Local Champions in the State Legislature (Winter 2006/07)
Author: Peter Wray
For the first time, the Pennsylvania League of Conservation Voters (PaLCV) has selected a group of “Environmental Champions” among the state legislators. For the 2005-06 Session the League based their score on eight key votes in the House and six in the Senate.
In the House the “Champions” from the Allegheny Group’s region are lead by Dave Levdansky of Elizabeth. In the following table are the House “Champions” with PaLCV scores for the 2005-06 Session of 88 pct or higher. These Champions are ranked according to their career PaLCV scores.
Representative 05-06 Career
Levdansky, David 100 95
Frankel, Dan 100 89
Harhai, Ted 100 87
Casorio, James 100 84
Veon, Michael 100 81
Walko, Don 88 91
Ramaley, Sean 88 88
Pistella, Frank 88 85
Costa, Paul 88 82
Dermody, Frank 88 80
Wheatley, Jake 88 79
Preston, Joseph 88 77
Markosek, Joseph 88 76
DeWeese, Bill 88 75
Pallone, John 88 73
Regrettably, all of the above are Democrats; the average 2005-06 score for ALL Democrats in the House was 79 pct and for Republicans it was 48 pct.
Only three of the fifty members of the Senate gained more than an 80 pct score in 2005-06 session, and two of them were “Champions” from the Allegheny Group’s region:
Senator 05-06 Career
Costa, Jay 83 74
Ferlo, Jim 83 62
For a copy of the PaLCV’s full report with an explanation of the votes, etc., please go to www.palcv.org.
