Bella Vista United Civic Candidates Night

Wed., Sept 24th

7:00 p.m.

Palumbo Playground

10th & Fitzwater Sts.

Meet the Candidates for

State Representative

182nd District

before the general election.

Interested in helping the environment and creating jobs? We all know how important energy independence is to our economy and national security. Most of us are familiar with the ambitious and exciting "Pickens' Plan," which touts wind based power as the foundation to our nation's move to energy independence. What you may not know is that experts estimate that clean energy, like wind based power, will create over 100,000 jobs and $19 billion in investment.

You may also be surprised to know that Philadelphia and the 182nd District are home to one of the world's leaders in wind based power, Gamesa Wind USA. Clean energy providers, like Gamesa, have the potential to reinvent our local economy and are posed to reap the rewards of the job creation and massive investment the experts predict.

As the Inquirer chronicled today in an Editorial (link below), Representative Babette Josephs foolishly scuttled H.B. 2420 - a.k.a the redistricting bill - a key piece of reform legislation and a bill she co-sponsored along with a bi-partisan team of 92 other Representatives. Equally befuddling was her rationale behind scuttling the bill, "[w]e have a whole number of land transfers and other bills that sponsors are eager to address."