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Dudrich Challenges Staback in 115th District
For the first time in more than 20 years, State Representative Ed Staback is being challenged in an election.
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Ed Staback- Because He Does His Job?

....Because he does his job! That is what Mr. Stabacks billboards are saying. According to www.libertyindex.com a non-partisan guide to the quality of representation and performance of our elected officials. Mr. Staback has scored F's for every year of this comprehensive fair and objective analysis. Unlike most ratings presented by limited interest organizations that publish ratings, they have analyzed every single bill that became an Act or was vetoed by the governor from 2003 to 2007.

Candidate Interview Event

On Saturday, March 29, 2008 between 10:30-11:00 am, The League of Women Voters of Lackawanna County has invited me to a 20 minute taped interview. The interview will be broadcast on Scranton Today-TV61. The interview will take place in the basement of the Lackawanna County Children's Library located at 500 Vine Street, Scranton.

For more information contact:
Bonnie Oldham
(570)574-1806
president@lwvlackawanna.org
PO Box 43
Scranton, PA 18501

Paul Dudrich
http://dudrich4staterep.googlepages.com/

Local State Legislators Violate Constitution

Any legislator who took the pay raise in 2005 violated the Pa. Constitution. This is Article 2 Sec. 8....


Compensation
Section 8. The members of the General Assembly shall receive such salary and mileage for regular and special sessions as shall be fixed by law, and no other compensation whatever, whether for service upon committee or otherwise. No member of either House shall during the term for which he may have been elected, receive any increase of salary, or mileage, under any law passed during such term.

Paul Dudrich
Candidate State Representative
115th District

Staback In Favor Of Tolling Turnpike-2007

Mr. Staback voted for Act 44, HB 1590 which would Raise Turnpike Tolls, Grants Turnpike Commission Authority to toll I-80, Allows billions in new debt to be issued by Turnpike, uses road tolls to fund mass transit, expands patronage-ridden Turnpike Commission.

Staback Voting Record 2007-STOP THE SPENDING

Mr. Staback voted yes in 2007 for Act 43, SB 798 which would have created $750 million dollars in new debt, including $250 million for pork-barrel grants!

Grading Our Legislators

See how your lawmakers have done for the past several terms! This is why we have to vote out the incumbents!

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Staback and the Pay Raise-2 years later

Mr. Staback was quoted in the Times-Tribune that he didn't think the pay raise of 2005 was an issue in this years election! According to Rock the Capital July 5, 2005. Mr. Staback had a pay increase from $69,647.64 to $89,154.00. He was quoted as saying "I do not take any advantage of this". "I don't consider myself a spend thrift, I spend money as I need to spend it, when I need it."

During the 18 month period investigated, Mr. Staback, collected in addition to his salary, $26,745 in per diems, and billed the House $585 a month for a private lease on a 2005 Dodge Durango. That is our tax payers money hard at work!

Dudrich Challenges Staback for 115th Race

I am writing this e-mail because I need your help. I am running for State Representative against incumbent Ed Staback this April 22. Mr. Staback is a career politician who has run opposed only once during his 23 years as a representative in Harrisburg. There are over 20 state legislators that are up for reelection this term and are refusing to run because of the way these politicians operate in Harrisburg. I was very saddened by this and I said to myself, "who will be there to be the voice of the people"?

These legislators have spent over $333 million dollars of taxpayer money on themselves last year, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This practice of spending has to stop! I am in favor of stopping these taxpayer newsletters and public service announcements which are only tools for re-election. However, there are two Legislators Matt Smith and Randy Vulakavich that are calling for a 20% cut. Instead, I am in favor of town meetings held on a regular basis that would serve to let taxpayers know what is going on and what their concerns are.

I am also in favor of term limits for legislators. I feel that Mr. Staback after 23 years in office has been too complacent and has not had the best interest of the people he serves. I will give you a little backround: He has voted for Act 1 of 1999 which provided hundreds of millions of tax dollars to professional sports teams to build new stadiums, but this was nothing but corporate welfare, Act 9 of 2001 which gave a 50% increase to the pensions of lawmakers, while giving a 25% increase to other government employees, Act 46 of 2003 raised the personal income tax rate for Pennsylvanians by 10%, from 2.8% to 3.07%, and don't forget Act 44 of 2005 passed in the middle of the night with no public debate, granting lawmakers a 16-54% pay raise.

It is my desire and goal to bring common sense back to the legislature but I need your help. I am asking you to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that lives in the 115th district to get the word out! I do not have the campaign funds that Mr. Staback has and I am running a grassroots campaign by going door-to-door. Please feel free to contact me at any time if you would like me to speak with you or your group.

Contributions can be made by clicking on the ActBlue web-site below or copying and pasting it into you address bar. I feel very confident about this.

http://www.actblue.com/contribute/entity/19024

Thank you,

Paul Dudrich

1233 Winthrop Street

Archbald, Pa. 18403-2314

Dudrich Challenges Staback for 115th

First of all I am in favor of a constitutional convention to address several issues. There is legislation right now that I am in favor of that will address the spending costs of legislators. Last year state legislators spent over $333 million dollars ON THEMSELVES! I am in favor of stopping taxpayer subsidized newsletters and public service announcements, which are only tools for reelection. I support enacting term limits on state legislators and senators. I am also in favor of limiting the ability of politicians to distribute and accept tax dollars in dealing with special interest groups. I will try to restore and favor the concept of a citizen legislature by empowering our our citizens with the right to vote on tax increases and government spending. When the public has the genuine power to vote on tax issues, as they do in other states, it is then and only then that costs will be controlled. Finally, I am in favor of having the creation of a nonpartisan state wide Independent Redistricting Commission to make votes truly count in legislative and congressional elections. This would also create more accountability among elected officials and to put citizens, not elected officials, in charge of elections.

Paul Dudrich
Candidate for State Legislature
115th Didtrich