Even a conservative activist says that Corbett's a p.o.s. Who'd ever think I could agree with him?
HARRISBURG — Conservative activist Bob Guzzardi and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett agree on several issues, but Guzzardi sharply criticizes the incumbent on two of the largest policy initiatives of his administration.
The $2.4 billion transportation bill that Corbett signed in November and the impact fee on natural gas drillers he advocated rile Guzzardi, a Montgomery County attorney. Guzzardi is trying to get on the ballot to challenge Corbett in the GOP primary on May 20.
He calls Corbett a “promise breaker” for advocating no tax hikes in his 2010 campaign and signing the transportation bill, which lifts the ceiling on a wholesale gasoline tax and may raise pump prices by 28 cents per gallon over five years. To Guzzardi, it's a gas tax increase.
The “deceptive” shale impact fee Corbett signed was “enacted by two-faced, double-talking lawmakers who simply wanted more tax money,” Guzzardi said.
