of the gaming law was to allow gaming at resorts and/or race tracks. the location selected is neither.• You face a familiar opponent in the primary. How does this year’s race compare and differ, and what do you think will be the deciding factor in the nomination? (Why did you switch political parties?) this year, the choice is in the primary between the other candidate and me. Whoever wins this election, wins the seat. So it will depend on which Republicans come out and vote in the primary. i think the big difference is that i bring real-life experience to the job and my opponent has done little in one year. i have written more bills as a legislative staffer than the two bills she has introduced. my choice to be a Republican is to send a clear message that there needs to be a strong experienced fighter for lower property taxes, less government waste and more support for small businesses to create economic development now in my district. i can work in a bipartisan manner to get results. i am not owned by special interests, i will serve the people who elect me.

CAMP HILL PRECINCT• Camp Hill 1: Fredricksen Li-

brary, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill• Camp Hill 2: Camp Hill Bor-

ough Bldg., 2145 Walnut St.• Camp Hill: Camp Hill 3,

Schaeffer Elementary School, 2900 Walnut St., Camp Hill

• Camp Hill 4: Fred and Mae Fiala Memorial Community Bldg., S. 21st St. & Dickinson Ave., Camp Hill

• Camp Hill 5: Camp Hill High School Band Room, 24th St. & Chesnut St., Camp Hill.

CARLISLE PRECINCT• Carlisle 1-1: St. John’s Epis-

copal Church, 1 N. Hanover St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 1-2: Carlisle Alliance Church, 237 E. North St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 2: Carlisle Band Hall, 35 E. South St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-1: Grace United Methodist Church, 45 S. West St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-2: Forest Park Health Center, 700 Walnut Bottom Rd., Carlisle

• Carlisle 3-3: Carlisle Baptist Church, 701 Walnut Bottom Rd., Carlisle

• Carlisle 4-1: 1 W. Penn Com-munity Rm., 1 W. Penn St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 4-2: Grace Baptist Church, 777 W. North St., Carlisle

• Carlisle 5: Carlisle Community Center, 415 Franklin St., Carlisle.

COOKE AND DICKINSON PRECINCTS

• Cooke Township: Bldg., 1700 Centerville Rd., Newville

• Dickinson North: Dickinson Township Municipal Bldg., 219 Mountain View Rd., Mt. Holly Springs

• Dickinson South: Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 4200 Carlisle Rd., Gardners.

EAST PENNSBORO PRECINCT

• East Pennsboro 1: Oyster Mill Playhouse, 1001 Oyster Mill Rd.,

Camp Hill• East Pennsboro 2: W. Enola

Fire Company, 118 Chester Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 3: West Creek Hills Elementary, 400 Erford Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 4: W. Enola Fire Company, 118 Chester Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 5: Midway Fire Company, 17 E. Manor Ave., Enola

• East Pennsboro 6: Goodwill Fire Company #1, 400 Third St., Enola

• East Pennsboro 7: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 225 Salt Rd., Enola

• East Pennsboro 8: East Penn Elementary, 840 Panther Pkwy., Enola

• East Pennsboro 9: Marcy C. Schaner Senior Center, 98 S. Eno-la Dr., Enola

• East Pennsboro 10: Summer-dale Fire Company, 202 Third St., Enola.

HAMPDEN PRECINCTS• Hampden 1: Recreation Build-

ing Community Room, 5001 Park Street Extension, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 2: Hampden Twp Emergency Services Bldg., 295 S. Sporting Hill Road, Mechanics-burg

• Hampden 3: Full Gospel Church of God, 220 St. John’s Church Road, Camp Hill

• Hampden 4: St. Timothy Lu-theran Church, 4200 Market St., Camp Hill

• Hampden 5 & 6: Good Hope Middle School, 451 Skyport Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 7: West Shore Brethren In Christ Church, 1085 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 8: New Covenant Fellowship, 4500 Creekview Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 9: Emergency Ser-vices Building North, 1200 Good Hope Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 10: Aldersgate Unit-ed Methodist Church; 1480 Jeru-salem Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 11: St. James Pres-

byterian Church, 1425 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg

• Hampden 12: Capital Area Christian Church, 1775 Lambs Gap Road, Mechanicsburg

HOPEWELL AND LEMOYNE PRECINCTS

• Hopewell: Twp Bldg., 415 Three Square Hollow Road, New-burg

• Lemoyne 1: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 509 Hummel Ave, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 2: West Shore Bu-reau of Fire, 326 Herman Ave, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 3: Calvary United Methodist Church, 700 Market Street, Lemoyne

• Lemoyne 4: Lemoyne Com-

munity Building, 510 Herman Ave, Lemoyne.

LOWER ALLEN PRECINCTS• Lower Allen 1 and Lower Al-

len 1 Annex: Lower Allen Fire Co. #2, 800 Rupp Ave, Mechan-icsburg

• Lower Allen 2: Christian Life Assembly Church, 2645 Lisburn Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 3: Lower Allen Twp Municipal Services Cen-ter, 2233 Gettysburg Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 4: Faith United Church of Christ, 1120 Drexel Hills Blvd., New Cumberland

• Lower Allen 5: Christ Presby-terian Church, 421 Deerfield Road, Camp Hill

• Lower Allen 6: Bethany Village Retirement Center, 325 Wesley Dr., Mechanicsburg

LOWER FRANKFORD AND LOWER MIFFLIN PRECINCTS

• Lower Frankford: Twp Bldg., 1205 Easy Road, Carlisle

• Lower Mifflin: Lower Mifflin Twp Bldg., 529 Shed Road, Newville

MECHANICSBURG PRECINCTS

• Mechanicsburg 1: St. Mark Lutheran Church, 117 W. Keller St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 2-1: Mechan-icsburg Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Simpson St., Mechanicsburg

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MECHANICSBURG PRECINCTS (Continued)

• Mechanicsburg 2-2: Wesley United Methodist Church, 201 S. Filbert St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 3: First Church of God Community Center, 201 E. Green St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 4: Mechan-icsburg Municipal Center, 36 W. Allen St., Mechanicsburg

• Mechanicsburg 5: Citizen’s Fire and Rescue #2, 208 S. York St., Mechanicsburg.

MIDDLESEX AND MONROE PRECINCTS

• Middlesex 1: Middlesex Twp Bldg., 350 N Middlesex Road, Carlisle

• Middlesex 2: Hickorytown United Methodist Church, 1677 Trindle Road, Carlisle.

• Monroe 1: Monroe Municipal Bldg., 1220 Boiling Springs Road, Mechanicsburg

• Monroe 2: Monroe Fire Co., 1225 Peffer Road, Mechanicsburg.

MT. HOLLY SPRINGS AND NEW CUMBERLAND

PRECINCTS• Mt. Holly Springs: Citizens

Fire Co., 100 Chestnut St., Mt. Holly Springs

• New Cumberland 1-1: New Cumberland Fire Co., 319 4th St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-1: New Cumberland River Rescue, 12th and Market St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-2: St. Theresa Parish, 1300 Bridge St., New Cumberland

• New Cumberland 2-3: New Cumberland Library Foundation Hall, 498 9th St., New Cumber-land.

NEWBURG AND NEWVILLE PRECINCTS

• Newburg: Hopewell Fire Dept., 106 N. High St., Newburg

• Newville North and South: Friendship Fire Co. #1, 15 E. Big Spring Ave., Newville

NORTH MIDDLETON AND NORTH NEWTON PRECINCTS

• North Middleton 1: North Middleton Fire Co. #2, 2061 Spring Road, Carlisle

• North Middleton 2: Calvary Road Church of God, 910 Calvary

Road, Carlisle• North Middleton 3: North

Middleton Fire Co. #1, 310 North Middleton Road, Carlisle

• North Newton: Township Community Bldg., 433 Oakville Road, Newville

PENN AND SHIPPENSBURG PRECINCTS

• Penn: Twp Volunteer Fire Company, 1750 P ine Road, Newville

• Shippensburg East: Oasis of Love Church, 303 S. Washington St., Shippensburg

• Shippensburg Middle: Ship-pensburg First Church of God An-nex, 5 N Prince St., Shippensburg

• Shippensburg Township: Shippensburg Township building, 83 Walnut Bottom Rd., Shippens-burg

SHIREMANSTOWN AND SILVER SPRING PRECINCTS

• Shiremanstown: Boro Hall, 1 Park Lane, Shiremanstown

• Silver Spring 1: North Cum-berland Perry Vo Tech, 110 Old

Willow Mill Road, Mechanicsburg• Silver Spring 1: South, Sil-

ver Spring Twp Social Hall, 6471 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg

• Silver Spring 2: New Kings-town Fire Co., 277 N. Locust Pt. Road, New Kingstown

SOUTH MIDDLETON AND SOUTH NEWTON PRECINCTS

• South Middleton 1: Carlisle First Church of the Brethren, 1340 Forge Road, Carlisle

• South Middleton 2: South Middleton Fire Co., 405 Forge Road, Boiling Springs

• South Middleton 3: Mt. Vic-tory UM Church Fellowship Hall, 1 Victory Church Road, Gardners

• South Middleton Upper: St. Patrick Church, 85 Marsh Dr., Carlisle

• South Newton: Fire Co., 16 Firehouse Road, Walnut Bottom.

SOUTHAMPTON AND UPPER ALLEN PRECINCTS• Southampton Lower: South-

ampton Twp Bldg., 200 Airport Road, Shippensburg

• Southampton Upper 1: Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, 125 Middle Spring Road, Shippens-burg

• Southampton Upper 2: South-ampton Twp Multi-Purpose Cen-ter, 56 Cleversburg Road, Ship-pensburg

• Upper Allen 1: Daybreak Church, 321 Gettysburg Pike, Me-chanicsburg

• Upper Allen 2: Grantham Brethren in Christ Church, 421 Grantham Road, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 3: Shepardstown United Methodist Church, 1934 South York Street, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 4: St. Peter’s Lu-theran Church, 130 Nittany Drive, Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 5: Bowmansdale Church of God, 1010 East Lisburn Road, Bowmansdale

• Upper Allen 6: Crossroads Community Church, 1425 South Market St., Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 7: Messiah Vil-lage, 100 Mt Allen Drive, Mechan-icsburg

• Upper Allen 8: Upper Allen Municipal Building, 100 Gettys-

burg Pike, Mechanicsburg• Upper Allen 9: Immanuel Al-

liance Church, 800 South Market St., Mechanicsburg

• Upper Allen 10: Temple Beth Shalom, 913 Allendale Road, Me-chanicsburg.

UPPER FRANKFORD AND UPPER MIFFLIN PRECINCTS

• Upper Frankford Fire Co., 4080 Enola Road, Newville; Up-per Mifflin Township Bldg., 455 Whiskey Run Road, Newville

WEST PENNSBORO AND WORMLEYSBURG

PRECINCTS• West Penn Lower: West Penn

Vol Fire Co., 20 Park Road, Plain-field

• West Penn Upper: Newville Assembly of God, 403 Oak Flat Road, Newville

• Wormleysburg 1: Knisely Hall, S. 2nd St. and Market St., Worm-leysbug

• Wormleysburg 2: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 1000 Yverdon Dr., Camp Hill

Sentinel file photo

Abby Beam, left, and Nicholas Minnich make their way into Carlisle’s St. John’s Episocal Church to cast their vote last year.



Two years ago, incumbent Rep. Mark Keller claimed nearly 80 percent of the vote in the Republican primary en route to winning his third term as state representative for the 86th Legislative Dis-trict seat.

His opponent in that race, Michael Lapp of Oliver Township, is hoping for a better result in 2010.

A retired Army veteran, Lapp is back on the ballot for the May 18 primary.

And much like 2008, no Democrats filed to run for the 86th district seat.


Rematch set for 86th district

incumbent Rep. mark keller will once again face michael lapp in the Republican primary for the 86th legislative District, which includes perry county and the Franklin county townships of Fannett, metal and St. thomas, as well as parts of Hamilton and peters.

keller defeated lapp in the 2008 primary.



In Focus

age: 56address: 6441 Waggoners Gap Road, Spring townshipEducation: missouri Auction School; attended classes at pennsylvania State university.occupation: state representative; auctioneer/farmerFamily: Wife, Sally keller; son, bryan kellercommunity organizations: mt. Zion lutheran church; Adams lodge 319, new bloomfield; perry county Farm bureau; landisburg Fire and Ambulance; nRA; Scottish Rite, Harrisburg; Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg; boy Scout council; sportsmen’s clubsExperience in politics: current committee assignments: Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee; minority vice chair, Game and Fisheries committee; minority chair of townships and local Government committee; transportation; House Republican policy committee’s infrastructure task Force; deputy whip; perry county representative to Harrisburg Area transit Study since 1996, chairman of coordinating committee since 2004; perry county commissioner from 1996-2005; president of the county commissioners Association of pennsylvania in 2004; Spring township board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1996; Spring township auditor from 1979 to 1985.• What is the most pressing issue in the 86th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? property tax relief. throughout my tenure, i have sponsored and supported legislation that would overhaul the property tax system; it is a priority for our entire commonwealth.• Would you support a constitutional convention? Yes, as long as the issues are predetermined before the convention begins.• should Pennsylvania have more toll roads? no. the infrastructures of our highway systems have already been paid for by tax dollars. i don’t believe in double charging citizens. We need to start looking at differ-ent alternatives for funding rather than looking only in the pockets of pennsylvanians.• should sales tax be broadened? no. i believe the citizens of the com-monwealth are paying enough taxes already. it is time for our government and its agencies to reduce spending and clean up the widespread misman-aged spending of tax dollars.

Mark K. Keller


age: 48address: 573 Wolf St., oliver townshipEducation: Associate’s in applied science and business administration from columbia Southern university; bachelor’s in business administration from central penn collegeoccupation: u.S. Army (retired)Family: Wife, trish lapp; children, David, 21, Andrew, 20, katie, 16community organizations: perry county Day camp director; turkey trot steering committee; newport VFW chaplain; American legion; meals-Wheels; newport Graveyard Restoration team; elder/councilmember of the newport First church of God.Experience in politics: not a politician• What is the most pressing issue in the 86th Legislative District and what would you do to address it? eliminate real estate tax, elimi-nate assessments, retain farmland.• Would you support a constitutional convention? Yes. the system is simply broke. change needs to occur before anything truly works. the people do not run this state. Who runs this state are a few “career” lawmakers who know how to take advantage of the current system. A con-stitutional convention would bring needed reforms. lobbyist monies, the current marriage law, campaign finance and the out-of-control tax system are a few issues that need immediate repair. • should Pennsylvania have more toll roads? not if the following data is true. it will cost $60 million per booth to initiate the program on i-80. About every 30 miles there will be a booth. Does this put us ahead or behind?• should sales tax be broadened? Sales tax should be lowered to 4 per-cent and include all items except home residential and business power (i.e. heating oil). For example, if you want to buy a pair of $100 jeans then pay the 4 cents on the dollar. ... i’ll stick to $15 jeans.

Michael J. LappMy vote this

tuesday, May 18!VotE tuEsDay, May 18

Pennsylvania

Dems fear losing four-decade grip on seatBy GEnaRo c. aRMasASSociAteD pReSS WRiteR

JOHNSTOWN — In what was the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha’s western Pennsylvania district — reachable through John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Air-port or John P. Murtha Highway — Democrats watch nervously, hoping his former top aide can hold on to the House seat.

Mark Critz, who worked for Murtha for more than a decade in Pennsylvania, including the past three as district director, is in a fierce fight with Republican busi-nessman Tim Burns in the May 18 special election. The national GOP has spent hundreds of thou-sands of dollars to push Burns’ candidacy, sensing a legitimate shot of capturing the seat held for 36 years by Murtha, an ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

A loss would unnerve Demo-crats, who face the backlash against the party in power typical for a midterm election year, and depress the outlook for the party’s other candidates in Pennsylvania, which Barack Obama won easily in 2008.

Democrats hold a roughly 2-to-1 registration edge in the socially conservative, blue-collar district marked by old steel mills, coal mines — and projects named for Murtha, who was the powerful chairman of the House Appro-priations defense subcommittee. He died in February at age 77 from complications of gallbladder sur-gery.

oppositionGrowing opposition to Obama

and the Democrats, tea party-driven discontent and unhappi-ness with the president’s health care law give Republicans hope that the 42-year-old Burns, who lives in Eighty Four, can win.

“This year, we have mobilized millions of people from all over the country, and they are ready to take back this country. It’s going to start right here, right now in this district on May 18,” Burns said

at a recent fundraiser in Latrobe featuring former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

At a recent Pittsburgh fundraiser for Critz, Vice President Joe Biden said: “This guy’s the real deal.”

Critz, 48, of Johnstown, says he’s “pro-life, pro-gun” and de-termined to help a district hard-hit by job losses — policy positions that mirror Murtha’s.

Burns calls for lower taxes and repeal of the health care law. Critz highlights his experience helping his former boss bring more eco-nomic development to the region as his own strength.

The two candidates sparred over taxes and who would be less be-holden to Washington at Wednes-day night’s debate.

“You keep talking about Wash-ington, D.C. I’m worried about Washington, Pa.,” Critz said.

“Do you want someone who has grown up in government or some-one who has grown up in the real world?” asked Burns.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent more than $641,000, according to Federal Election Commission re-cords. Along with pro-Critz ads, the committee has run ads accus-

ing Burns of selling a company to a corporation that “used a tax loophole which encourages send-ing American jobs overseas” and supporting a 23 percent “national sales tax.”

Big spendingThe National Republican Cam-

paign Committee has spent roughly $728,000 — all oppos-ing Critz, FEC records show. Their ads link Critz to Pelosi and what is said to be a liberal agenda in Washington.

One Republican ad, with-out mentioning Murtha’s name, questioned Critz’s ethics, saying he was investigated as a staffer in a House probe.

Critz called the spot mislead-ing and he defended Murtha. Critz responded in an ad that said the Republican commercial has “gone way too far when you attack someone who is no longer here to defend himself.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has also spent $100,000 on behalf of Burns.

“This has grown much more than (just) local politics,” Critz said recently at an appearance be-fore a Democratic women’s group in Johnstown. “But really, it’s about local politics, it’s about the economy, it’s about jobs.”

Recent federal campaign fi-nance reports showed Burns with $387,000 on hand at the end of March; he had lent himself $225,000. Critz had $330,000 on hand and no loans.

Anchored in Pennsylvania’s southwestern corner, the district snakes out haphazardly to the east and north, reaching out to Wash-ington and Latrobe. The district’s eastern hub is the Murtha strong-hold of Johnstown. It has a signif-icant number of older voters and remnants of a labor constituency.

Evelyn Mrsnik, 65, of John-stown, said her concern is job

growth.Critz “gave me a lot of peace of

mind that these companies are going to be able to stay here, and they are going to be self-suffi-cient, and I’m sure he’s going to bring in more jobs, too,” Mrsnik said after Critz spoke to the dozen or so members of the East Hills Federated Democratic Women’s Club.

The district can be difficult to predict. Democrat John Kerry won it in the 2004 presidential elec-tion and Republican John Mc-Cain claimed it in 2008. Critz and Burns likely will get to do it again in November as they are seeking party nominations on May 18.

“I think this will be one of the races where the people of west-ern Pennsylvania show the folks what they really think of what’s going on in Washington,” Brian O’Connor, 44, an insurance exec-utive from Latrobe, said at a Burns fundraiser.

Associated press

Mark Critz, a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania’s 12th congres-sional district, talks with campaign worker at his campaign headquarters in Johnstown. Critz is running for the congressional seat vacated by the death of Congressman John Murtha.

“this year, we have mobilized

millions of people from all over the country, and they are ready to take

back this country. It’s going to start right here, right

now in this district on May 18.”

tiM burnsRepublicAn, 12tH DiStRict


This year’s primary election has a headliner — that’s for sure.

With state Rep. Will Gabig’s announced retire-ment, seven Republi-cans lined up to replace him as the 199th state House representative. All men, the contend-ers have echoed similar themes of reform dur-ing the campaign.

The GOP winner is expected to face Carlisle Area School District board member Fred Baldwin in the general election. Baldwin is the lone Democratic candidate on the ballot.

While the crowded 199th district race is getting all the attention, it is not the only competitive con-test on the May 18 ballot.

Congressman Todd Platts, R-19, has an intrapar-ty challenger in York businessman Mike Smeltzer. So do state House members Sheryl Delozier, R-88, and Mark Keller, R-86. They are being challenged by Margie Stuski and Michael Lapp, respectively.

INSIDE THIS VOTER’S GUIDE• rematch set for 86th Legislative

District race — E2

• Delozier and stuski to meet in primary race for 88th — E4

• York businessman challenges Platts in the 19th — E5

• several unopposed races in 2010 state primary — E6

• 12 republicans, 4 Democrats make bids for state committee seats — E7

• seven compete for GOP nomination in 199th Legislative District — E8-12

• Cumberland County polling locations for the primary race — E13-14


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DEDICATED LEADERSHIPI’ve been dedicated to serving the people of the 199th District as a lawyer and community leader since my wife and I made our home here as new-lyweds 25 years ago. We’ve been blessed and I’ve always worked hard to give back. Now, facing reckless career politicians spiraling out of control at every level, I’m convinced that responsible citizens like you and I need to stand up and take back our govern-ment, before we lose our basic freedoms forever.

- Stephen Bloom

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www.StephenLBloom.comA u t h o r i z e D B y t h e C A n D i D At e . PA i D f o r B y B L o o m f o r t h e 1 9 9 t h C o m m i t t e e , J o e L f L i n C h B A u G h , t r e A S u r e r .

Committee MembersJames Prescott III - Honorary Co-ChairEarl Keller - Honorary Co-ChairBrad Morgan - ChairJoel Flinchbaugh, CPA - TreasurerJeff BarnesGeorge & Shari BellishSharon BloomDennis BrandtRodger DiehlDennis & Sheri DowneyPete & Fran EinsteinDennis GarmanTony GasullBill & Melinda HenchJames Hughes

Roger IrwinTodd & Patty JenningsWilliam & Laura Lee KauffmanDonald H. & Marjorie M. MoweryNed KerstetterRobert KilmerMarcus McKnightBrad MentzerH. David MillerKaren NoelWilliam & Linda PippJane Keller RosboroughBlaine & Pat ShattoJoyce & John J. Wardle Jr.Evan Pittsley & Derek Petrella - Managers

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