This doesn't surprise me, especially with Wagner being involved.  He's a Trump Lite.  His antics and outbursts are dragging his position and office down into the mud.

So they have time to watch the ridiculous sign but can't get a budget passed. Why am I not surprised ? 

 

If both sides, the legislature and the governor, can't negotiate and work together, I'm all for the government being shut down as long as needed.  Both sides need to realize that they aren't going to get everything that they want.  Simply vetoing proposals outright without presenting a reasonable alternative is no way to govern, and no, jacking up taxes on the middle class, all classes, at your whim is not a reasonable alternative.  We don't need or want that, and so far I would predict Tom Wolf will be a one-term governor if his work ethic and ability to understand what the people want doesn't improve.  He can't just ignore our representatives, the people who we elected to do our bidding in Harrisburg.

That said, the childish bullshit on BOTH sides needs to stop, from Tom Wolf's people buying TV ads slamming the legislature's budget proposal like he is still in campaign mode, to Scott Wagner putting up a sign of Tom Wolf as the Kool-Aid Man.  We don't need or want any of that.

Last edited by The Man (7/15/2015 5:25 pm)

Here's Scott Wagner's answer to my letter to him concerning the need to work together to pass legislation that is important to operating the state government, budget negotiations, and other issues considered to be important to the citizens of the Commonwealth. I also mentioned the sophomoric antics regarding the cameras outside his office.


"Thank you for contacting me regarding my recent budget update and the cameras placed outside of my office.

With respect to your comment that the legislative and executive branches should work together – I couldn’t agree more.  Unfortunately, as I noted in my e-news update, which you quoted, the Governor is out campaigning across the state, and he is sending campaign-style mailers to our constituents touting his budget.  Senate Republicans have indicated to the Governor that we are open to alternative solutions, but we can’t make that happen if he isn’t willing to veer from his proposal and come back to Harrisburg to reach a compromise with us.

As for the cameras, they were installed over a month ago, long before the most recent poster was put on display.  The primary concern was that my name plate was being knocked off the door and onto the floor.  The large posters I put out each day were a secondary concern.  Of course, as is always the case, the media spins the story as they wish, and the focus has been that I simply want to keep watch on the posters.

Thank you again for taking the time to write and to share your thoughts.  I appreciate hearing your views.

Sincerely,

Scott R. Wagner
Senator, 28th District, York County"



While I used to think that some of Mr.Wagner's ideas on certain issues were a step in the right direction, and that he was going to be an impartial representative to complete tasks, it has become more clear, as time goes by, that he has become a partisan political denizen of Harrisburg. His inability to take responsibility for his personal actions, or inactions, speaks much louder than his words.

Mr. Wagner blames the gridlock on the budget solely on the fact that the governor/opposition party does not agree with the package passed by his party. He seems to forget that, for our representative republic government to work, it depends on collaboration, cooperation, and compromise by differing points of view. Just blaming "the other side" gets us nothing but gridlock . . . a stigma in Harrisburg he campaigned on working to break down. He has either given up, or given in to the status quo.

From my perspective, it doesn't make it right that the cameras were placed outside his office not because of someone defacing his idiotic posters denigrating an opposing party figure, but due to the fact that someone was apparently knocking his nameplate off his door. That makes it worse . . . Again, is this junior high? Maybe it's even more juvenile . . . Like back to kindergarten. And he blames it on the press for reporting these childish antics.

By vetoing the entire budget, rather than line-item vetoing, the governor seems to be sending the message that it's his way or the highway, he will not compromise. 

Is it possible to use a line-item veto, or is the whole thing a mess in the gov's eyes?

Secondly, compromise is not always possible in certain situations.  For example:   If I propose you should jump across a 10 foot cavern and you don't think it's a good idea, should you compromise and say, "Ok, I'll compromise and jump 5 feet"?