2009 was supposed to be the year of change, remember? Change we could all believe in. Change has and is happening, change that wasn’t what the majority of us expected. Turns out, 2009 will go into the books as broken promises. Things like transparency, which has clouded even more. No special interests on board in this administration, in a pig’s eye. The end of pork spending in the bills. Well they have actually gone up in 09 and both parties are guilty.

Bail outs, cap and trade, government run healthcare and green jobs are among the growing list of items, if passed, will cost the average family thousands of dollars more a year and diminish the standard of living for our upcoming generation and place international strangleholds over our constitution. One could write a book on the changes that are about to challenge us with change you have no choice but to believe in now. Remember the statement Obama made during his campaign, “Judge me by the people I surround myself with.”  I will and my vote beginning in 2010 will reflect that.

Just as government in Washington is corrupted to the marrow, turn your attention to Pennsylvania. How does it feel living in the 4^th most corrupt state in the nation? You don’t have to look far to see it either, Harrisburg is rolling in it, Luzerne County is rife with it and Columbia County has it’s share also. Why in God’s name do people continue to vote for the same old politics? Is it that hard to look at the records of people in office? Why has it become so hard for honest people to run on Constitutional principles? Why is it that voters, either party, just can’t seem to grasp the concept that government is leashed by us, not the other way around?

Our tax and spend Governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, has brought the state within 3 years of equal financial hardships now facing California. Are you ready to give up 10^th Amendment sovereignty to the federal government to get bailed out of a true financial crisis? Are you prepared to endure a decade or longer of high unemployment and stopgap taxes that has to come from somewhere, most probably from your pay checks that will lower an already sagging standard of living for a lot of Pennsylvanians? The things I speak of are only the tip of the iceberg of problems facing us. But, there is a way to stop the madness, begin to reverse it, and RENEW Pennsylvania.

In 2010 vote for people who will pursue the following guidelines in this grassroots movement:

· Restore the Culture of Ethics & Integrity in Government

· Remove Roadblocks to Job Creation & Economic Recovery

· Reduce Government Cost Through Disciplined Spending and Lower Taxes

· Stabilize School Funding & Eliminate School Property Taxes

· Boost Student Performance by Expanding Choice & Empowering Parents

We have allowed the Tax and Spend crowd their chance and all they have done is throw good money after bad. It is time for Pennsylvanians to join the movement to Renew our state by electing people to office that will get our state back to its Constitutional roots.

We begin by electing a Constitutional Governor for Pennsylvania, and there is such a person. Vote for and Elect Rep. Sam Rohrer and Get Pennsylvania back to recovery. Go to http://www.samrohrer.org and join the movement. Pennsylvania Can’t Afford another wasted Voting cycle.

Robert Runyon

The Patriot's Voice