The LuLac Edition #4, 894, January 17th, 2023

 

 

JOSH SHAPIRO TAKES THE HELM 

(Photo: The Center Square)

Shapiro, Mayor Brown ad this blog editor. (Photo: LuLac archives)

 

Pennsylvania’s 48th governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro, vowed brighter days ahead after taking the oath of office on a gray Tuesday afternoon at the state capitol in Harrisburg.

“You, the good people of Pennsylvania, will always be my north star,” he said as he described his “covenant” to keep the promises he made on the campaign trail: to leave the state “better off” than it was before.

“That is our deal,” he said.

Shapiro, the state’s former attorney general, ascended into office by a double-digit margin in November. He courted a bipartisan coalition of donors that helped him amass a $51 million war chest, which he used to paint Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano as a conservative extremist.The GOP opponent made it asy fpor Shapiro to become the frst Democrat to succeed a Democrat since the 1840s.

In his inaugural address, Shapiro reiterated similar sentiments he used on the campaign trail. He congratulated voters for rejecting “bigotry and hatred” and promised to shepherd them all – including the 2.2 million residents who didn’t vote for him – into a brighter era.

“You see, in every chapter of this Pennsylvania story, we got better,” he said. “We got stronger. We got more tolerant. Our story is one of progress and prosperity, and today we come together under the banner of this new administration to write our next chapter with a keen understanding of our history and the voices that will guide our future.” (The Center Square, LuLac).