State Political Connection
June 15, 2011
Important Reminder --- Unless the Lord
builds the house, its builders will have toiled
in vain... Unless the Lord keeps watch over
the City in vain the Watchman stands on
guard... In vain you rise up early and go to
rest toiling for the bread you eat.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT
                          Article IV of the Pennsylvania State Constitution

THE EXECUTIVE

Executive Department
Section 1.
The Executive Department of this Commonwealth shall consist of a
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor General,
State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction and such
other officers as the General Assembly may from time to time
prescribe.
Governor of the Commonwealth of  Pennsylvania
Tom Corbett (R)  ...
46th Governor of PA .

Elected Governor
November 2, 2010 ...
Took office January
18, 2011 ... To the
Left
Governor's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17120

Phone: (717) 787-2500
Fax: (717) 772-8284
Link to:
Governor Corbett E-Mail
Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lt. Governor Jim Cawley
200 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Phone:  (717) 787-3300
Fax:      (717) 783-0150
Jim Crawley E-Mail
Governor's Cabinet Officials

The Governor's Cabinet comprises the directors of various state agencies. These
directors, are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Each
Secretary is responsible for the oversight of his or her agency. An equally
important responsibility of all Cabinet members is advising the Governor on
subjects related to their respective agencies.



Jim Cawley    Lieutenant Governor  
C. Alan Walker    Secretary of Community and Economic Development  
Brian Duke    Secretary of Aging  
Stephen Aichele    General Counsel  
Michael F. Consedine    Insurance Commissioner  
John Wetzel    Secretary of Corrections  
Barry J. Schoch, P.E.    Secretary of Transportation  
Carol Aichele    Secretary of the Commonwealth  
Sheri Phillips    Secretary of General Services  
Richard J. Allan    Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)  
Glenn Cannon    Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director  
Eli Avila    Secretary of Health  
Glenn Moyer    Secretary of Banking  
Charles Zogby    Secretary of the Budget  
Michael Krancer    Secretary of Environmental Protection  
Frank Noonan    State Police Commissioner  
Kenya Mann Faulkner    Inspector General  
Gary D. Alexander    Secretary of Public Welfare  
Julia K. Hearthway    Secretary of Labor & Industry  
George Greig    Secretary of Agriculture  
Dan Meuser    Secretary of Revenue  
Major General Wesley Craig    Adjutant General of Military & Veterans Affairs  
Kelly Powell Logan    Secretary of Administration  
Ronald J. Tomalis    Secretary of Education  
First Lady - Susan Murack Corbet
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Mailing Address:
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney
General
16th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone:
717-787-3391

Fax:
717-787-8242

Press Office:
717-787-5211

Hotlines:  
Child Predator Unit  800-385-1044  
Elder Abuse Unit  866-623-2137  
Consumer Protection  800-441-2555
Education & Outreach 800-525-7642
Health Care Section  877-888-4877  
Do Not Call List 888-777-3406

Home Improvement Consumer
Protection Act Helplines:
Consumer Helpline 888.520.6680
Contractor Helpline 717.772.2425
E-Mail Link to Linda Kelly
Linda L. Kelly
Attorney General
Appointed by
Governor Corbett to
fill his unexpired term
that ends in 2013
AUDITOR GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mailing Address:
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney
General
16th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone:
717-787-3391

Fax:
717-787-8242

Press Office:
717-787-5211

Hotlines:  
Child Predator Unit  800-385-1044  
Elder Abuse Unit  866-623-2137  
Consumer Protection  800-441-2555
Education & Outreach 800-525-7642
Health Care Section  877-888-4877  
Do Not Call List 888-777-3406

Home Improvement Consumer
Protection Act Helplines:
Consumer Helpline 888.520.6680
Contractor Helpline 717.772.2425
The auditor general has been
thecommonwealth's fiscal
watchdogsince 1809, when it
was created byan act of the
General Assembly.The auditor
general was appointedby the
governor until 1850, when
the position became an elected
office.

Auditors general were elected to
when a constitutional
amendmentincreased the terms
to four years.Jack Wagner is
Pennsylvania's50th elected
auditor general
JACK WAGNER
(D)
AUDITOR
GENERAL
Sworn into office on January
20,2009, for his second term
as Pennsylvania’s 50th
electedAuditor General, Jack
Wagnerbrings 25 years of
public service to his role as
theCommonwealth’s
independent fiscal watchdog.
Auditor General:
Auditor General Jack Wagner
229 Finance Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0018

(P): 717-787-2543
(F): 717-783-4407
auditorgen@auditorgen.state.pa.us
318 Finance Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

(P): 717-787-1381
(F): 717-783-4408
news@auditorgen.state.pa.us
Office of the Taxpayer
Advocate
318 Finance Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

(P): 800-922-8477
(F): 717-783-4408
hotline@auditorgen.state.pa.us
STATE TREASURER OF PENNSYLVANIA
Rob McCord, Pennsylvania
State Treasurer



A respected business leader and
entrepreneur, Rob McCord took
office as the 45th Treasurer of
Pennsylvania on January 20, 2009.  
Today, as chief executive of the
Pennsylvania Treasury
Department, Treasurer McCord
helps invest more than $80 billion
per year, and he oversees a broad
variety of operations designed to
improve the economic security of
Pennsylvanians.
Pennsylvania Treasury
129 Finance Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-2465

•Press Office (717) 787-2991 or
email news@patreasury.org.
•Office of Legislative Affairs
(717) 705-0577
•Office of Chief Counsel
(717) 787-2740
•Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation Disbursements
Toll-free: 1-877-869-1956 or
(717) 787-6595
•Bureau of Uncashed
Checks/Forgeries Unit Toll-
free: 1-800-932-0609
•Bureau of Human Resources
& Training (717) 787-5979
•Board of Finance & Revenue
(717) 787-2974
Department of Education
Secretary of
Education
Ron Tomalis
The Pennsylvania Department
the highest level of service to
our citizens as possible. Should
you need to contact us directly,
please refer to the resources
below.

Pennsylvania Department of
Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333

Main Information Number:
717-783-6788
TTY Number: 717-783-8445
Ron Tomalis was nominated by
Governor Tom Corbett to be the
Secretary of Education on January
18, 2011. On April 26, 2011 the
Pennsylvania Senate unanimously
confirmed Ron Tomalis as the
Secretary of Education by a 50-0
vote.
Article V Of the Constitution of PA ---THE JUDICIARY

Unified Judicial System

Section 1.
The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial
system consisting of the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, the Commonwealth
Court, courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal and traffic courts in
the City of Philadelphia, such other courts as may be provided by
law and justices of the peace. All courts and justices of the peace and their
jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the
Commonwealth.  It is also the oldest appellate court in the nation, dating to
1684.  The court makes final interpretations of state law and has
administrative authority over the entire Pennsylvania court system.  Seven
justices make up the court.  They are elected to 10-year terms.  The
longest-serving member of the court presides as chief justice.  The court
holds sessions in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.

The Supreme Court receives about 2,500 civil and criminal appeals each
year.  It has the discretionary power to hear and decide only those cases
that it deems to have statewide importance or to require clarification on a
point of law.  The court must review certain types of cases such as all death
penalty cases and appeals from lawsuits that originate in Commonwealth
Court.  The Supreme Court also can take up any case in any court in
Pennsylvania if it considers an issue of immediate public importance to be
at stake.  When it does this, the court exercises one of two powers known
as the "King's Bench" power or the power of "extraordinary jurisdiction
Seated L-R: Justice Thomas G  Saylor, Chief Justice
Ronald D. Castille, Justice J. Michael Eakin
Standing L-R: Justice Seamus P. McCaffery, Justice
Max Baer, Justice Debra McCloskey Todd, Justice
Jane Cutler Greenspan (retired)  
Not pictured above
--- Justice Joan Orie Melvin
The  Pennsylvania Superior Court
Commissioned Judges

PRESIDENT JUDGE CORREALE F. STEVENS
PRESIDENT JUDGE EMERITUS KATE FORD ELLIOTT
JUDGE JOHN L. MUSMANNO
JUDGE JOHN T. BENDER
JUDGE MARY JANE BOWES
JUDGE SUSAN P. GANTMAN
JUDGE JACK A. PANELLA
JUDGE CHRISTINE L. DONOHUE
JUDGE JACQUELINE  O SHOGAN
JUDGE CHERYL LYNN ALLEN
JUDGE ANNE E. LAZARUS
JUDGE SALLIE UPDYKE MUNDY
JUDGE JUDITH FERENCE OLSON
JUDGE PAULA FRANCISCO OTT
JUDGE ROBERT  A. FREEBERG
Senior Judges
JUDGE ROBERT E. COLVILLE
JUDGE JAMES J. FITZGERALD, III
JUDGE WILLIAM H. PLATT
JUDGE GENE STRASSBURGER
The  Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
      
                      The Commonwealth Court is one of Pennsylvania's two statewide intermediate
                      appellate courts. This court, which was established in 1968, is unlike any other
                      state court in the nation. Its jurisdiction generally is limited to legal matters
                      involving state and local government and regulatory agencies. Litigation
                      typically focuses on such subjects as banking, insurance and utility regulation
                      and laws affecting taxation, land use, elections, labor practices and workers
                      compensation. Commonwealth Court also acts as a court of original
                      jurisdiction, or a trial court, when lawsuits are filed by or against the
                      Commonwealth.

                      The Commonwealth Court is made up of nine judges who serve 10-year terms.
                     The president judge is chosen by his or her colleagues for a five-year term.
                     The court generally decides cases in three-judge panels and sits in
                     Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
President Judge Bonnie Brigance
Leadbetter
Judge Bernard L. McGinley
Judge Dan Pellegrini
Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer
Judge Robert "Robin" Simpson
Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt
Judge P. Kevin Brobson
Judge Patricia A. McCullough
Judge Johnny J. Butler

Senior Judge Rochelle S. Friedman
Senior Judge James R. Kelley
Senior Judge Barry F. Feudale
Senior Judge Keith B. Quigley
Article II  of the Constitution of the Pennsylvania --- THE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Power
Section 1. The legislative power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a
General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of
Representatives.
Election of Members; Vacancies

Section 2.
Members of the General Assembly shall be chosen at the general election every
second year. Their term of service shall begin on the first day of December next
after their election. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in either House, the presiding
officer thereof shall issue a writ of election to fill such vacancy
The Pennsylvania Senate
Patrick M. Browne (R)
Senate District 16
Term Expires -- 2014
Lehigh (part), Monroe
(part) and
Northampton (part)
Counties.
Main District Office
702 W. Hamilton Street
Suite 101
Allentown 18101
610-821-8468
Toll-Free: 1-800-280-7728
FAX: 610-821-6798
Monday-Friday
Harrisburg
171 Main Capitol
Harrisburg 17120
717-787-1349
FAX: 717-772-3458
TTY: 800-364-1581
Monday-Friday
9AM to 4:30 PM
East Allentown
Lehigh Valley Career Link
Building
1601 Union Boulevard
Allentown 18109
610-821-6813
FAX: 610-841-1137
Monday-Friday
9 AM to 4 PM
Mondays & Tuesdays
(Staffed by Senator
Browne's Office)
Western Lehigh County
Upper Macungie Township
Building
8330 Schantz Road
Breinigsville 18031
610-366-2327
FAX: 610-366-2329
Mon, Wed, Fri
9AM to 4:30 PM
East Allen Township
5330 Nor-Bath Boulevard
Northampton 18067
610-502-1567
FAX: 610-502-1570
Monday-Thursday
9 AM to 1 PM
Monroe
PO Box 16
Saylorsburg 18353
(Located at intersection of
Old Route 115 and Route 209)
570-402-1499
FAX: 570-402-0746
Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri
8 AM to 4 PM
Saturday
7 AM to 1 PM
Evening Hours by
Appointment
16th Senatorial District
Lisa M. Boscola (D)
Senate District 18
Term Expires -- 2014
Lehigh (part), Monroe (part)
and Northampton (part)
Counties.
Pat Browne
Lisa Boscola
BETHLEHEM OFFICE
Main Street Commons
559 Main Street, Suite 270
Bethlehem, PA 18018
(610) 868-8667
Fax: (610) 861-2184
Toll-free: 1-877-535-1818
HARRISBURG OFFICE
Senate Box 203018
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3018
(717) 787-4236
Fax: (717) 783-1257
Senate of PA: 1-800-364-158 (TTY
Whitehall OFFICE
West Catasauqua Prof. Office
Bldg.
2123 N. 1st Avenue, Suite  A-4
Whitehall, PA 18052
(610) 266-2117
Fax: (610) 266-2169
POCONO OFFICE
Dominick A. Lockwood
Business Center
600 Main Street, Suite 112
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
(570) 420-2938
Fax: (570) 420-2941
18th Senatorial District
The  Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Justin Simmons
Republican
131st District
District Office
3606 Route 378 South
Suite A
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (610) 861-5201
Fax: (610) 861-2069
Capitol Office
5 East Wing
PO Box 202131
Harrisburg, PA
17120-2131
Phone: (717) 783-1673
Fax: (717) 705-7012
In the Allentown Area
Every Wednesday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
CareerLink Center (East
Allentown)
1601 Union Boulevard,
(1st floor)
Allentown, PA 18109
The 131st Legislative District
consists of Coopersburg Borough,
Lower Milford and Upper Saucon
Townships, portions of the city of
Allentown and portions of
Salisbury and Upper Milford
Townships in Lehigh County and a
portion of Lower Saucon Township
in Northampton County
Jennifer Mann
Democrat
132nd District
Harrisburg Address:
331 Main Capitol Bldg.
PO Box 202132
Harrisburg, PA
17120-2132
Phone: (717) 705-1869
Fax: (717) 705-2087
District Office Address:
2030 West Tilghman St.
Suite 100
Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: (610) 821-5577
Fax: (610) 821-6325
Hours: Monday - Friday:
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
The 132nd Legislative District
consists of Part of LEHIGH
County
consisting of the CITY of
Allentown
(PART, Wards 01, 02, 03, 04, 05,
07,
08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 17 and
18)...Lehigh County (Part
Joe Brennan
Democrat
133nd District
Harrisburg Address
25A East Wing
PO Box 202133
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2133
(717) 772-9902
Fax: (717) 772-2284
Bethlehem Office
7 West Fourth Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 882-1510
Fax: (610) 861-2112
Catasauqua Office
123 Bridge Street
Catasauqua, PA 18032
(610) 266-1470
Fax: (610) 266-1579
Career Link Building
1601 Union Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18109
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Fridays only
133rd Legislative District
consists Part of LEHIGH
County consisting of the
Wards 06, 14 [PART, Division
02] and 15 [PART, Division
01]) and Bethlehem (Lehigh
County Portion) (PART, Wards
10, 11, 12 [PART, Division 01]
and 13 [PART, Division 02])
and the TOWNSHIPS of
Hanover, Salisbury (PART,
Ward 01) and Whitehall
(PART, Districts 02, 03, 04, 05,
06, 08 and 09) and the
BOROUGHS of Catasauqua,
Coplay and Fountain Hill and
Part of NORTHAMPTON
County consisting of the CITY
of Bethlehem (Northampton
County Portion) (PART, Wards
01, 02, 03, 04 and 05).
Douglas G.
Reichley
Republican
134rd District
The 134th Legislative District
consists of part of Berks County
consisting of the townships of
Hereford, District and
Washington and the boroughs
of Bally and Bechtelsville in
Berks County and part of
Lehigh County consisting of
Lower Macungie, Salisbury
(Ward 5) South Whitehall
(District 3, 4 and 5) Upper
Macungie (district 4) and
Upper Milford Township (East
District) along with the
boroughs of Alburtis, Emmaus
and Macungie
Harrisburg Office
5 East Wing
PO Box 202134
Harrisburg, PA
17120-2134
(717) 787-1000
Fax: (717) 705-7012
Emmaus Office
1245 Chestnut Street Unit
#5
Emmaus, PA 18049
(610) 965-9933
Fax: (610) 965-9174
Steve
Samuelson
Democrat
135th District
The 135th Legislative District
consists of City of Allentown
(wards 15-2, 15-3, 15-4)
City of Bethlehem (wards 6, 7, 8,
9, 14, 15, 16, 17 in Northampton
County)

City of Bethlehem (wards 12-2,
13-1, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7
and 13-8 in Lehigh County)
Bethlehem Township (2nd Ward
) Part of Lehigh County (Part)
Northampton County (Part
Harrisburg Office
Open Monday - Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
34 East Wing - PO Box
202135
Harrisburg, PA
17120-2135
Phone: (717) 705-1881
District Office
Open Monday - Friday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
104 E. Broad Street,
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: (610) 867-3890
East Allentown Office
Every Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
1601 Union Boulevard,
Allentown, PA 18109
Senior Center of
Bethlehem
Second Friday of the
Month, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m
720 Old York Road,
Bethlehem, PA 18018
East Allentown State Legislative
Districts

131 - Orange - Justin Simmons
132- Blue - Jennifer Mann
133 - Green - Joe Brennan
135- Steve Sammuelsson