The+more+Pennsylvanians+learn+about+Gov.+Corbett's+budget,+the+less+they+like+it.

= = = = = Pennsylvania Democratic Party: The more Pennsylvanians learn about Gov. Corbett's budget, the less they like it. = =2/15/12= = = = = =Take a look at some of the recent reactions from Pennsylvanians as they learn more about the impact of Gov. Corbett's harmful budget.= = = ="It's going to make it harder for students who are already having a tough time trying to (afford) an education." -Edinboro University Professor= = = ="You can't just keep giving it back to us and saying, 'I'm the governor and I promised not to raise taxes,' putting (the onus) back on every other elected official and taking it away from you." - York County Commissioner Steve Chronister, a Republican= = = ="The budget keeps funding level for our struggling school districts, which will have to raise taxes or gut programs to deal with rising costs. It cuts millions from higher education, forcing families to pay higher tuition." - York Daily Record= = = =Student leader: Cuts will hurt PSU enrollment (Altoona Mirror) University students and Democratic lawmakers are resisting Gov. Tom Corbett's budget proposal, which they claim would put higher education out of reach for students and their families.= =@http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/558187/Student-leader--Cuts-will-hurt-PSU-enrollment.html?nav=742= = = =Proposed state funding cuts could cripple Dauphin County mental health programs, commissioners say (Patriot News) The more than $5 million in funding cuts eyed for Dauphin County's mental health programs under Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed state budget could prove disastrous for those clients, county Commissioners George Hartwick III and Jeff Haste said today.= =http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/02/proposed_state_funding_cuts_co.html= = = =Corbett budget skewers Pottstown school plans (The Mercury) Hidden in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget is a provision that has thrown a giant monkey wrench into Pottstown's plans for renovating its elementary schools.= =http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20120215/NEWS01/120219708/-1/news/corbett-budget-skewers-pottstown-school-plans-%28video%29= = = =Region's senators blast budget proposals (Standard Speaker) Several senators representing Northeastern Pennsylvania tangled with the governor's budget secretary Monday over the local trickle-down impact of state budget proposals on social service providers and school districts.= =http://standardspeaker.com/news/region-s-senators-blast-budget-proposals-1.1271855#axzz1mTZsKxF3= = = =Agencies stewing over budget cuts (Times Tribune) The week that area social services agencies have had to chew on the cuts in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2012-13 budget has not made them any easier to swallow.= =http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/agencies-stewing-over-budget-cuts-1.1272035#axzz1mTakTPx1= = = =Edinboro campus protests budget cuts with all-school petition drive (Meadville Tribune) Danielle Stone sent a postcard to Pennsylvania's governor Tuesday - but the note wasn't very cordial. "I just put my blunt opinion," the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania freshman said after adding her signature to a petition and penning a piece of her mind. "I said I think it's outrageous there are (more) budget cuts" to higher education funding proposed in Gov. Tom Corbett's current state budget plan.= =http://meadvilletribune.com/local/x1049388880/Edinboro-campus-protests-budget-cuts-with-all-school-petition-drive= = = =Passing the bill to locals (York Daily Record) Unfortunately, that's just what the Republican governor is doing, whether he wants to acknowledge it our not. The budget keeps funding level for our struggling school districts, which will have to raise taxes or gut programs to deal with rising costs. It cuts millions from higher education, forcing families to pay higher tuition. It cuts millions more from social welfare programs, which inevitably will be made up at the county level.= =http://www.yorkdispatch.com/viewpoints/ci_19961164= = = =Pa. budget holds little promise for Lebanon (Lebanon Daily News ) Superintendent Marianne Bartley told school directors Monday night that Gov. Tom Corbett's education budget will provide the district with about $70,000 less than this year's subsidy, leaving the district with the tough decision of increasing taxes by more than 5 percent or cutting faculty on a staff that already was reduced by nearly 20 positions this year.= = = = = = = = = = = =News= =home=