The 30 Pennsylvania Republican Senators listed below continue to use the disabled community as political pawns. These Pennsylvania Senators are hard set on making deep cuts to key programs that would force more disabled people out of their homes and into nursing homes.
Western PA ADAPT accuses these Senators of crimes against the disabled community. Cutting vital human service programs is fiscally and morally irresponsible. The plain truth of the matter is that receiving these services is a matter of life and death to some disabled Pennsylvanians.
Go to the Web sites of these Pennsylvania Senators and visit, write, call or E-mail them. Let them know that you want them to make sure that any approved state budget must FUND PEOPLE FIRST.
Western PA ADAPT is the local chapter of a National Grassroots Disability Rights organization. ADAPT fights so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
(Senators marked with an * above represent districts in Western Pennsylvania covered by Western PA ADAPT, ADAPT of Erie, PA, and Southwestern PA ADAPT.)
Wanted for Crimes Against the Disabled Community – The Harrisburg Gang of 30
August 4th, 2009The Harrisburg Gang of 30
The 30 Pennsylvania Republican Senators listed below continue to use the disabled community as political pawns. These Pennsylvania Senators are hard set on making deep cuts to key programs that would force more disabled people out of their homes and into nursing homes.
Western PA ADAPT accuses these Senators of crimes against the disabled community. Cutting vital human service programs is fiscally and morally irresponsible. The plain truth of the matter is that receiving these services is a matter of life and death to some disabled Pennsylvanians.
Go to the Web sites of these Pennsylvania Senators and visit, write, call or E-mail them. Let them know that you want them to make sure that any approved state budget must FUND PEOPLE FIRST.
Western PA ADAPT is the local chapter of a National Grassroots Disability Rights organization. ADAPT fights so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
(Senators marked with an * above represent districts in Western Pennsylvania covered by Western PA ADAPT, ADAPT of Erie, PA, and Southwestern PA ADAPT.)
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