Thursday, September 16 at 8 a.m. at Otto's Brauhaus, Horsham (Montgomery County)
Friday, September 17 at 8 a.m. at Lazaretto Ballroom, Essington (Delaware County)
Monday, September 20 at 8 a.m. at Aldie Mansion, Doylestown (Bucks County)
Push for Marcellus Shale Gas Severance Tax Featured
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) today announced its "Keep the Promise Tour" will visit Greater Philadelphia, with breakfast presentations planned this week for Horsham and Essington, and next Monday for Doylestown. The tour provides free town hall meetings to alert residents of the Keystone State to the need to make sure the Pennsylvania General Assembly passes a substantial severance tax on deep natural gas drillers in the Marcellus Shale formation. Members of the General Assembly promised to enact such a tax by October 1, as part of the budget deal adopted just before summer recess.
Speakers at the breakfast meetings include:
Thursday, September 16 at 8 a.m. at Otto's Brauhaus, Horsham
- Jan Jarrett, PennFuture President and CEO
- Representative Rick Taylor (D-Montgomery)
- Oliver Bass, Senior Director of Development and Communications, Natural Lands Trust
- Andrew Heath, Executive Director, Renew Growing Greener Coalition
- Dan Kerr, Township Manager, Limerick Township
- Olivia Thorne, President, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Friday, September 17 at 8 a.m. at Lazaretto Ballroom, Essington
- Jan Jarrett, PennFuture President and CEO
- Senator Edwin (Ted) Erickson (R-Delaware and Chester)
- Representative Nick Miccarelli (R-Delaware)
- Representative Greg Vitali (D-Delaware)
- Olivia Thorne, President, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
- Oliver Bass, Senior Director of Development and Communications, Natural Lands Trust
Monday, September 20 at 8 a.m. at Aldie Mansion, Doylestown
- Jan Jarrett, PennFuture President and CEO
- Senator Chuck McIlhinney (R-Bucks/Montgomery)
- Representative Marguerite Quinn (R-Bucks)
- Representative Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks)
- Representative Scott Petri (R-Bucks)
- Clifford David, President, Heritage Conservancy
- Joseph Mihok, Conservation Chairman, Bucks County Trout Unlimited
- Tim Schaeffer, Director of Policy, Planning and Communications, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Stops on the tour are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. There will be no onsite registration. Registration may be made online at www.pennfuture.org/KeepThePromise, where a list of speakers and the details for each stop are available, or by telephone at 717-214-7920.
Contacts:
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
Jeanne Clark, 412-258-6683 or
412-736-6092
