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Local Pols React to State of the Union Address
Montgomery County Commissioners' Chairman Josh Shapiro was among those in attendance.
President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night elicited a mixed response from local political attendees and observers, with praise and criticism mostly, but not exclusively, falling along partisan lines. Josh Shapiro, Chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, who attended the speech as a guest of Congressman Chaka Fattah, said the speech was "chock full of specifics." Shapiro said Obama's proposed "Fix-It-First" program, which would address "urgent repairs" such as those needed on the country's roughly 70,000 structurally deficient bridges, was one of two issues he "pulled out of the speech" as having particular local relevance. "Fix-It-First," Shapiro said via telephone Tuesday night, "certainly will …
waldo von erich
12:47 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
i thought that in 2009 the stimulus package was to take care of these issues and 4 years later the same political garbage is being recycled . gotta love your elected official who as always say we want to make middle class amercians better lol i wonder how they will do it .? more ›