Thomas P. Murt
- Republican
- 429 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202152
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2152 - P: (717) 787-6886
- F: (717) 260-6500
- Murt's Website
Representative, District 152
| 1 | Pennsylvania State Education Association | $6,750 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | John M. Templeton, | $5,100 |
| 3 | Campaign for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) PAC | $5,100 |
| 4 | Nicholas DellaGuardia, Specialty Floors | $3,750 |
| 5 | Henry Jacquelin, Poquessing Real Estate | $3,500 |
About Murt's Top Donors
Pennsylvania State Education Association
According to its website, “PSEA includes 1,199 local associations, representing teachers, education support professionals, health care professionals, higher education professionals, retired educators and students. We represent teachers in 483 of Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts.” PSEA’s legislative agenda in Harrisburg includes boosting teacher salaries and reserves in their pension fund, boosting school funding, providing for cost-of-living adjustments for PSEA member salaries, expanding opportunities for early retirement, and opposition to a bill that would curtail teachers’ rights to strike. Recent legislation to limit teacher strikes was introduced by State Sen. Robert Mellow after teachers at a school in Lackawanna County struck 4 times in 18 months. If Mellow's bill becomes law, no contract dispute would last into the school year. By the end of summer, teachers and school boards in conflict over contracts would present their cases to a team of arbitrators, who would decide which side's proposal was most fair. The panel's decision would be binding.
John M. Templeton,
John M. Templeton (dec. July 8, 2008) was head of the John Templeton Foundation and a wealthy financial investor who began a Wall Street career in 1937. According to their website, the Templeton Foundation's "mission is to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for research on what scientists and philosophers call the "Big Questions." This vision is derived from Templeton's belief that rigorous research and cutting-edge science are at the heart of human progress." Established in 1987, the foundation currently has an endowment of roughly $1.5 billion and makes $70 million in annual grants. Their website lists funding areas as Natural Sciences, Human Sciences, Philosophy & Theology, Character Development, Freedom & Free Enterprise, Gifted Education, and World Religion. Templeton recently gave $100,000 to the Campaign for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture).
Campaign for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) PAC
http://www.pennfuture.org/
Nicholas DellaGuardia, Specialty Floors
Nicholas DellaGuardia, Specialty Floors
Henry Jacquelin, Poquessing Real Estate
Henry Jacquelin, Poquessing Real Estate