PSATS 86th Annual Educational Conference and Trade Show

• Township Conference Set to Feature Sen. Casey, State Officials, and Chesapeake Bay Forum - Sunday, May 11 - Wednesday, May 14
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• Detailed Agenda for PSATS' 2008 Annual Conference
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• Media Alert on Key Issues Facing Townships
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• Key Issues Facing Townships
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• Media Alert on Townships' Grassroots Lobbying Day: May 13, 2008
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• PSATS' Annual Educational Conference: Leads for News Stories and Opportunities for Photos & News Footage
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Issues

• Special Interests Misdiagnose Pa.'s Local Government System
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  By John Haiko, Chairman, PSATS Executive Board (click here for high-resolution photo)
  
  
• Consolidating Pa.'s Local Governments Is Not the Solution That State's 'Bigger is Better' Groups Claim It to Be
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  By Wendell Cox, Principal, Demographia (click here for high-resolution photo)
  
  
• Pa. Township News Cover Story, January 2008 - Change Is Brewing: Alarming Trends Emerge as Groups Push for Local Government Reform
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• Op-Ed: Ongoing Funding Shortfall Signals Danger Ahead for Roads and Residents
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  (by R. Keith Hite, Executive Director, Pa. State Association of Township Supervisors)
  Photo of Mr. Hite

Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: Key Legislative Issues Facing Pennsylvania's Townships
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• PSATS Fact Sheet
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PSATS Executive Board and Staff Photos
Click on the links below to download high-resolution, color photos in JPEG format suitable for newspaper or magazine printing.

PSATS Executive Board:

• Richard Hadley, Cranberry Twp., Butler Co.
  President
• Kenneth L. Grimes, Upper Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co.
  First Vice President
• John A. Haiko, West Bradford Twp., Chester Co.
  Second Vice President and Board Chairman
• Lester O. Houck, Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co.
  Secretary-Treasurer
• Tim Horner, Chapman Twp., Clinton Co.
  Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Board Vice Chairman
• Donna Mindek, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.
  Immediate Past President

Executive Committee:

• Shirl Barnhart, Morgan Twp., Greene Co.
• Alan Everett, Hamilton Twp., Monroe Co.
• Dennis Hameister, Harris Twp., Centre Co.
• William B. Hawk, Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co.
• Michael Keller, Fox Twp., Elk Co.
• H. Thomas Paxton, Pine Twp., Mercer Co.

PSATS Executive Director: R. Keith Hite

PSATS Legal Counsel: Thomas L. Wenger, Esq.