Help save what could be the single best thing about the Rendell administration
| April 25, 2007 | Posted by andrea under Politics |
Yo: so the Pennsylvania Senate is threatening to block re-appointment of PA DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty. This is a big deal, and everyone needs to take a moment here to send urgent emails to their senators letting them know how wack this idea is. Here’s PennFuture’s press release on the subject; click here to find your state senator’s contact information and tell them in your own words how important it is to keep McGinty and PA DCNR Secretary Mike DiBernardinis. CALL THEM. Call them NOW.
Katie McGinty is an awesome ball-of-fire advocate for the environment in PA – a friend of Al, a big advocate for Pennsylvania green businesses and renewable energy, the driving force behind PA adopting California emissions standards – and imho one of the best things Rendell has ever done for Pennsylvania is appoint her Secretary of the DEP. She’s pissed off all the right people, naturally. Now they’re out for her blood.
Today is the deadline for the Senate to take action on her nomination for re-appointment, and it’s not looking good. Please take a moment to contact your senator to let them know it’s important to keep McGinty on.
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here’s pennfuture’s action alert link: http://www.pennfuture.org/actionalerts_detail.aspx?ActionID=24&Home=Y
UPDATE: Rendell decided yesterday evening to withdraw the nominations of McGinty & DeBernardinis for 5 days. An Ethics Commission opinion is to be issued in that period. Then the Senate will take its vote. The Governor apparently stated the whole matter was “ludicrous.â€
So, action is still needed, continuously, leading up to the vote. When precisely it will occur is as of this moment unclear. Anyone who wants to volunteer to help out with this issue (eg, writing LTEs, etc.), please contact Heather at PennFuture. Let me know if you need the info.