Carbon's GOP Committee Members Got the Clue!

Butler County GOP Chairman Jim Powers has called for the resignation of state GOP Chair Eileen Melvin over what he termed "a larger leadership problem at the Republican State Committee." Powers cited a state committee which is "still sitting in silence on the sidelines at this late date" in the pay raise saga.

A statement by Powers included a link to www.repealtheraise.org, a site apparently set up to promote a petition sent to all committee members condemning the pay raise and its violation of the PA Constitution's Article II Section 8, forbidding mid-term salary increases for legislators. 20 percent of Republican State Committee members signed the petition.

Both GOP State Committee members from Carbon County, Gilbert Gerhard and Paul Gellentien, signed the petition.