Incumbent Tom Quigley faced former Limerick Tax Collector Mark Painter.
Updated 12:27am: Unofficial results show Painter eked out a win by just 200 votes. Earlier: A look at the race in 146th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, which includes Limerick Township and Royersford Borough. About Tom Quigley: Tom Quigley was elected to the State House in 2004, after serving as a Royersford Councilman, and then mayor of the borough. Quigley currently sits on the House Appropriations, Education, Human Services and Liquor Control Committees, and his goals are to eliminate school property taxes, improve the business climate in Pennsylvania, protect open space and bolster the state's economy. Learn more about Quigley here. About Mark Painter: Painter grew up in Stowe and graduated from Pottsgrove High …
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Special select committee to look at property taxes as source of school funding
The Sanatoga Post reports that Rep. Tom Quigley (R-Montgomery) will join a committee whose intent to is look at ways to reduce school districts' reliance on property taxes for funding. “Finding an alternative source of funding for public education has always been at the top of my priority list, so I am very pleased to serve on this committee,” said Quigley on his website. Quigley introduced a resolution to form this committee earlier this year. That resolution was passed in June 2012. Quigley will be joined by 12 other members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The 13 members represent both the majority and minority parties. Quigley will be one representative of the House Education Committee on the special panel. The other …
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8:00 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Linda, Im 35, I see the writing on the wall. How can I own a house and one day retire in pa, and constatly see my taxes go up. What are you and I getting for our taxes. Schools are not responsive to communities and kids are killing time till grad. I cant believe im old enough to look at these kids and say what a messed up group they are. Unhealthy(despite health education), uninterested in … more ›