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Common Cause takes right-wing state rep Metcalfe to task for confusing scheduling
The good government group Common Cause has joined the growing list of people who don't like the gun-toting, gay-bashing, tea-partying state representative Daryl Metcalfe,
Common Cause takes right-wing state rep Metcalfe to task for confusing scheduling
Good government group Common Cause has joined the growing list of people (see our July 28 profile) who don’t like right-wing ("gun-toting, gay-bashing, tea-partying" is how we put it) state representative Daryl Metcalfe — though they express their displeasure in a notably polite way.
Apparently, Metcalfe likes to pack the House State Government Committee’s official agenda with every little thing he wants to do to stop the “illegal alien invasion.” In particular, according to a Harrisburg source, this is about his so-called “National Security Begins at Home” package of 16 anti-immigrant measures. He lists all 16 bills each and every day, even though only one or two will be discussed — throwing other legislators’ work into disarray.
"We have observed a troubling trend in the House State Government Committee, and we hope you are open to a change in the committee's modus operandi that will allow it to better serve the needs of all Pennsylvanians. The members of your committee need to know precisely what bills the committee intends to deal with on any given day. When the committee calendar repetitively lists numerous bills — most of which will not see action on the prescribed day — committee members waste time preparing for bills that do not come before the committee as scheduled, and therefore may not have sufficient time to address the bills that do come before the committee.”
Rep. Babette Josephs, the ranking Democrat on the committee and Gayborhood progressive, has harshly criticized Metcalfe for his management style. According to Josephs and various observers, he once threatened to have security guards remove Josephs, age 70, by force.
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