Eichelberger To Introduce Alternative County-Wide Tax Reform Plan

“Balanced Options-Local Decisions Act”
~Requires dollar-for-dollar property tax reductions and revenue neutrality~
 June 4, 2009 – Today, Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. (R-Blair) announced his intention to introduce an alternative to the local sales tax plan proposed by the Governor.  Under his proposed “Balanced Options-Local Decisions” Act, the voters could also select a new local tax structure [...]

Senator Eichelberger to Introduce Marriage Amendment

For Immediate Release
Contact: Jason High
jhigh@pasen.gov
814-414-1264

** NEWS RELEASE**

EICHELBERGER TO INTRODUCE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

Says Pennsylvania must act now to protect marriage definition

Harrisburg, PA – Wednesday, May 13, 2009, State Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. announced today his intention to introduce an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would strictly define marriage [...]

I won’t vote to do it

I didn’t have anything scheduled in the district today since I first planned to be in Harrisburg so I got caught up with some odds and ends including a little paperwork. This morning I got the oil in the truck changed and the tires rotated. My truck has over 194,000 miles on it [...]

We are not anywhere close to that at present

After session this morning, I stayed and finished some work and did a radio show from my desk at the capitol then headed to the Hollidaysburg office. We are not going to session tomorrow and are scheduled for a full week again starting Monday. There has been some discussion publicly and privately about [...]