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Editorial

** Editorial: Mike Farrell, a Viable Candidate for PA Senate ** There's no other candidate with a more cohesive platform than Mike Farrell. His stances on gay marriage, education, the environment (specifically backing a Marcellus shale tax), and of course the crippling state of the economy make him the best choice to represent District 26 in the Pennsylvania Senate.

Harrisburg is in a state of turmoil right now. With corruption on the rise, there has never been a better time for a fresh start. Farrell has no experience bribing state officials and obtaining slush fund money like many of the current senators in Harrisburg do.

Farrell supports equal marriage rights and believes that the government has no right to decide who can receive the benefits of marriage and who cannot. He thinks that giving benefits to one couple in a long term committed relationship and not to another couple in the same type of relationship is pure discrimination.

Mike Farrell supports greater State investment in education, which will drive down local property taxes. Pennsylvania has continually decreased its financial commitment to education, which in turn forces municipalities to raise taxes. Farrell wants to return to a more reasonable level of state funding because he has confidence in America's future, which he knows relies on the education system.

When it comes to environmental issues, Farrell is a strong advocate of aggressive promotion in researching renewable energy sources as well as government incentives for businesses who are responsible energy users. His promotion of alternative energy resources has far reaching benefits for generations to come.

Another topic that is of heated concern in Pennsylvania right now is the topic of the Marcellus shale drilling tax. There are some who believe that the tax on drillers in the Marcellus shale area is unconstitutional and will ultimately discourage drillers. However, if one looks more closely at the matter at hand, like Farrell did, one can see the true benefits of this tax.

The tax on drillers in the Marcellus shale area for the potential damages they may cause to both the infrastructure and the environment will not discourage drillers, but simply encourage more responsible ones. Mike Farrell realizes this and sees the advantages. Many other states have already been imposing similar taxes on natural gas drillers, its time Pennsylvania caught up with the times.

It's not news that the economy is not where it should be. This economic recession that has allegedly already ended months ago, is still doing a number on families in Pennsylvania and across the country. Unemployment is still way up and here in Pennsylvania, the biggest corporations are even evading paying business taxes by setting up a shell company in Delaware. Local businesses are being overwhelmed while the big businesses are getting away without paying their fair share.

Mike Farrell aims to close this tax loophole, and ease the burden on the struggling smaller businesses in PA. Farrell also plans to initiate tax incentives and Keystone Zones because a state senator should be constantly lobbying businesses across the country to move to our district.

Ted Erickson may not be a bad candidate, but he has done nothing to stop the ever-increasing corruption in Harrisburg. It is time for a change in Harrisburg; it is time for Mike Farrell.

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