Letter: Who is Chris Ross working for?
To The Editor:
Even after many phone calls and e-mails this week from the people in his district telling him that they did not want this Pay Day Loan Bill to go through, Chris Ross continued to champion a bill (HB 2191) that is really no more than a way to legalize loan sharks in Pennsylvania. Who is Chris working for?
No fewer than 50 organizations have gone on record as opposing this bill including...
Letter: Ross rebuts payday loan bill arguments
To the Editor:
It is time to face the fact that while payday lending is illegal in Pennsylvania, it is widely available to Pennsylvanians via the Internet. The Pennsylvania Department of Banking is overmatched trying to stop the payday lenders who locate off-shore, use the sovereignty of Native American tribes or shifting post office business addressees to evade prosecution.
Pennsylvanians give in...
Time for the end of prevailing wage
Law may have made sense a couple of generations ago, but its time has passed
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
You’ve probably seen a lot of headlines about prevailing wage of late — local municipalities backing a bill currently stuck in the state house.
The bill would increase the threshold for public bodies — schools, townships, boroughs and counties — required to pay prevailing...
School board supports prevailing wage change
Resolution backs increase in threshold; bill remains short of GOP support
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board members suggested Monday night that eliminating Prevailing Wage might have saved the district $6 milllion on the current high school renovation project.
PENNSBURY — Add the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District to the chorus of local governmental...
Ross: PHFA now offering foreclosure assistance
State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158).
HARRISBURG – Rep. Chris Ross (R-Chester) would like to inform residents that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is offering assistance for families facing foreclosure. The Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program, managed by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), is available for those who are delinquent on their mortgage payments.
The Emergency...
Ross: local school fund cuts need to be put in context
State Rep. says higher ed. cuts more of concern, supports Corbett’s call for pay freeze
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158)
As the Chinese curse suggests, “may you live in interesting times.”
And while the current fiscal environment might be a tad too interesting for some local residents and taxpayers, a local state legislator says he wasn’t terribly...
Legislator calls for changes to state education funding
Ross argues that population changes need to be weighed in revised funding formula
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158)
Fiscal crisis or not, he business of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have to go on. While State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158) notes he has a clear focus on the financial crisis and the upcoming budget — which was touched on here earlier this...
Ross: streamline state government to save locally
State Rep. cautions that state spending cuts could be wide, supports privatizing liquor stores & more efficient government
While supportive of privatizing the state liquor stores, State Rep. Chris Ross cautions that it might not be as lucrative as some thing and may be a complicated process.
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
There are times that less is more, and one local state legislator...
Ross’ E-Cycling bill signed by Rendell
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Chris Ross (R-Chester) that establishes a recycling program for computer equipment and televisions, was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Ed Rendell.
“The disposal of these electronic devices is potentially hazardous to the environment and while some manufacturers and communities have taken steps to address the disposal problem, there was no statewide solution until...
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