Corbett Cuts Said to Threaten Montco Economy
Shapiro, Richards join business and nonprofit leaders in call to restore health and human services funding to state budget.
Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards joined State Rep. Matt Bradford, D-70, and nonprofit and business representatives on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown on Thursday to denounce cuts to health and human services in the proposed Pennsylvania state budget for 2012-13. Referencing the recent controversy over Gov. Tom Corbett's statement that Pennsylvania women who didn't want to see a pre-abortion ultrasound should "close their eyes," Shapiro claimed that Corbett had "closed his eyes" to the plight of "the most vulnerable [people] in Pennsylvania." "We're here to say to Governor Corbett and our friends in the legislature, open your eyes to the reality of what a 20 percent cut to human …
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10:33 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
maybe Josh Shapiro from Abington and other influential officials on Montco commission could help Indian Creek Foundation partner with or get grants from Abington Memorial Hospital. we have to get Gov leaner, not to be meaner, but healthcare and human services should not come from the Gov - we have gotten used to that but it is unconstitutional. HMOs have killed clinics and local care. I pray the … more ›