Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
Edward Gene "Ed" Rendellan American lawyer and politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2011. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.
second-chance people tourism
Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.
people east division
For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.
example
We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
happen people
What we don't want to have happen is for people to come here and be warehoused,
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We believe we're ready for them, ... We wanted to make sure we were ready before anybody came. We want the people of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to welcome them as folks who have been through hell in the last week. We want to show them a little bit of Western Pennsylvania heaven when they get here.
environmental tremendous
There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.
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Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
fee impose per
Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
motivated people
Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural.
believed future takes
I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
eventually
Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.