DEBATE WITH REPRESENTATIVE CIVERA

The Honorable Mario Civera Jr.
Harrisburg, PA

I don't think you'll be able to get by this election by ignoring your opponent as you have done in past years. Therefore, I challenge you to debate the issues that face Upper Darby, Drexel Hill, Millbourne and East Lansdowne. The voters of the 164th district deserve an issue oriented examination of who we are and what we plan to do in Harrisburg next year and the years that follow.
You have been strangely silent about the challenges that confront us here in Upper Darby and the Commonwealth, seemingly content to rehash the same old public relations releases, paid for with our tax dollars. Can you face the scrutiny of an open and honest debate without the support of your incumbent driven publicity machine?
I propose Four Debates. If you feel more are needed, all the better.
It's been so long since we've heard from you that I'm sure Republicans, Democrats and Independents would welcome such an exchange of ideas. This election year is crucial to the future of our Pennsylvania. If new ideas and creative solutions are not explored we face a repeat of the past, and that would be a grave error, even you would have to agree with that.
In the meantime I implore you take action on the following matters that will come before you in the remaining Legislative session.
1. Vote to raise the minimum wage to $7.15 an hour, immediately.
2. Support serious government reform with strong Lobbyist disclosure.
3. Stop playing politics with property tax reform and get it done.
I look forward to your acceptance of this offer to allow our neighbors to hear a serious and important discussion of the future. I have forwarded this letter to The League Of Women Voters, and the News Media. Details of our debates can be arranged in any way you feel they can be best made available to the most voters in our District.

Sincerely,
Casey Roncaglione