The 2012 TCI-PAC Golf Outing will be held on June 4, 2012, at Stonewall Golf Club in Elverson, Pa.

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Incumbents Lost for Different Reasons

House Transportation Chairman Geist Loses Primary

The big loss to the Commonwealth’s transportation system came in the form of a 196-vote defeat of long-time State House Transportation Chairman Rick Geist (R-Altoona). Geist was defeated by Penn State Altoona finance professor John D. McGinnis. The McGinnis campaign targeted Geist’s incumbency and support for the infamous pay raise.

The McGinnis campaign had financial help from the Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania, a far right-wing Harrisburg-area political action committee that targeted legislative incumbents it deemed not conservative enough. The PAC dumped nearly $120,000 into the Geist race for McGinnis. The same group sought unsuccessfully to oust State Senator Pat Vance (R-Cumberland), along with State Representatives Ron Miller, Stan Saylor, and Seth Grove, all Republicans from the York area.

Geist will remain Transportation Chairman until the current legislative session adjourns on November 30, 2012.

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Members of the Senate and House Transportation Committee will be the featured guests at the next TCI-PAC fundraising event on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Hilton Harrisburg. The TCI-PAC is holding this fundraising event, which is being sponsored by S. Dale High of High Industries and Steve Bussanmas of High Steel Structures.   The event is a cocktail reception/group discussion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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To illustrate its vision for a 21st Century transportation program, TCI-PAC has developed a PowerPoint presentation that has become the basis for briefing gubernatorial candidates.

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The TCI-PAC is pleased to announce that James W. Van Buren of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. will serve as Chairman and

Steven M. Bussanmas of High Steel Structures, Inc. will fill the role of Vice-Chairman.

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A study by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association shows that doubling the annual transportation investment in Pennsylvania would create more than 50,000 jobs and reduce the state’s unemployment by 10 percent.

Alison Premo Black, ARTBA vice president for policy and managing director of the Research & Education Division, presented a summary of the study at the conference and annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association in April. The study was commissioned by Associated Pennsylvania Constructors.

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