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Monday, July 31, 2006

Perzel Supports Mantz in 187th

Speaker of the House John Perzel, he of the imperial hubris pay raise fiasco, has contributed 37% of 187th House District Carl Mantz's campaign war chest. The Speaker, whose insane comparisons of state Representatives incomes with cow milkers and tattoo artists has so lost touch with working Pennsylvanians I'm surprised to see anyone accepting his dirty money. Newspaper articles about his lavish, and possibly illegal, campaign expenditures have shocked observers.

It isn't like Mr. Mantz doesn't need the $700 John Perzel gave. After all this is a Republican who has only raised $1175 from everyone else. His opponent Archie Follweiler has raised over $12,000 from numerous individual contributors. Is Mantz so desperate for money he'll accept John Perzel's pay raise cash? What strings will go along with this contribution? The voters of this district just ousted incumbent Paul Semmel for his 2 am vote for the raise and now his Republican successor on the ballot has already sold his soul to the GOP House leader. Meet Carl Mantz, the reincarnation of Paul Semmel.