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From:	BW
To:	Representative Caltagirone
Date:	Saturday, 12/30/06
Subject:	Your support for OUR Party is requested, please...

Dear Representative Caltagirone,

I received an email today that contained the following excerpt:

"Rep. Thomas Caltagirone has told members of the House and the
Reading Eagle that he will betray the wishes of the people on
Tuesday by voting for the Republican Speaker of the House John
Perzel. If Caltagirone follows through on his threat, there
will be no chance of a progressive agenda in Harrisburg for the
next two years because the Speaker controls which bills get
voted on."

I found and read the article in the on-line version of the
Reading Eagle. I can understand your motivation for your
contemplated action, but the effect that such a vote would have
on the Pennsylvania Legislature far outweighs any benefits that
your "protest vote" would have.

Your action would directly affect my representation in
Harrisburg, even though I am not a direct constituent of
yours. Consequently, I request that you reexamine your
position on this matter. When it comes to the House
Organization, EVERY voter in Pennsylvania is your constituent.
Please remember that. As a 30 year member of the Assembly, you
have a responsibility to us all.

I am a "New" Democrat. I am a First Term Democratic
Committeeman working from within the Party. At 57, I have
years behind me and years ahead of me to contribute, as do you.

Vote with our party, please. Reform from within, not by hog-
tying our Party in Harrisburg.


Bruce

Bruce Whitesell, Committeeman
Springfield Township Middle District
email: BruceatERA@aol.com
2011 Route 212
Coopersburg PA 18036-9656
Home: 610-346-8127
Mobile: 610-360-6933

"If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them
laugh; otherwise they'll kill you." - George Bernard Shaw

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because
he could do only a little." - Edmund Burke, statesman and
writer (1729-1797)

"Election by election, state by state, precinct by precinct,
door by door, vote by vote,... we're going to lift our Party up
and take this country back for the people who built it." - Gov.
Howard Dean, Chair, Democratic National Committee

Please protect the legal standing of local citizens and citizen
groups.