If you've been reading the Pittsburgh Women's Blogging Society (here and here), you know that PA Gov. Ed Rendell recently created an Oversight Commission to monitor stimulus spending. There are 14 members and of those 14 there's only one woman member and one minority member.
In about a half hour, there will be press conference at the United Steelworkers building hosted by State Rep. Chelsa Wagner to insist that the committee be geographically, racially, and gender balanced. Others scheduled to speak on this issue include State Rep. Jake Wheatley, 19th District; Heather Arnet, Women and Girls Foundation; and Doris Carson Williams, African-American Chamber of Commerce.
According to Wagner, “Allegheny County easily has the second largest population in the state, but has zero representatives on the Oversight Commission.”
Hey! Even if you're one of our trolls who doesn't care about racial or gender makeup, you might be peeved that your piece of the state is not being represented.
Please contact Rendell and let him know that you're not happy with the composition of this board:
Governor Rendell's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500
Fax: (717) 772-8284
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html
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