Get Mad, Get Loud

Two new outlets have been set up for Pennsylvania taxpayers to vent their feelings about the 16 percent pay raise that state legislators gave themselves in early July.

Tonight at 7 p.m., a cable TV channel called PCN will hold a "special edition of Call-In'' for viewers who want to express an opinion on the pay raise, which will take rank-and-file legislators' pay from $69,647 to $81,050.

The hour-long program will be hosted by Philadelphia Daily News columnist John Baer and Matthew Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth Foundation, a conservative lobbying group. Any resident of the state may participate by calling toll-free at 1-866-726-5483.

Also, a new Web site has been set up with a purpose of "defeating all incumbent Pennsylvania General Assembly members in 2006,'' because of anger over the pay raise.
The site, http://www.pacleansweep.com

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