And by "it" I mean taking credit for a program funded by something every Republican in Congress voted against and then not mentioning the funding source.
Take a look at the latest:
Today, Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) announced over $500,000 in new funding for local law enforcement agencies in Adams and Franklin Counties.
The funding emanates from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program. The new grant program was amended into last year’s state budget and inspired by legislation championed by Senator Mastriano, SB 1193.
So who funds the "Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program"?
Guess what the PA House Appropriations Committee has to say?
PCCD Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program: October 13, 2022 (Funding Source: American Rescue Plan Act Funds)
- Local law enforcement agency, Campus police or university police, Railroad or street railway police, Airport authority police, and County park police. - To provide funding to local law enforcement agencies to implement information technology improvements, purchase or upgrade equipment, cover non-traditional law enforcement personnel costs, support retention and recruitment efforts, and provide necessary training and cover related expenses. [Bolding in Original.]
We saw this happening last March and this is just the latest moment of Doug's non-transparency.
The funding is from the American Rescue Plan.
This is what I wrote back then:
That's the trillion dollar piece of legislation that was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021.
Oh and no Republican in the House of Representatives voted for it and no Republican in the US Senate voted for it, either.
WTAE even drew up a "how they voted" list. In Pennsylvania, no GOP support for this bill at all - not even from Doug's Insurgency Subpoena Buddy, Representative Scott Perry.
That's where Mastriano and Robinson are looking to get the funding for bill - from legislation that gained absolutely no GOP support in Congress.
Why isn't St Sen (and failed GOP cand. for PA Gov) Doug Mastriano telling any of this to his constituents?
I thought he valued transparency.
I guess not.
