PRESS
RELEASE: Roberta Biros to challenge Bob Robbins for PA State
Senate (50th)
Mercer County
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Roberta Biros of Delaware Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
announced today that she will challenge current incumbent
Senator Bob Robbins in the 2010 race for Senator in the
General Assembly in the 50th District. In order to appear
on the ballot in November of 2010, Ms. Biros, an unaffiliated
independent, will need to gather a total of 827 signatures
from registered voters in the 50th District (Mercer County,
Crawford County, and parts of Butler and Lawrence Counties).
These signatures must be presented in the form of nomination
papers which will need to be filed with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth in Harrisburg no later than August 2, 2010.
Ms. Biros, a small business owner, describes herself as
a concerned citizen. She has been actively involved in issues
of political and legislative activism through her blog,
Mercer
County Conservatives. Ms. Biros has published her Platform
for Good Government on her campaign website at ElectBiros.com.
In it she stresses her platform priorities and concerns
as public service; transparency and accountability; fiscal
responsibility; and limited government.
Ms. Biros stated, “Voters need a choice in every
election, and 2010 is more important than ever. Taxpayers
have had enough of career politicians who are more concerned
with their careers than with the constituents in their district.
As a firm supporter of term limits, it is my opinion that
it is time for Senator Robbins to move on. Instead, Senator
Robbins has concentrated his efforts on voting for pay raises
for politicians, protecting cost of living adjustments for
lawmakers, and hiding from his constituents and the press.
The time has come for taxpayers to stand up to self-serving
politicians and let them know that they work for us.”
Ms. Biros stresses that “as a high-ranking leader
in the State Senate, Mr. Robbins should be working to correct
the problems in Pennsylvania. Instead, Mr. Robbins has only
been concerned with bringing ‘pork’ back to
the District as a tool for re-election. Unfortunately, ‘pork’
is part of the problem. We need a fiscal conservative in
the State Senate that will work to cut spending, decrease
the tax burden on individuals and small businesses, and
turn the State government around. I am that person. I feel
it is my responsibility to offer the voters of the 50th
district an independent voice in Harrisburg.”
When asked about the challenges of gaining access to the
November ballot, Ms. Biros stated “I’m confident
that we will gather far more signatures than are required.
We already began the process of gathering signatures and
our sampling of constituents has been very positive. Concerned
citizens realize that the only way to fix the problem in
Harrisburg is to purge the General Assembly of dead weight
. . . and Senator Robbins is a perfect example of that dead
weight.” She added “we realize that our campaign
will meet with immediate challenges from political insiders
in the District and we anticipate that our nomination papers
will be challenged in August, but we are confident that
we will be successful in pushing past the corrupt circle
of political incumbents and their legal teams. We are motivated
and the people of the 50th district are motivated. We will
not be prevented from our right to a fair election. 2010
will be the year that the people of Pennsylvania and the
United States of America make a statement and take their
country back. A move to fresh ideas and a fresh face in
the 50th district will be an important part of that movement.”
Ms. Biros will begin the task of collecting signatures
this week and she anticipates that her message, which reaches
across all party lines, will resonate with the people of
the area during the petition process and well into November.
