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| Michael T. Regan |
Remember how we told you a Tea Partier was running for Congress in the 1st District against Bob Brady, but then she wasn't?
Well, Pia Varma may be back. Last night, she informed City Paper that she filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, challenging the Commonwealth Court decision to kick her off the ballot because she didn't acquire the requisite 1,000 signatures. She claims that she wasn't properly served. Sez the appeal:
[Dominic Demuro of the Philadelphia Writ Service] indicated he had a picture of Ms. Varma and approached her and said to her, "You've been served." Although Mr. Demuro said he served her, there was no testimony or statement by him that he actually handed any document to her, nor did he describe what he handed to her.
Ms. Varma, who was not present at the hearing, would testify she has no recollection of being served anything and only recalls walking into the news conference and being greeted by someone she thought was from Fox News.
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Dear Ms. Varma, I have waited for someone like yourself to try to oust Congressmen Bob Brady from the first distric. We here in Tinicum Township have tried to attract this useless load of a congressmen for quite a longtime. There is an issue having to do with the Phila. International Airport to pay their 'Property Taxes'. More than 70% of the airport sits in Tinicum Township, and because we are a "Commonwealth" The state of Pennsylvania, The city of Philadelphia can buy land outside of the cities boundaries. In short: The city can but land but it's not considered Philadelphia, it is considered what it is , Delaware County.
I'm trying to contense this note, But again in the short run: The city and this township signed a contract in 1998 that would establish a payment schedule. Ten years went by and NOT A SINGLE PENNY has be paid, so it's not 12 years without any tax payments. I'm a retired person, and when the city doersn't pay their taxes it gets passsed on to myself and all 4000 resident and businesses.
I have emailed congressmens Brady six times, and every time I get a reply, "You must contact the correct repersentative in Congress." The only relief that can be optained from this reply is that Congressmen Brady hasn't the faintest I dea We out here. The son of a bitch hasn't even been in Tinicum is seven years. I also Called the Chester office and the man there(Carl Fritzgerald) sounded drunk when I called. I asked when I could talk to Mr. Brady, and he as evasive as his employer, Brady. He couldn't say when Brady would be in the office.
I Look forward to voting for you in Novenber election. Thank you for your time to listen to my current troubles.
Very truly Yours,
James T. Ward
610-521-4689 |
| Photo | Michael T. Regan |
We suppose Congressman Bob Brady did this just because he can, right? Pia Varma (pictured, left), who calls herself the "Liberty Belle," was the unofficial Tea Party candidate on the ballot for the 1st Congressional District, until this weekend when Judge Johnny J. Butler ordered that she be taken off because she didn't get the required 1,000 signatures. (Steven Kaplan, an attorney for the Democratic City Committee, filed the challenge.)
On Saturday, she told City Paper that she would fight till the bitter end. "I don't appreciate Brady using conduits to try and intimidate me out of this race. If he wants me off the ballot, have that coward to call me and tell me himself," she says. "My advice to Brady? Stop crying, drop the challenge, take the gloves off and fight like a man."
But on Sunday, she didn't even appear in court, and later blamed her missing signatures on the lack of support from the Republican City Committee. However, Varma said she's still working on a write-in campaign despite being kicked off the ballot.
[...] how we told you a Tea Partier was running for Congress in the 1st District against Bob Brady, but then she [...]
[...] Pia Varma, the young Tea Partier who (sorta) attempted to challenge Congressman Bob Brady this spring, but then didn't get enough signatures, and later didn't show up to a court [...]
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