Corbett Gets Ready to Blame the Feds for 4,000 Phila. School Layoffs; Complete Gridlock continues [View all]

[JPZenger]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130624_In_Pa___it_s_6_days_until_change_or_6_days_to_sameness.html

Harrisburg is set up for complete gridlock this week. Major iniatives and the budget are supposed to be passed, but nothing is going to happen.

Meanwhile, Corbett is setting up a strategy to blame the Federal government for the 4,000 layoffs in the Phila. school district and other urban school districts. He is asking the feds to forgive a $100 million overpayment that was made years ago to PA., so it can go to PA. urban schools. I wonder whether the HHS secretary even has the authority to forgive the repayment. He also is blaming the federal sequester, which has cut federal funds to low income school districts.

The teabaggers who control the horribly gerrymandered PA. House are trying to avoid any more funding for mass transit or urban schools.

Additional update at:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/06/corbett_optimistic_about_lawma.html#incart_m-rpt-1
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Meanwhile the right-wingers are back in court this week still trying to get PA.'s Voter ID law to be in effect in time for the next Governor and Legislative elections.