Pileggi/Howard forum: sparks fly over debt, reform

League of Women Voters event at Crosslands shows stark difference in state Senate primary battle By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Roger Howard (left) and state Sen. Dominic Pileggi traded barbs — and showed vastly differing visions for Pennsylvania during a League of Women Voters forum Thursday night. PENNSBURY — In more than an hour of sometimes testy exchanges, the two Republican candidates...

Howard blasts Pileggi after Orie conviction

State Sen. Jane Orie EAST MARLBOROUGH — The GOP primary challenger to state Sen. Dominic Pileggi blasted the Senate Majority Leader and his fellow leaders for not calling for the resignation of state Sen. Jane Orie, who was convicted this of 14 counts related to using state employees to work on her election campaigns. The once powerful Republican state Sen. Orie — her sister Joan Orie Melvin is...

Howard claims primary is changing Pileggi’s priorities

Roger Howard CHESTER — The GOP primary challenger to state Sen. Dominic Pileggi, Roger Howard of East Marlborough, this week accused his opponent of changing his priorities because he’s faced with an election challenge. “In public speaking events in the winter, Dominic Pileggi shared his legislative agenda would focus on rewriting the library code and getting red light cameras in Chester,”...

Pileggi ‘hiding behind his desk’ won’t debate opponent

To The Editor: The voters in the 9th District have a choice in this election.  You have a choice to keep business as usual or make a change. Dominic Pileggi is making the case he is fiscally responsible.  Is it fiscally responsible to raise bond debt to pay for operating expenses?  Is it fiscally responsible to ignore the underfunded pensions?    Send article as PDF   ...