Friday, December 12, 2008

The Pennsylvania Society meets in New York



"I don't know anyone who's been bought at Pennsylvania Society, Rented maybe -- but not bought." - Montgomery County Republican Ken Davis





Again I haven't been invited to any of the swanky parties this weekend. It must have been an oversight because I was ready to cash in my aluminum cans at Bilecki's Junk Yard to finance the trip.

The big news is that Tweety won't be attending according to Politico: Chris Matthews no longer plans to attend a ritzy Saturday night dinner hosted by the Pennsylvania Society, as Politico reported earlier. Matthews informed the event organizer that he and his wife could no longer attend, according to the organizer's assistant.

There will be plenty of other office seekers making the rounds. The list of potential Governor's includes Tom Corbett, Pat Meehan, Don Cunningham, Tom Wolf, Tom Knox, Dan Onorato, Jack Wagner and Jim Gerlach who will all be pressing the flesh at various soirees. And Senators Arlen Specter and Bob Casey plan to attend. I've asked some of our local office holders if they plan to take part and will update when they get back to me.


The last few years Gene Stilp has sponsored a pot luck dinner at the capitol in Harrisburg at the same time but I'm not sure if he is doing it this year. There has been grumbling about the fact that this event has been held out of state forever and many people think it should be held in the Commonwealth but as Governor Rendell said "People say if you had it in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh no one would come." That would break my heart.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

As a member of the PA Society in DC, I have to mention that people are not suppose to go to the PA Society dinner, it is for people who live/work in NYC and aref rom PA like Andrew Carnigee.

It is really the PA society of new York and they should not move, just not invite people who do not live in NYC. The DC PA Socity is much more fun we pay a few bucks dues and have small parties with free lager and get wathc the Phillies destroy the nationals.

And see the Pirates and the nationals play something resembling babseball

Anonymous said...

I guess the ability to spell and type aren't required for membership.