Metcalfe Summer 2010 Newsletter

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Your State Representative - 12th Legislative District

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Headlines:

Metcalfe Battles to Protect Taxpayers

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Grassroots Momentum Builds for Teacher STRIKE-FREE Pennsylvania


Metcalfe Arizona-Modeled Legislation Offers IllegalAliens Two Options: Leave Pennsylvania or Go to Jail


Metcalfe Celebrates Multiple Defeats of PAsGun-Grabbing Governor During Annual Right to Keepand Bear Arms Rally


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Metcalfe Continues Uncompromising Fight toProtect Life, Liberty and Property

Metcalfe Stands With Veterans

Representative Metcalfe

presents veteran Ron

Harbison with an

official House citation

in recognition of being

honored with the 2009

Butler County Veteranof the Year. -- January

15, 2010

Representative Metcalfe, U.S. Army Veteran, participated in a state Capitolceremony honoring Pennsylvania World War II veterans of theTuskegee Airmen - Americas first African American air combat unit.

Dear Friends,

Economic turmoil in our state, nation

and around the world has not discouraged

leftist forces who seek to control more of

our lives through continuing their pursuits of

our wallets. A local Cranberry Twp official,

responding to people in the community

who disagree with tax and spenders,actually wrote in a recent publication that,

if something works out, if we see results, if

things happen the way they are suppose to,

then we become believers.

This thought captures the excuse that

many liberals in government may use to

justify their intrusion into our lives. In place

of asking if it works, the question should be

- Is this in line with the limited constitutional

role that our government is supposed to

have in our lives?We still have a republican form of limited

government defined by our Constitution as

the law of the land, if we, the people choose

to protect and reclaim it. Our nations

founders invested, risked and lost their lives

laying the foundation of our government,

which included a system of checks and

balances to protect the liberty of their

generation and those to come.

As all levels of government consider

and form policies, they have a constitutional

responsibility to focus on implementingand adopting only those initiatives that are

based firmly on the constitutional principles

of protecting the life, liberty and property

of each individual citizen. By design, the

American form of government limits all

levels of governments reach into the life of

the citizen who they are supposed to serve.

Just because a level of government can do

something, and they have the majority of

votes to do it, does not mean they have

constitutional permission to do it. I will

continue the fight in Harrisburg to protect

our liberty and our wallets.

For Liberty,

Daryl Metcalfe

State Representative


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Metcalfe Battles to Protect Taxpayers

Advancing his steadfast efforts to Put Taxpayers First,

Representative Metcalfe and a united no tax increase coalition

held the 2010 Pennsylvania State Capitol Taxpayers

Protest

on June 8.

Noting a victory for taxpayers, Metcalfe said, This year,

your efforts have already forced Pennsylvanias outgoing

Spend-A-Holic governor to publicly throw in his towel over

his growth-killing proposal to impose the state sales tax on

74 tax-free everyday household items, business and

consumer services.

Continuing his fight to protect taxpayers, Metcalfe

voted NO on the 2010-11 $28.04 billion budget, when next

years revenue is projected to be approximately $25 billion.

This years budget spends $200 million more than last year, and

when passed was dependent on $850 million in unapproved

federal funding. The budget deal also included up to an

additional $600 million that the state may borrow. If the state borrows an

additional $600 million, it will ultimately cost the taxpayers, with interest,

approximately $936 million. Also included in the budget deal, by the Senate

and House leadership with the governor, was an agreement to create aseverance tax on natural gas extraction by October 2010. The

governor signed the budget July 6, making this the 8th consecutive year that

the budget was not passed by the June 30 deadline.

This 2010-11 state budget which spends $28.04 billion or $3

billion more than expected revenue is yet another act that jeopardizes the

economic security of every Pennsylvania taxpayer by setting the scene for an

enormous tax increase battle next year. Moreover, due to federal funds that

this budget depends on, it is not in line with our constitutional charge to pass a balanced budget, said Metcalfe.

Eighty-two of the 98 Republican rank-and-file members of the House voted against the Appropriations bill.

Unfortunately, all seven of their leaders, who are elected by the majority and who are supposed to represent the values and

principles of those members, voted for it. The only secret votes cast by legislators in Harrisburg are for their leadership.

The only way to end the corruption in our government is to shine light on back room deals and create more accountabilityto the people. This most recent example of elected Republican legislative leaders violating the basic Republican principle of fiscal

responsibility highlights the need to end secret legislative leadership elections, said Metcalfe.

Representative Metcalfe has been leading the fight to end secret leadership elections, which would then allow citizens to

hold their legislators accountable for electing leaders who will represent their values.

Contrary to the deceptive smoke-and-mirror attempts by the governor and his accomplices, there were many options to

create a balanced 2010-11 state budget, without increasing taxes, including cracking down on welfare fraud and eliminating

all discretionary spending, also known as WAMS.

The way to grow our economy is not on the backs of taxpayers, but through reducing every taxpayers burden. Reducing the

overhead cost of government will increase the amount of money in the pockets of individuals which, through their own choices in

the marketplace, will create jobs, said Metcalfe.

First of all, is Daryl

not the real deal? As a

conservative, Ill go forcloning if we can start

with him!

- R.J. Harris, Host, WHP580 AM

rassroots Momentum Builds for Teacher STRIKE-FREE Pennsylvania

Several school districts within the Commonwealth have passed resolutions demanding the Pennsylvania General

Assembly enact theSTRIKE-FREE Education Pact (House Bills 2092 and 1369).

For example, the unanimously adoptedPennsbury School

Districtresolution states:

by majority vote of its Board of School Directors, demands

that the Pennsylvania General Assembly enact the Strike-Free

ducation Pact: House Bill 1369 from Chief Sponsor, Rep. Todd Rock,

to make teacher strikes and retroactive contract payments illegal,while retaining fiscal authority over labor costs with the peoples

duly elected school officials; and also House Bill 2092 from Chief

Sponsor, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, to render school strikes and lockouts

unconstitutional.

ThroughRepresentative Metcalfesrecent appointment

sRepublican Chairmanof thePennsylvania House

Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, and because of the

committees oversight regarding the interaction of all levels of

government, he continues to fight for passage of theStrike-FREE

Education Amendment (House Bill 2092)to constitutionally ban teacher strikes and

other public school lockouts in Pennsylvania.

Representative Metcalfe congratulates Webelos Pack 457 on

earning their citizenship badges.

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Legislation Could Save PA Taxpayers$1.4 Billion Annually

Citing mounting taxpayer costs, the almost $1.2 billionRendell budget deficit, lost jobs and ever-increasing crime

resulting from Pennsylvanias illegal alien invasion, RepublicanIntergovernmental Affairs Committee Chairman RepresentativeMetcalfe introduced the newest and toughest addition (House Bill2479) to the National Security Begins at Home legislativepackage in early May.

The purpose of this legislation is to offer every illegal alienresiding in Pennsylvania two options: leave immediately or go to

jail, said Metcalfe. Whether you came to steal Pennsylvania jobsor to leech off of our states fraud-ridden, close your eyes andauthorize welfare system, once this law is enacted there will beabsolutely no economic incentives for you to remain here.

Modeled after the recently enacted Arizona law, House

Bill 2479 would provide state and local law enforcementwith full authority to apprehend Pennsylvanias estimated 140,000illegal alien invaders for deportation. Metcalfes legislationalso incorporates several other previously introduced NationalSecurity Begins at Home provisions, including punishingemployers who knowingly hire illegal aliens; cracking down onSanctuary cities; and ending access towelfare, education andall other public benefits or economic attractions for illegalaliens.

Giving state and local law enforcement full authorityto apprehend illegal alien invaders for deportation haseverything to do with fully restoring the rule of law in favor of

taxpaying Pennsylvania citizens who are currently footing the billfor no less than $1.4 billion annually to clothe, feed, educate,medicate and incarcerate illegal aliens, said Metcalfe. Mostimportantly, this legislation recognizes that Pennsylvania citizenshave a constitutional right to expect their rights and laws to beenforced, especially against foreign invaders.

According to a recent KQV Radio/Pittsburgh-TribuneReview poll an overwhelming 93 percent (1,466 out of1,571respondents) support House Bill 2479 becoming law.

Register your support by sigining theIllegal Immigration Reform petition

at RepMetcalfe.comtoday.

Metcalfe Arizona-Modeled Legislation Offers IllegalAliens Two Options: Leave Pennsylvania or Go to Jail

StateLegislatorsforLegalImmigration.com founder,Representative Metcalfe, addresses hundreds ofAmerican citizens who journeyed to Arizona to attend

the Phoenix Rising rally in support of giving lawenforcement full authority to apprehend illegal aliensfor deportation in all 50 states.

The Metcalfe Proposal:The Time Has Come

[Pittsburgh-Tribune Review, May 7, 2010]

Representative Metcalfes Arizona-modeledIllegal Alien Apprehension measure continuesto generate unprecedented media coverageincluding the Fox News Channel (On The Record

with Greta Van Susteren, Fox & Friends andYour World with Neil Cavuto); CBS EveningNews Weekend Edition; the Washington Times;and this Pittsburgh-Tribune Review editorialexcerpted below:

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry,deserves praise for introducing areasonable, practical bill -- modeledon Arizonas new anti-illegal-aliensmeasure -- that deserves to becomelaw.

Arizonas law has immense public

support. Hopefully, so will Metcalfesbill, helping to convince Harrisburgto do whats right for Americans inPennsylvania.

Metcalfe-Shepherded E-Verify JobProtection Bills Pass House with

Supermajority

Seconded in their introduction by Representative Metcalfe, two

pieces of legislation (House Bills 1502 & 1503)--stipulating that anycontractor or subcontractor who fails to verify the Social Securitynumbers of both current and new employees could be barred from stateprojects, or in the case of private construction, face forfeiture of theirstate licenses and certifications--advanced to the state Senate, on Tuesday,

June 9, with strong bipartisan support.

Requiring contractors and subcontractors to confirm the legalworking status of their employees through the FREE federal E-Verifyprogram is one small step forward to shutting off the economic faucetsthat draw illegal alien invaders to Pennsylvania in the first place, saidMetcalfe. However, especially when compared to Arizona, Pennsylvaniais still miles away when it comes to implementing a total solution toprotect our lives, jobs, liberty and property against the illegal alieninvasion.

Recognized Leadership

Representative Metcalfe is a national leader workingtogether with state legislators across the nation todeliver real progress on an issue that is no doubt onthe minds of nearly every American citizen.

-- Dan Stein, president, Federation for

American Immigration Reform (FAIR)


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Watch Representative Metcalfe, National Rifle Association ExecutiveVice President Wayne LaPierre (fourth from left) and all the rest ofthe locked and loaded speakers line up from the Fifth AnnualRight to Keep and Bear Arms Rally in the video library atRepMetcalfe.com.

Metcalfe Celebrates Multiple Defeats ofPAs Gun-Grabbing Governor During

Annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally

Recognized Leadership

Representative Daryl Metcalfe is a double-barreled boosterfor gun rights and the political right.

-- John Baer, Political Columnist,

Philadelphia Daily News, April 28, 2010

hundredsof Fifth AnnualRight to Keep and Bear Arms Rally

SecondAmendment Liberty Second NonePennsylvania

Private Firearm Ownership ProtectionAct House Bill 1541

Say NO to gun control RepMetcalfe.com

Castle Doctrine Poised for Full HouseConsideration & Several Rendell-SupportedGun Control Measures Again Suffer Defeat

Following the provisions ofArticle 1, Section 21 ofthe Pennsylvania Constitution which clearly states that:The right of citizens to bear arms in defense ofthemselves and the state shall not be questioned,on May 24, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committeevoted to advance the Castle Doctrine (House Bill 40) to

the full House floor for consideration.

If enacted,House Bill 40 would make Pennsylvania t

he24th state to adopt the Castle Doctrine to fully restore thelegal ability of law-abiding gun owners to use lethal force todefend themselves against violent criminals.

In addition, the Judiciary Committee also decisively votedonce again to defeat several of the governors high-prioritygun control measures, that would:

Eliminate statewide preemption against localfirearm ordinances (House Bill 1044).

Ban specific types of legal firearms andammunition (House Bill 1045).

Representative Metcalfe presents local resident James Turley with anofficial House citation in recognition of being one of only four U.S.

towing companies to earn the American Towman Commendation thisyear for demonstrating professionalism when lives were at stake.

It is time to change Pennsylvania from theTeacher

Strike Capitolof theUnited Statesto the38thstateto outlaw teacher strikes and other public school

lockouts, said Metcalfe. The unconscionable practice

of shortchanging our children out of the uninterrupted,

quality education they deserve and taxpayers have paid

for has no place in the classroom, public service arena or

anywhere else.

JoinPennsbury nd the ever-increasing number of

Pennsylvania school districts that are standing strong

against militant teachers unions by signing theStrike-

FREE Education Pactpetition at RepMetcalfe.com.

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