Kate Philips
Kate Philips
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The governor's main focus with this legislation is that the greater good of the community is properly balanced with a property owner's rights.
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The governor's comments speak for themselves. He came to Harrisburg to get things done, and through leadership, diplomacy and compromise, he has. A little frankness is always refreshing, I think.
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The governor rarely visits Pittsburgh when he doesn't talk to every third person about the arena.
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The governor feels confident they will get something finalized in the next two or three weeks.
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The governor continues to be encouraged that in the very near future ... we will be able to hammer out a compromise.
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The governor called on the president to impose a windfall profit tax and return the money to the American people.
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We don't believe it's enough. The governor wants to go farther.
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The overall funding is still less than half of what is needed to comply with (NCLB), leaving the burden on states and local taxpayers.
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He has several favorites and looks forward to sampling each of them during his tour.
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This was not money taken away from roads and bridges, so that's not the truth.
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There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they should be taxed the same way. Cellular providers have chosen to pass the tax to their consumers. They could have chosen to absorb all or some of the tax as a cost of doing business.
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Plans are under way to perform background checks. The background checks will not only protect the citizens of Pennsylvania but also other evacuees.
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He is waiting on the folks from New Jersey to move forward with the dredging project.
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I would not at all characterize the governor as being scared of him by any measure. Both are strong personalities. Both have strong opinions about what is right and wrong. They both have the good of the people in mind, but they're cut from two different cloths. I think they respect each other. They are both very powerful men.