The LuLac Edition #2760, October 28th, 2014

SCOTT BRION'S BIG ENDORSEMENT

10th District candidate Scott Brion. (Photo: WKOK Newsradio).

The Scranton Times Tribune endorsed the underdog candidacy of Democrat Scott Brion for the seat in the 10th Congressional District. If you saw or heard the debate tonight on WVIA TV or FM you can see why. Brion will be a welcome addition to a city and a party that has told one lie after another. Brion is the best of this lot. Here's what the Times Tribune had to say about him.
It truly can be said of deeply conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Marino that he is straightforward and consistent, and that what you see is what you get.
Unfortunately, Mr. Marino’s priorities have been wrong for the 10th District and for the United States.
As he seeks his third term, Mr. Marino faces two worthy challengers in Democrat Scott Brion of Tioga County and a former Republican, independent Nick Troiano of Pike County.
The Times-Tribune editorial board endorses Mr. Brion, who has the experience and temperament to be a force for progress in Congress.
Mr. Marino contends that he has been able to reach across the aisle to achieve some policy successes. But on major issues he consistently has voted with the often obstructive and occasionally dangerous hard right element of the House. He has voted numerous times to repeal the Affordable Care Act without presenting an alternative bill to improve health care access. He joined the faction that brought the U.S. government to the brink of default. Mr. Marino has criticized wasteful spending, while proposing to write a blank check to militarize the nation’s southern border.
Mr. Marino’s record reflects rigid ideology.
Mr. Brion has had a varied career. He grew up on a farm, graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in international commercial real estate and energy consulting for 20 years before returning to his family farm in 2008. He now works that farm and runs a real estate and energy company he created upon his return.
He is well-versed in the sprawling 10th District’s issues, from the need to stabilize the federal flood insurance program to safely foster the natural gas industry. One of the government’s failures amid the gas boom, he said, is its inability to spin the presence of so much energy into related jobs.
Mr. Brion is a moderate by temperament and politics who would make a solid congressman.
Mr. Troiano is a recent masters degree recipient from the Georgetown University School of Government who, at 23, is attempting to go from the classroom to Congress.
He is bright, articulate and focused. His policy position book is a work of art, demonstrating a keen grasp of major issues.
But Congress is not simply an academic exercise. Mr. Troiano has a promising future in politics and government. But in this election, Mr. Brion’s experience makes him the better choice..

CARTWRIGHT ENDORSED IN THE 17th 

Matt Cartwright has made his mark in Washington, D.C. Cartwright has built bridges, made an impressive debut among Washingtonians but at the same time has stayed in touch with people in his district. Cartwright has also helped numerous individuals of limited means to get a better life through helping them through his constituent services. It is no surprise that Cartwright has been endorsed by the Citizen's Voice.
U.S. Congress for the 17th District
In his first term in Washington, Matt Cartwright has proven himself a moderate and independent Democrat who has done the seemingly impossible by building relationships across the aisle in the politically polarized U.S. House of Representatives.
Cartwright has taken a leadership role in the freshman class in the 113th Congress, won bipartisan support for more than two dozen bills, helped secure raises for employees at the Tobyhanna Army Depot and fought for legislation to improve veterans’ health care.
He also took the lead in finding to solutions to the violence at Wilkes-Barre’s troubled Sherman Hills housing complex.
In contrast, Cartwright’s Republican opponent, Schuylkill County Coroner David Moylan, has staked out the most extreme positions on social issues, foreign policy and immigration.
Congress needs more thoughtful, productive members like Matt Cartwright. He deserves a second term. 

THURSDAY 

OCTOBER 30th, 6PM 

THE RED MILL, PITTSTON, PA.