Please contact PA House Urban Affairs Committee to allow vote on S1118 (restricts eminent domain)

PA legislature web site ^ | 10/11/02 | Calvin Sun

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Senate bill 1118 would restrict the ability of third class Pennsylvania cities in their use of eminent domain. The bill was introduced as a result of the plight of Richard and Nancy Saha, who are fighting to keep their home from the City of Coatesville, which wants to turn it into a golf course.

Please click on the link above to see members of the Urban Affairs Committee. They must vote the bill out of committee to allow the full House to vote. If/when they do, the bill would go to the governor, who (I believe) will sign it.

Please help get this bill passed.

Here is a list of committee members and their respective local addresses and phone numbers:

Hon. Ron Raymond
1337 Chester Pike
Sharon Hill, PA, 19079
(610) 534-1002
Fax: (610) 534-1710

Hon. Ronald E. Miller
6872 Susquehanna Trail South
P.O. Box 277
Jacobus, PA 17407-0277
(717) 428-9889
Fax: (717) 771-1035 rmiller@pahousegop.com

Hon. Steven W. Cappelli
160 Williamsport Building
460 Market Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 321-1270
Fax: (570) 327-3719

Hon. Jeffrey Earl Habay
1486 Butler Plank Road
Route 8
Glenshaw Crossing
Glenshaw, PA, 15116
(412) 492-0270
Fax: (412) 492-5108

Hon. John J. Taylor
2901 East Thompson Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19134
(215) 425-0901
Fax: (215) 560-3996

Hon. Ellen M. Bard
1175 Old York Road
Abington, PA, 19001
(215) 881-2273
Fax: (215) 517-1422

Hon. Patrick M. Browne
1600 Lehigh Parkway East
Suite 1-R
Allentown, PA, 18103
(610) 435-3854
Fax: (610) 821-6130

Hon. Lita Indzel Cohen
117 East. 4th Avenue
Conshohocken, PA, 19428
(610) 397-0505
Fax: (610) 397-0508 lcohen@pahousegop.com

Hon. Tim Hennessey
2491 East Lincoln Highway
Coatesville, PA, 19320
(610) 380-8600
Fax: (610) 380-1777

Hon. Dick Lee Hess
133 South Richard Street
Bedford, PA, 15522
(814) 623-9097
Fax: (814) 623-6633

Hon. George T. Kenney, Jr.
Leo Mall Shopping Center
11749-C Bustleton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, 19116
(215) 934-5144
Fax: (215) 560-3286

Hon. Thomas L. Stevenson
246 Washington Road
Pittsburgh, PA, 15216
(412) 571-2169
Fax: (412) 429-5090

Hon. Mike Turzai mturzai@pahousegop.com
125 Hillvue Lane, 1st Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
(412) 369-2230
Fax: (412) 369-2236

Hon. Rod E. Wilt
3 Greenville Plaza West
Hadley Road
Greenville, PA, 16125
(724) 588-8911
Fax: (724) 588-5464

Hon. Matthew N. Wright
760 North Woodbourne Road
Langhorne, PA, 19047
(215) 757-8538
Fax: (215) 757-8510

Hon. Thomas C. Petrone
179 Steuben Street
P.O. Box 8557
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 928-9514
Fax: (412) 565-3170

Hon. Alan L. Butkovitz
7103 Bustleton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19149
(215) 335-2521
Fax: (215) 708-3139

Hon. Dan B. Frankel
4225 Murray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 422-1774
Fax: (412) 420-2011

Hon. Marie A. Lederer
Penn Treaty Park Place
1341 N. Delaware Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125
(215) 426-6604
Fax: (215) 560-3995

Hon. P. Michael Sturla
8 North Queen St., Suite 1100
The Griest Building
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 295-3157
Fax: (717) 295-7816

Hon. Angel Cruz
2749 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133
(215) 291-5643
Fax: (215) 291-5647

Hon. Michael Diven
925 Brookline Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15226
(412) 306-5900
Fax: (412) 306-5905

Hon. Mike J. Horsey
5151 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139
(215) 747-0757
Fax: (215) 560-2682

Hon. Thaddeus Kirkland
29 East Fifth Street
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 876-6420
Fax: (610) 447-3004

Hon. Jennifer L. Mann
1227 Liberty Street
Suite 202, 2nd Floor
Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 821-5577
Fax: (610) 821-6325

Hon. Jewell Williams
2224 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
(215) 763-2559
Fax: (215) 763-2561

[calvin sun]

This bill would require that third class cities get the permission of the municipality in which they are exercising eminent domain. Right now, a third class city CAN condemn property outside its limits. The bill would restrict this practice.

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[oldironsides]

Democrats in Coatesville pretend this is a revitilization
move for the "people" and it is pure crap. It is a move to take land for elites and Jim Furyk waits in the wings to help the poor realize the dream. The golf course will be built using hard working American's stolen land. I am betting that a group (yet unnamed) will come in and purchase this golf course from the city after a certain amount of time. This is not a "city saving job producing move", it is land theft under the banner of city improvement. It is all a lie and there will be no good jobs for community people. Mowing lawns and raking sand pits pays Burger King wages. It is all total crapola.