State/County - Bensalem Township
State Rep Introduces Resolution to Impeach Gov Wolf with 24 Cosponsors
Updated: 3 10 a.m. Wednesday
House Republican Daryl Metcalfe introduced a resolution calling for the impeachment of Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday
Metcalfe, of Butler County, has 24 co-sponsors of the resolution.
The Republican majority legislature has been clashing with the Wolf administration and in recent days has made attempts to overturn the Governors Emergency Declaration.
Wolf responded to the last weeks resolution by asking the state Supreme Court to rule if he his well within his rights as the chief executive of the Commonwealth to issue such an order continue it.
Republicans have argued Wolf’s order has destroyed the states economy although most of the state is now in the yellow or green phase of the administrations reopening plan. Still yet, accusations of governmental overreach.
“While these are certainly unprecedented and chaotic times, Gov. Tom Wolf must be held accountable for his actions that have harmed so many of our citizens and violated so many of our rights,” Metcalfe said in a statement released Tuesday. “Wolf’s unconstitutional dictates and Orwellian overreach into our lives and the marketplace has caused immeasurable harm and hardship for far more Pennsylvanians than the virus!”
“Gov. Wolf’s orders in response to the COVID-19 outbreak have violated a number of our God-given rights affirmed in the United States Constitution. In particular, his order mandating the closure of physical locations of all businesses that he has deemed ‘non-life sustaining’ has violated our citizens’ rights in many devastating ways,” says Metcalfe in his memorandum for the resolution.
Credit: Rhiannon Gomez
“His focus on restraining business is particularly disturbing, as the majority of deaths due to the pandemic have been residents of long-term care facilities. The governor should have focused his attention there, but he has entirely failed to implement a comprehensive state plan to protect our most vulnerable citizens who reside in nursing homes, which have had inadequate supplies of Personal Protective Equipment and testing kits throughout the outbreak” Metcalfe says.
The process of impeaching a governor is much the same as it is with that of impeaching a president. The process starts in the state house, before it can be tried in the Senate, where a two -thirds must vote to convict in order to remove him/her from office.
As of publication, no state lawmakers from Bucks County signed in support of Metcalfe’s resolution.
The Wolf administration did not respond to requests for comment as of 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
According to public records the last person to be impeached in the state of Pennsylvania was state Supreme Court Judge Rolf Larsen (D). He was convicted in 1994 of conspiring to posses drugs without a prescription .
Larsen died in 2o14.
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In only its second year, Bucks County Community College (BCCC) picked up another medal at the prestigious horticultural expo for its ‘Rooted in Art’ tribute to Stella Elkins Tyler.
BCCC’s floral design program has once again taken home a prize in only its second year participating in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Students, alumni, and instructors earned a bronze medal for “Rooted in Art,” reflecting the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features Tyler’s sculpture “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” donated to the College by Carol Tyler, who visited the show with College President & CEO Dr. Patrick M. Jones (Feature Pic). The College was founded on the Tyler estate in Newtown more than 60 years ago. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.
Credit: BCCC
A team of 20 students, alumni, and instructors from BCCC’s floral design program helped install “Rooted in Art” at the Philadelphia Flower Show, which reflects the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features one of Tyler’s original bronze sculptures, “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” pictured in the background.
Credit: BCCC
Melanie Poff (left) and her mother Els Poff, both Certified Floral Designers from Doylestown and students in BCCC’s floral design program, helped surround “Joan of Arc at Orleans” by Stella Elkins Tyler with botanical beauty at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The sculpture is part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit, reflecting the deep connection between art, education, and nature that Stella Elkins Tyler championed throughout her life.
Credit: BCCC
Amparito Arriaga, a Certified Floral Designer from Exton and a student in BCCC’s floral design program, installs part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.
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