Daily News | A Philly veteran struggled to fix his roof. After he got help, he went to Harrisburg to make sure others get aid, too.
The U.S. Air Force veteran and former Amtrak police officer once nominated as one of the nation’s “Top Cops” couldn’t sleep upstairs, where six large storage totes caught dripping water. He desperately needed a new roof on the southwest Philadelphia house where he raised his eight daughters.
In Harrisburg, powerful lobbyists often drive public policy decisions by pressing legislators and sometimes even writing legislation for them. Their entire job is to make sure the priorities of their paid clients get factored into new state laws. It’s not often that ordinary taxpayers get their legislator’s ear, and even less likely that they directly ask their elected official to support an issue they care about.
Gov. Josh Shapiro didn’t include ongoing funding for it in his budget proposal. However, Democratic legislators who met with Paige and other advocates said they are trying to get the program a permanent funding stream.
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