Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Learn more about the candidates and find your polling location with Cranberry Patch.
It's time to vote—again. Today, residents in the 40th District will choose a candidate to fill the remaining term of former Sen. Jane Orie, who was sentenced in May to 2 ½ to 10 years in prison after her March conviction of using her legislative staff to perform political work. We at Cranberry Patch are reminding you to get out to the polls and vote in the special election. Review the Cranberry Patch 2012 Election coverage to get the scoop on Democrat candidate Sharon Brown and Republican candidate Rep. Randy Vulakovich. Wexford automotive dealer Don Bindas is running as a write-in candidate. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The new Pennsylvania Voter Identification law doesn't apply until November, but to prepare voters…
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Patch presents video highlights from a Meet the Candidates event so voters can hear directly from Democratic candidate Dr. Sharon Brown, Republican candidate Rep. Randy Vulakovich and write-in candidate Don Bindas.
Tuesday is Election Day for the citizens of the 40th senatorial district, which was formerly represented by Jane Orie. Two names are on the ballot to serve out Orie’s term through 2014: Republican Randy Vulakovich and Democrat Dr. Sharon Brown. Last week businessman Don Bindas announced he is running as a write-in candidate. All three spoke Tuesday night at a Meet the Candidates event hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Wexford. Each candidate gave a statement, then answered an assortment of questions from about 60 people in the audience. In case you missed it, Patch was there. Click here for our story and video. Also, here are video highlights from each prospective senator's responses to residents’ questions. Simply click on them in the …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Don Bindas considers himself the "alternative conservative" in the Aug. 7 special election.
Wexford automotive dealer Don Bindas insists there’s a third choice for voters in the Aug 7 special election to finish former State Sen. Jane Orie’s term—and he’s it. Bindas is running as a write-in candidate, labeling himself at the “alternative conservative.” He is facing endorsed Republican, state Rep. Randy Vulakovich and democratic nominee Dr. Sharon Brown. Recently, the readers of the North Hills, Cranberry and Pine-Richland Patches were asked to submit questions to Brown and Vulakovich. The three editors of those Patch sites assembled those questions, and added a few of their own, for the candidates. Their answers were published in a series of stories earlier this month. Below are many of those same questions and answers from …
Friday, July 27, 2012
In light of Thursday’s decision by the Commonwealth Court, officials are advised to reject an amendment to an ordinance that would have brought Cranberry into compliance with Act 13 regulations.
The state Commonwealth Court’s decision earlier in the day to strike down portions of Act 13 put a different twist on a public hearing Cranberry held Thursday on a proposed ordinance dealing with drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The hearing was on an amendment to the township zoning ordinance that would have brought Cranberry into compliance with the state’s legislation governing Marcellus Shale operations. Also known as Act 13, the Gov. Tom Corbett-supported bill required statewide zoning regulations for drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Communities that did not follow the guidelines—which superseded hundreds of individual zoning ordinances already put into place by local municipalities across the state—risked losing impact fee revenues. …
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Learn more about the candidates running to replace Orie in the 40th district at Tuesday's meet-and-greet sponsored by The Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Patch has quizzed Dr. Sharon Brown and Rep. Randy Vulakovich for their thoughts on liquor privatization, state pensions and employment growth, but here’s a chance for readers to get answers to their questions in person. On Tuesday, July 31, The Chamber of Commerce, Inc., which serves North Pittsburgh, Northern Allegheny and the Cranberry area, will hold a “Meet the Candidates” night for voters to mingle with Vulakovich and Brown. The free event takes place at 7 p.m. at the Wexford office of The Chamber at 5000 Brooktree Road. Brown, a Democrat from McCandless, and Vulakovich, a Republican representing the 30th District in the state House of Representatives, are both running in the Aug. 7 special election to become the next state senator in…
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The deadline is 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 31.
Cranberry area residents who need an absentee ballot for the upcoming Aug. 7 special election to fill the vacancy in the 40th state Senatorial District must apply before 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. Democrat Sharon Brown and Republican Rep. Randy Vulakovich are running for the right to complete the term of former Sen. Jane Orie, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for using her state paid staff to do campaign work. Absentee ballots are available to registered voters who will be absent from their municipality on Aug. 7, or those who cannot reach the polls due to an illness or disability. Absentee ballot applications may be requested through the mail or in person at the Butler County Government Center, 124 West Diamond Street, Butler, PA …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Democrat Dr. Sharon Brown and Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler will face off to replace former Sen. Jane Orie in Pennsylvania’s 40th district. Here’s your chance to pose questions to the candidates.
On Aug. 7, voters in the 40th Senatorial district will chose a candidate to fill the remaining term of former Sen. Jane Orie, who was sentenced in May to 2 ½ to 10 years in prison after her March conviction of using her legislative staff to perform political work. In voting last weekend, Republican leaders in Allegheny and Butler counties chose Rep. Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler, to face Democratic nominee Sharon Brown. Vulakovich, a former police sergeant with the Shaler department, was first elected to represent the 30th District in 2007. He replaced former Rep. Jeff Habay, who, like Orie, was convicted of using his staff to do campaign work on state time. He will face Democrat Dr. Sharon Brown, of McCandless, who was the only candidate …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Dr. Sharon Brown will face a GOP candidate in the Aug. 7 special election.
Dr. Sharon Brown, 59, of McCandless, is the Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate seat in the 40th district, formerly held by Jane Orie. Democratic leaders in Allegheny and Butler Counties voted for Brown, who was the only candidate seeking her party’s endorsement, at a meeting Thursday night at the Cranberry Public Library. She will face a still unknown GOP candidate in the Aug. 7 special election. “She’s our candidate, and we will give her our full support,” said Dan McClain, Democratic Vice Chairman from Ross Township. Republicans are expected to select a candidate within a couple of weeks. Brown is currently a nursing administrator for the Allegheny County Community College, according to the Project Vote Smart web site…
Walt
11:34 am on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
@Art Wegweiser the State should never have been in the liquor business - it's not a "people's asset" it's government overreach and inefficiency at its best. We'd realize the same benefits just by taxing liquor sales, the State doesn't need to be in that business. Smaller government, lib, that's the ticket. more ›