US EditionFormer Pennsylvania Governors Release Statement Calling for Bipartisan Support for Ensuring Shapiro Family’s Safety
The bipartisan statement follows a dispute over more than $1 million in private-home security upgrades after recent political violence.
- On Monday, all living former Pennsylvania governors issued a statement urging state leaders to prioritize the safety of Governor Josh Shapiro and his family, calling combatting political violence a nonpartisan concern.
- The statement follows Republican Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity's refusal to pay $1.1 million for security upgrades at Shapiro's private Abington Township home, citing a lack of legal authority.
- While Shapiro's team criticized the rejection as political, Garrity argues the expenditure conflicts with her constitutional duties; the state has already spent about $32 million on the public Governor's Residence.
- Republican Senator Jarrett Coleman submitted a memo Monday proposing a seven-member 'Executive Protection Oversight Board' to handle future funding disputes, while Democrat Senator Jay Costa condemned the standoff.
- Concerns were exacerbated after an attempted breach at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday, where an individual was charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, who attended the event.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Center SquareDebate rages on use of taxpayer money for security at Shapiro's private home
The flap over spending on Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's security deepened on Monday when former governors endorsed the concept of gubernatorial security,...
Shapiro security spending prompts calls for more oversight
HARRISBURG — Security-related upgrades to address emergencies at the state-owned governor's mansion, as well as at private property owned by Pennsylvania's sitting governor, would be subject to new oversight and public accountability under a measure being pushed in the legislature. The proposal from state Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R., Lehigh) follows last year’s attack at the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg and last week’s decision by the state tre…
All living Pa. governors decry decision not to fund security upgrades to Shapiro’s home after attack
All five of Pennsylvania’s living former governors, both Republicans and Democrats, released a statement on Monday calling on state officials to prioritize the safety and security of Gov. Josh Shapiro. The bipartisan letter comes days after Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity — Shapiro’s leading Republican opponent in this year’s gubernatorial race — said the state would not pay for security upgrades at Shapiro’s private home. “Combatting polit…
Josh Shapiro and family’s safety should be ‘nonpartisan and a priority,’ former Pa. governors say after Stacy Garrity blocks money
The new statement from all living former governors of Pennsylvania comes days after Treasurer Stacy Garrity declined to pay for more than $1 million in security upgrades to Shapiro's Abington home.
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