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Friday, March 28, 2008

Newspaper blasts Hoeffel for patronage hirings

Democrat Joe Hoeffel spent much of 2007 campaigning against the Republican patronage machine in Montgomery County government. So what does Hoeffel do when he's elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners? He hires some of his Democratic Party pals for county jobs.

The Mercury gives Hoeffel "Thorns" on its editorial page today.

With the help of turncoat Republican Jim Matthews, Hoeffel has provided jobs for three Democratic candidates who lost their bid for election to county offices last November. That's three hiring of political pals in three months. How much more can Montgomery County taxpayers stand?

Nobody should be surprised that a Democrat would renege on campaign promises. Let's not forget all those Dems who ran for Congress in 2006, complaining about all the pork spending by Congressional Republicans. What do the Democrats do when they get elected? They spend even more taxpayer dollars on pork projects.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Let's not forget all those Dems who ran for Congress in 2006, complaining about all the pork spending by Congressional Republicans. What do the Democrats do when they get elected? They spend even more taxpayer dollars on pork projects."

Tony,

With all due respect, you have your facts wrong. According to Citizens Against Government Waste in 2006 the Democratic Congress spent $13.2 billion in "pork-barrel spending" for the 2007 fiscal year. In FY 2008, Congress earmarked $17.2 billion in "pork-barrel spending". While you may certainly argue this is too much, it pails in comparison to the $29 billion spent by the GOP Congress in FY 2006.

See:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0309/p02s01-uspo.html

and

http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/News2?abbr=CCAGW_&page=NewsArticle&id=11334

TONY PHYRILLAS said...

Check out my earlier post about out-of-control pork spending by Congressional Democrats:

http://tonyphyrillas.blogspot.com/2008/02/pork-spending-under-democrats-is-out-of.html

TONY PHYRILLAS said...

Also check out this post on freshman Democratic Congressmen from Pennsylvania leading Congress in pork spending:

http://tonyphyrillas.blogspot.com/2007/12/freshman-democrats-top-congressional.html