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Why is this supposed to be a wake-up call? Elon Musk did not become wealthy by sitting in government for 40 years, writing laws that benefit his friends, wasting taxpayer money, or creating another program that working families have to pay for. He built things. He took risks. He hired people smarter than him. He helped create companies that changed electric vehicles, private space travel, satellite internet, reusable rockets, battery technology, manufacturing, and more. You do not have to like everything he says or does to admit the obvious: he has created value, jobs, technology, and progress. That should not be treated like a crime. What should be a wake-up call is how many politicians get rich while producing nothing. What should be a wake-up call is how many working families are paying more in taxes, utilities, housing, health care, childcare, groceries, and insurance while government keeps growing and still cannot fix basic problems. What should be a wake-up call is that small businesses are drowning in costs and red tape while politicians point at successful people and tell voters, “That is why your life is hard.” No. The reason life is hard for working people is not because someone built rockets, cars, satellites, factories, and companies. The reason life is hard is because government keeps taking more, wasting more, regulating more, borrowing more, and making it harder for regular people to build anything of their own. I do not believe in punishing success. I believe in demanding accountability. If a company takes taxpayer money, there should be strict accountability. If government gives special treatment, sweetheart deals, subsidies, or contracts, the public deserves transparency. If billion-dollar companies abuse workers, manipulate markets, or use government power to crush competition, they should be held accountable. But simply becoming wealthy by building things, hiring people, investing in the future, and creating products people choose to use is not the problem. Pennsylvania should want more builders, more inventors, more skilled workers, more entrepreneurs, more manufacturers, more risk-takers, and more people who believe they can create something bigger than themselves. The goal should not be to tear successful people down. The goal should be to make sure regular Pennsylvanians have a real chance to build, own, work, hire, invest, and succeed too. That is the difference. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #SmallBusiness #Innovation #FixPennsylvania

I am a big supporter of vo-tech, skilled trades, apprenticeships, and career training. I believe Pennsylvania should expand these programs, respect them more, and stop treating them like a backup plan for kids who do not choose college. For too long, too many young people were told there was only one “right” path: go to college, take on debt, and hope everything works out later. That has hurt a lot of families. It has also hurt our communities, because now we are short on the very people who keep Pennsylvania moving — plumbers, electricians, welders, mechanics, machinists, truck drivers, nurses, builders, equipment operators, HVAC techs, farmers, manufacturers, and small business owners. So when Governor Shapiro talks about supporting vo-tech and apprenticeships, I agree with the idea. I want more students to have access to those opportunities. I want more kids graduating with useful skills, real credentials, job offers, and the confidence that they can build a good life without being forced into college debt. But vo-tech and career training have to be done right. They cannot become another Harrisburg press release where politicians announce more funding and then never prove what actually happened with the money. If Pennsylvania spends more on career education, then families deserve to know the results. Are students getting real credentials? Are they being hired? Are they staying in Pennsylvania? Are employers involved? Are local businesses getting a chance to train and hire? Are rural and small-town schools getting fair access, or is the money only flowing to the same politically connected places? And we cannot ignore the basics. A strong trades pipeline still needs strong reading, math, discipline, safety training, problem-solving, and work ethic. A student going into electrical work needs math. A student going into welding needs measurements and safety. A student going into plumbing, construction, machining, auto repair, health care, trucking, or manufacturing still needs to read instructions, understand codes, communicate clearly, and show up ready to work. Career education should never be used to hide academic failure. It should be used to build real futures. Pennsylvania needs to expose students to skilled trades earlier, starting before high school. We need stronger partnerships between schools, vo-tech programs, unions, contractors, manufacturers, farms, hospitals, small businesses, and local industries. We need to make it easier for small businesses to take on apprentices and train the next generation. We need to treat trades with the same respect we give college pathways. Not every kid wants to sit behind a desk. Not every kid learns best in a traditional classroom. Some kids come alive when they are building, repairing, wiring, welding, driving, cooking, coding, farming, machining, caring for patients, or learning a skill that gives them pride and purpose. That should be respected. I support vo-tech. I support skilled trades. I support apprenticeships. But I also support accountability, real outcomes, and making sure these programs actually lead to good jobs for Pennsylvania students. Pennsylvania was built by working people. It will be rebuilt by working people too. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #SkilledTrades #EducationReform #FixPennsylvania

This is exactly why people are tired of both parties. The PA Democratic Party acts like every item on their wish list automatically means “improving life in PA,” and if anyone questions it, they are accused of standing in the way. That is not leadership. That is messaging. Raising the minimum wage sounds good until you talk to the small businesses already fighting higher rent, higher utilities, higher insurance, higher supplies, higher payroll costs, and customers who are stretched thin. If Harrisburg forces costs up without helping small businesses survive, the people who get hurt are workers, customers, and the local businesses holding our communities together. Improving schools sounds good too. I support improving schools. But that does not mean blindly sending more money into the same broken system with no accountability, no real academic improvement, no serious discipline reform, no protection for teachers, and no honest conversation about why so many kids are falling behind. Funding transit matters, especially for people who depend on it. But taxpayers deserve to know where the money is going, why costs keep rising, what reforms are being made, and whether the system is being managed responsibly before Harrisburg just demands more money again. And marijuana legalization should not be treated like a magic fix for Pennsylvania’s budget. If the state moves forward, it needs to be done carefully, with rules around public safety, youth access, impaired driving, local control, small business access, addiction concerns, and where the revenue actually goes. That is the problem with Harrisburg. Democrats say “give us our agenda or you are against progress.” Republicans say “no” and too often stop there. Meanwhile, working families, seniors, small businesses, teachers, students, and communities are stuck with the same problems year after year. Pennsylvania does not need one party’s talking points or the other party’s excuses. We need actual reform. We need property tax relief. We need energy and ratepayer protection. We need education reform with accountability. We need public safety and criminal justice reform that protects communities and supports law enforcement. We need budget transparency. We need Medicaid and provider fraud enforcement. We need real support for skilled trades and small businesses. We need transportation reform that proves where the money is going. I am not running to carry water for Democrats or Republicans. I am running because both parties have had their chances, and regular Pennsylvanians are still paying more, getting less, and being told to pick a side. I pick Pennsylvania. Now I'm asking you to do the same. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #IndependentLeadership #SmallBusiness #FixPennsylvania

I am not against Pennsylvania building strong trade relationships with Canada or Ontario. That would be foolish. Canada is a major trading partner, Ontario is directly connected to Pennsylvania’s economy, and if a partnership helps our workers, manufacturers, farmers, small businesses, energy producers, and communities, then we should be at the table. But Pennsylvanians deserve more than a photo op and another Trump-blame paragraph. Every time Governor Shapiro talks about economic growth, energy, manufacturing, investment, or innovation, the same question should come first: how does this actually help the people living here? Does it lower energy costs for Pennsylvania families? Does it protect ratepayers from paying more while energy gets sold or shifted elsewhere? Does it create real local jobs, or just another round of announcements? Do small businesses get access to contracts, or do the same connected companies benefit again? Are Pennsylvania workers being trained and hired first? Are our roads, utilities, water systems, and local communities protected when new growth comes in? That is what people care about. A family in Connellsville, Beaver Falls, Scranton, Erie, Johnstown, Lancaster, Philly, or anywhere else in this state cannot pay their electric bill with a Memorandum of Understanding. A senior getting crushed by property taxes does not feel “economic opportunity” because two politicians had a meeting in Toronto. A small business owner fighting insurance costs, utility bills, payroll pressure, and supply costs needs more than a headline about future growth. I support trade. I support growth. I support Pennsylvania competing. But growth only matters if Pennsylvanians actually feel it in their paychecks, their bills, their communities, and their quality of life. If we are talking about energy, then Pennsylvania families should see energy fairness and ratepayer protection. If we are talking about manufacturing, then Pennsylvania workers and small businesses should come first. If we are talking about critical minerals, life sciences, and investment, then the public deserves transparency, job numbers, wage standards, local impact reports, and real accountability for what was promised. And we need to stop turning every issue into another national political speech. Trump is not the Governor of Pennsylvania. Shapiro is. At some point, the people of this state deserve less blame and more results. Pennsylvania should work with Canada where it benefits our people. But the standard should be simple: Pennsylvania-first jobs, Pennsylvania-first energy fairness, Pennsylvania-first small business access, and Pennsylvania-first accountability. Growth is only success if regular Pennsylvanians benefit from it. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EnergyFairness #SmallBusiness #FixPennsylvania

I have no problem with Pennsylvania building strong trade relationships with Ontario, Canada, or any partner that can help our workers, businesses, farmers, manufacturers, and energy producers. Pennsylvania should be a powerhouse. We have the workers, the resources, the location, the energy, and the industrial history to lead again. But this is what people in Harrisburg keep missing: families cannot pay their bills with a Memorandum of Understanding. A press conference with another politician does not lower an electric bill. It does not fix a broken road. It does not stop a senior from getting crushed by property taxes. It does not help a small business owner who is already fighting higher energy costs, insurance costs, payroll costs, and supply costs. It does not mean anything unless Pennsylvanians can actually feel the benefit in their homes and communities. If Governor Shapiro is going to talk about “explosive growth” in energy, manufacturing, and life sciences, then the first question should be simple: who benefits? Do Pennsylvania workers get hired first? Do Pennsylvania small businesses get a real shot at contracts? Do our communities get infrastructure improvements? Do ratepayers get protected from higher costs? Do we get more affordable energy here at home, or are we just helping build another economic headline while working families keep paying more? Pennsylvania helps power other places. We export energy. We produce natural gas. We have workers who know how to build, move, manufacture, drill, weld, repair, transport, and keep this state running. Yet too many Pennsylvanians are still watching their electric bills climb and wondering why living in an energy-producing state does not mean more affordable energy for them. That is the part I care about. I support trade. I support growth. I support building relationships that help Pennsylvania compete. But I do not support photo-op economics where politicians announce big partnerships while regular people are still stuck asking why nothing gets cheaper, why wages do not keep up, why schools still struggle, why roads still fall apart, and why the same insiders always seem to benefit first. Any deal Pennsylvania signs should come with Pennsylvania-first standards: local jobs, ratepayer protection, small business access, energy affordability, public transparency, and real accountability for what was promised versus what was delivered. Growth is only success if Pennsylvanians actually benefit from it. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com⁠ #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EnergyFairness #SmallBusiness #FixPennsylvania

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I am not going to criticize any working family, parent, or senior for taking a tax credit they qualify for. If you can get a little help back from the state, take it. People need it. Families are hurting, and every dollar matters right now. But let’s be honest about what this feels like for real people. You get a little money back, and before you can even breathe, it is gone. It goes to the electric bill. It goes to groceries. It goes to gas. It goes to the mortgage, rent, property taxes, prescriptions, car insurance, childcare, or some other bill that went up again. That is what Harrisburg does not seem to understand. People are not sitting around feeling rescued because they got a credit on paper. They are sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out which bill can wait, which grocery items they can put back, whether they can afford to take their kid somewhere, or whether they can help their parents who are on a fixed income. So when the PA Democratic Party says Governor Shapiro is “putting money back in your pocket,” a lot of Pennsylvanians are probably asking the same question: why did so much have to come out of our pockets in the first place? That is the problem. A tax credit might help for a moment, but it does not fix the fact that Pennsylvania is becoming too expensive for the people who live here. It does not fix rising electric bills. It does not fix property taxes. It does not fix healthcare costs. It does not fix childcare costs. It does not fix gas prices. It does not fix schools that keep asking for more while too many kids fall behind. It does not fix a state budget that keeps growing while families keep struggling. People do not want to live dependent on politicians giving them a small piece back and then expecting applause. They want life to be affordable again. They want to work hard and actually get somewhere. They want to raise their kids, stay in their homes, keep the lights on, and not feel like they are one bad month away from falling apart. That is why I am running. Pennsylvania needs more than tax-credit press releases. We need property tax relief, energy and ratepayer protection, budget accountability, senior protection, education reform, Medicaid and provider fraud enforcement, transportation reform, and real support for working families and small businesses. I am glad people are getting any help they can. But we need to stop pretending a credit fixes a broken system. Pennsylvanians deserve more than a little money back after Harrisburg helped make everything unaffordable. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #CostOfLiving #TaxRelief #FixPennsylvania

This is where the debate over HB 2244 needs to be honest. No responsible gun owner wants to see a child get access to a loaded firearm. If someone leaves a loaded gun where a young child can easily reach it, and that child shoots someone, there should be accountability. Pennsylvania already has laws that can deal with reckless endangerment, child endangerment, criminal negligence, and other serious conduct depending on the facts. I have no problem holding truly reckless people accountable. But that is very different from creating a broad new criminal offense that lets Harrisburg dictate one storage rule for every home, every family, every layout, and every self-defense situation in Pennsylvania. There is a difference between responsibility and government overreach. We do not usually say someone should be criminally responsible because a criminal stole their kitchen knife and used it in a stabbing. We do not usually say someone should be criminally responsible because someone stole their car and used it in a crime. We look at the facts. Did the owner act recklessly? Did they knowingly allow access? Did they ignore an obvious danger? Did they help create the risk? That same standard should apply here. Safe storage matters. Training matters. Parents and gun owners have a duty to keep firearms away from children, prohibited persons, and anyone who should not have access. Many responsible gun owners already use safes, locks, training, discipline, and common sense every day without Harrisburg threatening them with a new criminal charge. But the right to self-defense also matters. A firearm locked in a way that makes it useless during a home invasion may satisfy a politician’s talking point, but it may fail the family who needs protection in the middle of the night. That is the problem with bills like HB 2244. They are sold as safety, but they can become another way to criminalize law-abiding Pennsylvanians while the same politicians continue to go soft on violent repeat offenders who actually prey on our communities. As Governor, I would veto HB 2244 if it reached my desk. If it passed before I took office, I would make repeal or major reform part of my first constitutional-rights and public-safety package. I support firearm safety education. I support voluntary safe-storage programs. I support youth safety training. I support mental health intervention. I support stronger enforcement against violent criminals and real accountability when someone acts recklessly. But I will not support turning responsible Pennsylvania gun owners into criminals for exercising their constitutional rights and protecting their families. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #SecondAmendment #GunRights #FixPennsylvania

This is what both parties keep doing to Pennsylvania. The Democrats want every election to be about fear. Fear Trump. Fear Republicans. Fear what might happen next. They say they are protecting democracy, protecting freedom, protecting working families, and protecting Pennsylvania, but when you look around, what has actually gotten better for regular people? Electric bills are going up. Health care costs are going up. Property taxes keep climbing in communities across this state. Families are still getting squeezed at the grocery store, at the gas pump, at the doctor’s office, and at the kitchen table every time another bill shows up. And the answer from Harrisburg is always the same: blame somebody else. The Democrats blame Trump. The Republicans blame Shapiro. The parties blame each other. Meanwhile, Pennsylvanians keep paying more and watching their quality of life go down. That is the part neither party wants to admit. This did not start yesterday. Pennsylvania has had Democrats in charge. Pennsylvania has had Republicans in charge. We have had divided government, one-party excuses, bipartisan excuses, and every election cycle we are told that if we just vote for their side one more time, everything will finally change. But it does not change. The same problems keep getting worse because the same political machines keep protecting themselves. Property taxes never get truly fixed. Energy costs never get truly fixed. Education keeps declining. Roads and bridges keep needing repairs. Health care stays unaffordable. Small businesses keep getting buried. Seniors keep getting squeezed. And independent candidates and voters are treated like they do not belong in the process. I am not running to carry water for Trump, Shapiro, Garrity, Democrats, Republicans, or any party machine. I am running because Pennsylvania needs a governor who is focused on the people who actually live here. Fear is not a plan. Blame is not leadership. Party loyalty will not lower your electric bill, fix your school, protect your community, reduce your property taxes, or make health care affordable. Pennsylvania needs real reform: property tax relief, energy and ratepayer protection, education reform, public safety accountability, election integrity and ballot access, Medicaid and provider fraud enforcement, budget transparency, senior protection, small business support, and a government that finally proves where the money is going. Both parties have had their chances. Regular Pennsylvanians are still waiting for results. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #IndependentLeadership #FixPennsylvania #BallotAccess

This is exactly the problem with Harrisburg politics. While working families are trying to afford groceries, gas, electric bills, rent, property taxes, health care, and childcare, Governor Shapiro is focused on helping the Democratic Party win “up and down the ballot.” That tells you everything. Pennsylvania does not belong to the Democratic Party. It does not belong to the Republican Party either. It belongs to the people who live here, work here, raise families here, pay taxes here, and keep getting squeezed while both parties fight over power. Shapiro wants to talk about “real freedom,” but real freedom starts with being able to afford your home, keep your lights on, send your kids to a school that actually works, walk through your community safely, and vote in a system that does not treat independent candidates and independent voters like second-class citizens. The parties keep building machines. I am building a campaign for people who are tired of being forced to choose between two political teams that keep failing them in different ways. Pennsylvania needs a governor who answers to Pennsylvanians, not party chairs, donors, consultants, or national talking points. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #BallotAccess #IndependentLeadership #FixPennsylvania

160,000 Pennsylvanians dropping health coverage is not a talking point. That is 160,000 people who may now delay care, skip medication, avoid checkups, ignore symptoms, or end up in an emergency room because insurance became too expensive to keep. That should bother every elected official in Pennsylvania. But once again, Governor Shapiro’s answer is to blame Trump and congressional Republicans and then act like Harrisburg has no responsibility of its own. Washington absolutely played a role here. The enhanced federal tax credits expired, and Pennie says many families saw their costs double. That is real, and people are feeling it. But Pennsylvania families do not need another blame post from the Governor. They need a plan. If the entire affordability structure depends on temporary federal subsidies that can disappear every few years, then the system is already broken. If a working family can lose coverage because one program expires in Washington, then Pennsylvania needs to be asking harder questions about why health care, insurance, hospitals, prescriptions, and administrative costs are so unaffordable in the first place. Where is the serious state-level audit of health care costs? Where is the pressure on hospital systems, insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and provider networks? Where is the crackdown on Medicaid and provider fraud that drains money from people who actually need care? Where is the transparency showing Pennsylvanians what they are paying for, where the money is going, and who is profiting while families are priced out? This is the part Harrisburg does not want to talk about. They want to argue over who gets blamed when the subsidy disappears, but they do not want to fix the system that made the subsidy necessary for survival. They want to tell working people they are fighting for them, while costs keep rising in health care, energy, housing, food, transportation, childcare, and taxes. I do not want Pennsylvania families trapped in a system where their health care depends on political fights in Washington every budget cycle. I want Pennsylvania to attack the root causes of unaffordable care: fraud, waste, price opacity, inflated administrative costs, weak oversight, and a lack of real competition and accountability. My campaign is building reforms around Medicaid and provider fraud enforcement, budget accountability, prescription and insurance transparency, senior protection, energy and ratepayer protection, and property tax relief because these issues are all connected. Families are not dropping health insurance in a vacuum. They are dropping it because every part of life has become too expensive at the same time. Governor Shapiro can keep blaming Trump. Garrity and the PA GOP can keep blaming Shapiro. I am focused on what Pennsylvania can actually do to lower costs, protect working families, and stop letting broken systems drain the people who can least afford it. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #HealthCareAffordability #BudgetAccountability #FixPennsylvania

I support a school-day cellphone ban in Pennsylvania schools, but I want it done the right way. This is not about being against technology or pretending kids will never use phones. It is about being honest about what is happening inside our classrooms. Teachers are trying to teach while phones are buzzing, lighting up, recording, messaging, and pulling kids into social media, group chats, bullying, drama, and distractions that have nothing to do with learning. Our kids already have enough pressure on them. They do not need a phone pulling them away from every lesson, every conversation, and every real moment in front of them. Teachers should not have to compete with TikTok, Snapchat, group chats, games, and constant notifications just to get through a lesson. And this goes beyond simple distraction. Social media can fuel bullying, threats, fights, dangerous challenges, sexual pressure, humiliation, self-harm, and other destructive or violent behavior. A lot of the drama that starts online gets carried into the school building, and then teachers, students, and parents are left dealing with the fallout. We cannot keep pretending this is just harmless scrolling. I support a clear bell-to-bell phone policy for students. Phones should be powered down and put away during the school day, including class time, lunch, and passing periods. If we create too many exceptions, we risk creating more division, more pressure on parents and doctors, and more distractions inside schools that teachers should not have to manage. But a cellphone ban cannot mean cutting students and parents off from safety. Every classroom should have a working phone or emergency communication device. Schools should also have clearly marked phones placed throughout the building so students can reach the office, nurse, parent, guardian, or emergency contact when there is a real need. Parents deserve peace of mind. Students should never feel like they have no way to get help. But we cannot keep using emergency concerns as the excuse for letting smartphones take over the entire school day. The standard should also apply to adults in the room. Teachers and staff should keep personal cellphone use out of instructional time unless it is necessary for school operations or a real emergency. We cannot ask students to focus while adults are modeling the same distractions we are trying to remove. Pennsylvania schools need calmer classrooms, better focus, stronger discipline, and more respect for the teachers who are trying to do their jobs. A real phone ban, paired with proper emergency communication inside every school, is a common-sense step in the right direction. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EducationReform #StudentSafety #FixPennsylvania

I believe Pennsylvania needs to have a serious conversation about cameras in classrooms, but it has to be done with strong rules and common sense. Cameras should not be used to micromanage good teachers. They should not be livestreamed to parents. They should not become a political weapon. They should not be used to embarrass students, expose private situations, or turn classrooms into public entertainment. But when something serious happens inside a classroom, everyone deserves the truth. Students deserve protection from abuse, bullying, violence, and situations that get ignored or covered up. Teachers deserve protection from false accusations, unfair complaints, and situations where one side of a story gets spread before the facts are known. Parents deserve to know that serious incidents are being handled honestly. Administrators need a real record when they are asked to make hard decisions about discipline, safety, or misconduct. That is where classroom cameras can help, if they are handled the right way. Any camera policy should have strict guardrails: no cameras in bathrooms, locker rooms, changing areas, or private spaces. No public access. No parent livestreams. No random viewing. No posting clips online. Footage should be securely stored, access should be limited, and video should only be reviewed for serious incidents, safety concerns, abuse allegations, discipline disputes, or formal complaints. We already use cameras in hallways, buses, stores, public buildings, and plenty of workplaces because they create accountability. Classrooms should not become surveillance zones, but they also should not be places where serious incidents come down to rumor, politics, or whoever complains the loudest. This is about protecting students and teachers at the same time. It is about truth. It is about accountability. It is about making sure that when something happens, the facts matter more than the cover story. Pennsylvania needs safer schools, stronger discipline, more transparency, and better protection for everyone inside the classroom. Cameras with strict privacy rules should be part of that conversation. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EducationReform #SchoolSafety #FixPennsylvania

People are tired. They are tired of working more, paying more, and still falling behind. They are tired of opening electric bills that keep climbing, filling up their gas tank and wondering how much more it will cost next week, paying property taxes that never seem to go down, and watching Harrisburg act like none of it is their fault. Governor Shapiro’s latest video is a perfect example of what people are sick of. He spends several minutes drawing numbers on a board and blaming Trump for nearly every cost increase hitting Pennsylvania families. Gas prices? Trump. Health care? Trump. Inflation? Trump. Electric bills? Somehow still someone else’s fault. Washington absolutely has problems. No serious person denies that. But Josh Shapiro is not a commentator on cable news. He is the Governor of Pennsylvania, and Harrisburg has power over a lot more than he wants to admit. If gas prices are crushing families, then where is the push for a Pennsylvania gas tax moratorium? Pennsylvania has one of the highest state gas tax burdens in the country. Every single mom driving to work, every senior driving to a doctor’s appointment, every small business owner, contractor, truck driver, and working family is paying into that every time they fill up. If the Governor truly believes people need relief at the pump, then he should be leading that fight here at home instead of only pointing to Washington. That is the part he leaves out. He wants credit for giving a family a few dollars back through targeted programs, but he does not want to talk about how much Pennsylvania government keeps taking from that same family through fuel taxes, rising utility costs, property taxes, fees, and policies that make daily life more expensive. A tax credit may help for a moment, and I am not against helping people, but people should not need a political bandage just to survive what government helped make unaffordable in the first place. The same goes for energy. Pennsylvania helps power this country. We produce natural gas. We generate energy. We have workers, communities, and resources that should make this state one of the most affordable energy states in America. Instead, families are still paying too much, and now massive data centers are coming in that could place even more pressure on our grid, water systems, roads, and local infrastructure. Governor Shapiro’s data center plan does not go far enough. It sounds good in a headline, but basic standards tied to state support are not the same thing as real protection for every Pennsylvania ratepayer. If a data center wants to build here, it should have to prove where its power is coming from, pay for its own grid impact, protect local water supplies, hire local workers, and guarantee that families and small businesses are not stuck paying higher bills because a massive corporation needed more power. That should not be optional. That should not only apply when a company wants a state benefit. That should be the standard for doing business in Pennsylvania. And this is where both parties keep failing people. Shapiro keeps blaming Trump and acting like Harrisburg is powerless. Garrity and the PA GOP keep giving political talking points and acting like criticism alone is a plan. Pennsylvanians do not need another excuse from one side or another slogan from the other. They need a governor with actual reforms ready to go. I have an energy and ratepayer protection package ready. It addresses utility rate protections, data center accountability, public energy-use transparency, shutoff protections for seniors and working families, stronger oversight of utility rate cases, local worker requirements, and a Pennsylvania-first energy fairness model that asks a very simple question: why are Pennsylvanians paying more when Pennsylvania helps power everyone else? I also have a transportation plan that phases out the gas tax, protects road funding, audits where the money is going, and stops treating working people like an endless revenue source. My property tax relief plan, budget accountability plan, education reform, Medicaid fraud enforcement, and senior protection reforms all come from the same belief: Pennsylvania does not have a money problem because working families are not paying enough. Pennsylvania has an accountability problem because Harrisburg keeps taking more and delivering less. People do not need another governor with a whiteboard explaining why nothing is his fault. They need a governor willing to fix what is actually within Pennsylvania’s control. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EnergyFairness #GasTaxRelief #FixPennsylvania

Pennsylvanians are getting squeezed from every direction on energy costs, and the people in Harrisburg still want to treat this like a talking-point battle. Governor Shapiro’s energy agenda is not lowering costs for working families, seniors, small businesses, or local communities. His so-called Lightning Plan still leans into government-managed energy schemes while families are already seeing higher electric bills, higher utility costs, and more pressure from a grid that is being stretched by massive new demand. Now we are being told his data center standards will protect Pennsylvanians. But let’s be honest: requiring some standards from companies that want state support is not the same thing as protecting every ratepayer in Pennsylvania. Data centers should not be allowed to come into this state, use enormous amounts of power and water, strain local infrastructure, and then leave Pennsylvania families paying the bill. They should be required to prove their energy source, cover their grid impact, protect local water supplies, hire local workers, and enter real community benefit agreements before projects move forward. And the Republican answer cannot just be “Shapiro bad.” Stacy Garrity and the PA GOP are right to criticize rising costs, but political talking points are not a reform plan. Pennsylvanians need more than press releases, hashtags, and party attacks. I already have an energy and ratepayer protection reform package ready to go. It includes enforceable utility rate protections, data center accountability, public energy-use transparency, shutoff protections for seniors and working families, stronger oversight of utility rate cases, local worker requirements, and a Pennsylvania-first energy fairness model that asks a simple question: Why are Pennsylvanians paying more when Pennsylvania helps power everyone else? We do not need more excuses from Harrisburg. We need leadership that is willing to protect the people who actually pay the bills. James Moore for Governor Unbought. Unafraid. mooreforpa.com #MooreForPA #PAFirst #EnergyFairness #RatepayerProtection #FixPennsylvania