Wkly Zoom Mtg-PA Rep Joe Ciresi

Our guest speaker tonight will be PA State Rep Joe Ciresi.

https://www.pahouse.com/Ciresi/

State Representative Joseph Ciresi was elected as the state representative for the 146th Legislative District in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in November 2018.

Joe also served 12 years on the Spring-Ford Area School Board, which included three years as president and three years as vice-president. During his tenure, Joe and the other board members reduced the school district's debt by over $125 million and moved the district into the top 2 percent out of Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts.

Joe brings his wealth of business and community leadership experience to Harrisburg to fight for:

• Fair funding for education that allocates state money based on actual need, which would result in millions of dollars more for every local school district, reducing property taxes, and improving educational outcomes for our children.
• Property tax reform by rewriting the school code, removing mandates that don't provide any educational value, and passing along the savings to taxpayers. Through a combination of fair funding for education and reducing expenses through educational mandate reform, meaningful relief for property owners can be achieved.
• A fight to restore passenger train service between Pottstown and Philadelphia.
• Responsible government budgeting by working with members of both parties to reduce government inefficiency and waste, and finding reasonable new sources of revenue through passing a natural gas severance tax and closing corporate tax loopholes.