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GOP barebones budget riles groups
David Fillman, executive director of
Harrisburg-based Council 13 of the
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, called the
budget “catastrophic” in its potential
impact on Pennsylvania’s work force.
“We’re going to fight this as much as
we can,” he pledged.
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Association of Pennsylvania described the
budget as “threatening their survival and
jeopardizing access to hospital care for
millions of Pennsylvanians.”
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural
Alliance said the Senate cuts “could force
many cultural organizations to close their
The Republican’s state budget proposal prompted
howls of protests about the $700 million in cuts.
One lawmaker responded, “It’s time to say no to
myriad special interests.”
BY GARY WECKSELBLATT
STAFF WRITER
Interest groups representing everyone
from hospitals to farmers, museums to
government workers are out in force after
the Pennsylvania Senate Republicans
passed a budget that would lower spend-
ing from the previous year.
The $27.3 billion GOP plan is 2.6 percent less than the current year’s $28 billion budget and 5.8 percent shy of Gov.
Ed Rendell’s $28.9 billion proposal.
The outrage of special interest groups
was on display even before Wednesday’s
30-20 party-line vote was finalized.
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need.”
Department of Agriculture Secretary
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could cripple production agriculture in
Pennsylvania.”
In a letter to school district superintendents, Secretary of Education Gerald L.
Zahorchak said the budget “threatens to
undermine the progress we have made in
public education over the past six years.”
This is typical of the pressure placed
on lawmakers, according to state Sen.
Rob Wonderling, R-24, of Quakertown.
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Surrounded by her children — John Charles, 10 and Amanda, 4, and her husband, John — Kelly-Jean Kwiatkowski of
Warrington is getting creative in providing her children with what they want. That means no expensive summer camp for her
son, John Charles. And instead of holding a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese for Amanda, Kelly arranged for a “princess” to
visit her day-care — at a third of the price.
Meet econo moms
from her parents. But it also was, her
mother said, a way to celebrate without
shelling out several hundred dollars for a
big birthday bash.
“It was one-third the price of having a
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party,” said Kelly-Jean Kwiatkowski, who
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owns her own certified public accounting
firm in Montgomery Township. “But yet
For Amanda Kwiatkowski’s fourth
she still got to have the party at school,
birthday, Princess Ariel came to her school with all her friends. She didn’t miss out
to read her and her classmates a story.
on anything.”
The Disney mermaid was a surprise
The economy has forced everyone to
Even on Mother’s Day, these
moms put their kids first.
New voters may
be staying away
from the parties
But Montgomery County’s Democratic
chairman is questioning the unusually large
number of people who have registered to vote
without choosing a party since November.
BY MARGARET GIBBONS
STAFF WRITER
The head of the Montgomery
County Democratic Committee
is calling on the county voter
services office to look into the
unusually large number of people who appear to have registered without choosing a party
since November.
“There is something not
quite right about those num-
bers,” said county Democratic
Chairman Marcel L. Groen.
A report on new Montgomery
County voter registrations from
Nov. 1 through April 20 shows
more voters registering nonpartisan or with no affiliation than as
Democrats or Republicans.
Of the 6,903 new voters, 2,938
registered nonpartisan or with
no affiliation, 2,460 registered as
See VOTERS, Page A2
tighten the purse strings.
For moms like Kwiatkowski, that
means getting creative to provide their
children with what they need — and
what they want. Other moms require
their kids to do chores to earn spending
money. And some moms take part-time
jobs.
Maureen Dowling of Medford Lakes
makes her kids — ages 8, 11 and 12 — do
Motherhood may be a gift,
but it’s certainly not free.
That’s especially true for families that require fertility treatments. One cycle of in vitro fertilization can easily cost $13,000,
according to Dr. Stephen
Somkuti, medical director of the
IVF program at Abington
Reproductive Medicine.
Only about half the patients
he sees have an insurance plan
that covers in vitro treatments,
he added. Because Pennsylvania
does not mandate coverage for
fertility services, Somkuti suspects there is a “very large
underserved population” of
women unable to conceive —
both biologically and financially.
Without insurance coverage,
the price of starting a family may
be too high for many people
across the country during this
belt-tightening recession.
Somkuti said he has heard of fertility clinics in parts of California
that have lost almost half their
business in recent months.
In the Delaware Valley, however, the Abington clinic has seen
little to no change in business.
“We’re as busy as we can be,”
Somkuti said.
In fact, he believes the recession may have turned some people’s interests inward — shifting
the focus from material goods to
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Voters
The following is a final May
19 primary election list of voter
registration numbers for Montgomery County municipalities
in the local area:
■ Hatboro: Total of 5,278 voters
including 2,265 Democrats and
2,222 Republicans.
■ Hatfield: Total of 1,960 voters
including 823 Democrats and
760 Republicans.
■ Lansdale: Total of 10,629 voters including 4,900 Democrats
and 3,891 Republicans.
■ North Wales: Total of 2,513
voters including 1,146 Democrats and 985 Republicans.
■ Souderton: Total of 4,389 voters including 1,517 Democrats
and 2,080 Republicans.
■ Telford: Total of 1,680 voters
including 607 Democrats and
800 Republicans.
■ Abington: Total of 44,172 voters including 22,432 Democrats
and 16,590 Republicans.
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Democrats and 1,292 registered as
Republicans.
While saying he’s pleased that
Democrats continue to out-register their GOP counterparts, Groen
said that “something went wrong
somewhere” in calculating the
number of nonpartisan voters.
In the past, he explained, these
voters equaled about 20 percent of
new registrations in Montgomery
County and most all other counties in the state.
This time, their numbers are
equal to about 42.6 percent in
Montgomery County, while
remaining 20-plus percent elsewhere, according to Groen. He said
he’s not familiar with a push by any
organization to register those not
wanting to join a particular party.
“The number may be small
but if it is not accurate, it is not
fair to the efforts of either party,”
said Groen.
County Republican Chairman
Robert J. Kerns speculated that
the numbers, if accurate, might
simply reflect the public’s “disenchantment” with Washington officials from both sides of the aisle.
Bucks County Election Board
Director Deena K. Dean reported
that her county registered 3,796
new voters during this last registration cycle. This number
includes 1,789 new Democrats,
1,003 new Republicans and 1,004
new “other” voters. The “other”
category includes non-partisans,
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■ Franconia: Total of 8,913 voters including 2,332 Democrats
and 5,371 Republicans.
■ Hatfield Township: Total of
11,432 voters including 4,622
Democrats and 4,925 Republicans.
■ Horsham: Total of 12,456 voters including 4,414 Democrats
and 6,075 Republicans.
■ Lower Moreland: Total of
9,852 voters including 3,975
Democrats and 4,792 Republicans.
■ Montgomery Township: Total
of 17,456 voters including 7,061
Democrats and 7,695 Republicans.
■ Upper Dublin: Total of 20,172
voters including 9,560 Democrats and 8,000 Republicans.
■ Upper Moreland: Total of
18,621 voters including 7,753
Democrats and 8,291 Republicans.
those with no affiliation and those
registering in other parties.
The “other” voters make up
26.4 percent of Bucks County’s new
voters in this registration cycle.
Dean said she has noticed a
slight increase in new voters in the
“other” category in recent years.
In spring 2005, the new “other”
voters in Bucks were equal to 19.26
percent. The new “other” registration numbers were equal to 24.75
percent in the spring of 2006 and
24.6 percent in 2007. The new registration figures last spring, with
16.9 percent under the “other” category, were an anomaly because of
the heated Democratic presidential primary contest.
Both counties have released
their final registration figures for
this last registration cycle.
Those figures show that
Democrats, who became the
majority party in both counties
last year, increased their registration edge over their GOP counterparts during what is generally
acknowledged as a “slow” registration cycle with no marquee feder-
spread the pain,” said McIlhinney,
of Doylestown. “This budget
doesn’t just whack the governor’s
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programs, we’re cutting ours as
well. If this passes I’m willing to
“I call this a defining moment
live with it. The alternative is jackof public service,” he said. “Geting up the income tax or pushing
ting a short-term pat on the back
the sales tax to 8 percent, and those
or positive press release is one
aren’t good alternatives.”
approach. But I think it’s time to
Tomlinson, of Bensalem, said,
say no to myriad special interests
“This budget reflects the actual
and yes to the greater good and
money we have. If the governor
future of the commonwealth.”
wants to add something, my quesWonderling said his vote “was
tion is how do you want to fund it?”
not emotional rhetoric but fiscal
He said revenues “have
reality.”
dropped tremendously” since
State Rep. Bernie O’Neill, R-29, Rendell’s February budget proof Warminster, said he began hear- posal, when the deficit was pegged
ing from groups last week “when
at $2.3 billion. One of the hot-butthe rumors came out about a noton issues that could be of interest
frills, no- increase-in-spending,
locally is education funding. The
no-increase-in-taxes budget.
GOP is using $728 million in fed“I’m getting a lot of e-mails to
eral stimulus funds to keep the
restore this, restore that. But if we school funding level with 2008-09.
do that we’re back in a hole. They
Tomlinson said if the state
don’t want their program cut but
increased the funding and added the
it’s OK to cut others.”
stimulus money on top of that, the
The Republican budget, which state would be on the hook to fill “a
now goes to the Democrat-conhuge budget hole” when the stimutrolled House, relies on $24.6 billus money is gone in two years.
lion in state revenue plus $2.7 bil“We’d have to raise the base of
lion in federal stimulus money.
that funding,” Tomlinson said.
Wonderling cited the state’s $3
“We’d need a new funding source.”
billion deficit and the fact that
State Rep. Steve Santarsiero, D-31,
“unlike the federal government we
of Newtown, disputes that notion.
can’t print money” for cutting what
“My concern is they are essenhe described as “worthwhile protially cutting (the education budggrams … Just like everybody else,
et) back to 2005-06 levels and trythe commonwealth has to tighten its ing to make up the difference with
belt during an economic downturn.” stimulus money,” he said. “That
will result in a property tax
That was the theme of two
increase. They’re shifting the burother state senators, Chuck McIlden from the state to the local
hinney, R-10, and Tommy Tomproperty taxpayer.”
linson, R-6.
Said McIlhinney, “With the
“I tried very hard not to zero
items we cut there is no reason for
out entire programs and tried to
districts to raise property taxes.”
Pennsylvania Republicans weren’t
the only ones talking about budget
cuts last week. President Barack
Obama on Thursday said he wants
to eliminate or trim 121 federal programs for a savings of $17 billion.
But just as Obama is likely to face
resistance from Congress, the Pennsylvania Senate will likely face resistance from a Democratic House.
Since Rendell became governor
in 2003, he and legislators haven’t
reached an agreement on a new
budget by the July 1 deadline.
With revenues off so sharply, this
year could be even more difficult.
“My view is this is (the Republicans’) opening bid in the negotiation process,” said Santarsiero. “But
this strikes me as less representative
(of a final budget), at least as it pertains to education, than others.”
“This is a true framework,”
McIlhinney said. “It’s the first week
in May. We’ve got two months to
argue about it. It’s time for the governor to sit down with us. If you’ve
got better ideas, let’s hear them.”
Not all interest groups were
against the GOP Senate plan. The
Commonwealth Foundation
applauded the proposal.
“Those who feed at the trough
of government spending are sure
to decry the Senate budget as ‘cut
to the bone,’ ” said Nathan Benefield, director of policy research
for the foundation, “but the reality is that the budget represents a
step toward fiscal responsibility
after years of bloated spending.”
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chores to earn money. The
Burlington County mom said
she also has cut back on extras,
like running out for snacks.
But there are some things
she said she won’t give up,
including having a professional
photograph taken for her
youngest son’s First Communion. “That’s something I have
not given up for the economy,”
Dowling said.
At the Corrigan household
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Matthew and 11-year-old Kyle
also work for their spending
money, said mom Deana.
“We want to teach them the
value of money,” Corrigan said.
“They’ve always had to spend
their own money for things they
want that aren’t at birthday time
or Christmas time.”
Corrigan, a real estate agent,
and her husband, Tom, who’s
self-employed as a pharmacy
consultant, said they’ve begun to
ask their kids to do even more
for the money they receive.
“You just never know what’s
going to happen in the future,”
she said. “We’re making them
work more than they had been
in the past.”
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Sherry
Adamson of
Falls has taken
on a third job
so her
daughter,
Diamond, 15,
can go to
London this
December with
the Pennsbury
High School
marching band.
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Adamson, a single mother,
said she wants her daughter to
have all the opportunities she
never had as a teen.
“She wanted to get a job, but
my concern was I wanted her to
concentrate on her studies,”
Adamson said. “I said, ‘If I can
take the third job and you can
concentrate on school, that’s
what we’ll do.’ She is what I live
for.”
Adamson said she’s managed
to get off from her jobs at a local
shoe store and Rita’s Water Ice
to spend today, Mother’s Day,
with Diamond.
“I’ve worked since I was 18,”
Adamson said. “I know it’s not
easy. Right now, I want her to
have fun. I want her to enjoy
her teenage life. I’m past that
now. It’s her time to have fun.”
Kwiatkowski, who lives in
Warrington, said she and her
husband, John, an engineer,
have cut back on spending by
shopping at children’s consignment shops for Amanda and 10year-old John Charles.
The kids also don’t have as
many pairs of shoes as they used
to. And John Charles doesn’t go
to an expensive summer camp,
so the family can afford a week
at the Shore.
Still, Kwiatkowski said she’d
gladly give up anything of her
own to ensure her children are
happy and well-cared for.
“The kids always are at the
top,” she said. “It’s more mom
and dad — we don’t do as many
things. Everything we do
revolves around the kids.”
Staff writer Kristen Coppock
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in women submitting applications to donate their eggs,
according to Charlene Murdoch,
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who coordinates the clinic’s egg
donor program.
motherhood.
But that doesn’t translate to a
“Having a family may be more
surge in donations because
important than going on a vacaapplicants undergo rigorous and
tion or buying your next BMW,”
extensive testing before qualifyhe said.
ing, she added.
But the economy is likely havIdeal candidates are healthy
ing an effect on how long women
women between 21 and 32 who
continue with fertility treathave proven fertility.
ments.
Egg donors must complete a
Though the clinic has not
medical history, psychological
tracked how many clients drop
evaluation and physical exam.
out before successfully conceivDonors receive $5,000 for
ing, Somkuti said he has “had
their
eggs, but “it’s definitely
more than one conversation
not easy money,” Murdoch said.
with patients about financial
Women involved must comrealities in this economy.”
Fertility treatments demand a mit themselves to six intense
weeks, during which time
lot from a person, emotionally,
they’ll be taking various medicaphysically and financially, he
tions and hormones.
said.
Plus, they must weigh the
“It ends up being a full-time
job for some people,” he added.
knowledge that someone with
The Abington clinic address- their DNA will potentially be
es the physical and emotional
walking around one day, she
stresses of treatment through
added.
support groups and counselors.
In fact, women who particiAnd they try to mitigate the eco- pate are asked if they mind
nomic stresses by offering sever- being contacted in the future for
al financing options, said
questions about their medical
Helene Polin, a spokeswoman
history.
for the clinic.
“You have to be in it for the
Still, the “economic stress is
right reasons. Money is not realprobably going to play a bigger
ly going to be the catalyst for it,”
role now” in attrition rates,
Murdoch said. “It’s a wonderful,
Somkuti said.
wonderful gift to give someone a
The recession also has some
child.”
women seeking out alternative
moneymaking strategies: nameTheresa Hegel can be
ly, egg donation.
reached at 215-538-6381 or
Abington has seen an uptick
[email protected].
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al, state or county contests.
Bucks Democrats, now with
196,770 registered voters, have a
13,140-voter edge over the county’s 183,630 Republican voters.
Bucks Democrats last November
outnumbered Republicans by
11,398 voters.
Montgomery County last week
issued a report showing 586,630
registered voters including
264,838 Democrats and 238,203
Republicans. This 26,635 voter
margin by the Democrats is 2,534
voters more than the 24,101 voter
edge the party had last November.
“This shows we are continuing
to work and are not stagnating,” said
Groen. “I expect that number to
accelerate next year with the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests.”
While maintaining there is little statistical difference between
last year and this year, Kerns said
he believes that the registration
figures reflect President Barrack
Obama’s continuing popularity
and the lingering unhappiness
with the former administration
under President Bush.
“Registration is driven by people’s likes and dislikes,” said Kerns.
Kerns said he did not expect
much change in registration numbers this year because judicial contests on both the state and local
levels are not the types of races
that spark registrations.
“Wait until next year’s new
cycle of candidates and watch us
then,” said Kerns.
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