Rep. Roae to hold town hall meeting

State Rep. Brad Roae (R-6th District) will hold a town hall meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, at the Cambridge Springs Borough Building, 161 Carringer St. Roae encourages residents to come and ask questions about any issue dealt with at the state level. You may recall that Roae upset eight-term incumbent (and Venango-area resident) Teresa Forcier in the May 2006 Republican primary and then defeated Democrat Keith Abbott in the general election in November. Roae got off to a good start in his political career by turning down the automatic cost-of-living pay increase that state legislators received for 2007.

A staffer at Roae's office said 900 postcards were sent out to promote the event--and I hope turnout is good. We're still waiting for some sort of substantive effort at property tax relief by the legislature, and it will be interesting to hear what Roae has to say on that subject.