You can tell a lot about a legislator based on his or her attitude toward gerrymandering. If the legislator is a party hack from either party, he or she won’t mess with the present Pennsylvania system of drawing legislative districts.
I want to thank Bill White, a columnist for the Allentown Morning Call, who periodically calls attention to just how badly Pennsylvania districts are drawn.
Today Mr. White listed area legislators who have signed on to House Bill 1835 or Senate Bill 484, both introduced to reform the redistricting process.
Many legislators in gerrymandered districts have no opponents, so they love the current system. There is one local legislator, however, who is not co-sponsoring a reform bill, and he does have an opponent.
Doyle Heffley evidently likes the current system. He is not a co-sponsor of the districting reform bill in the House. His opponent, a reformer, is Neil Makhija. Heffley is also the sponsor of a really bad bill that pretends to alleviate the opioid crisis, but will actually make things worse, although it will enrich big pharma even more. It is time to kick Doyle out.
If you are worried that the poor man will not have a job, don’t fret. He already has his state pension locked in. Vote Makhija.
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