Lawmakers urge residents to speak out against education cuts
Local legislators urged residents on Thursday to stand up and be heard against the deep cuts in education that resulted from the governor’s budget this year.
“You’ve got to engage tactfully,” said state Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Waynesburg. “If we don’t, we will be playing patty cake for the next three years.”
DeWeese was joined by state Reps. Tim Mahoney, D-South Union Township; Deberah Kula, D-North Union Township; and Peter J. Daley, D-California; as well as state Sen. Rich Kasunic, D-Dunbar; and Norman Hasbrouck, special assistant to California University of Pennsylvania President Angelo Armenti Jr., and a school board director in the California Area School District during a public meeting held at Laurel Highlands High School. The event was organized by Tom Landman, a teacher at the middle school in the district.
Read more in Sunday’s HeraldStandard.com.