8 Quotes & Sayings By Ed Rendell

Edward G. Rendell is a lawyer and former three-term Governor of Pennsylvania. He was elected to statewide office in 1986, serving four terms as Governor before being defeated by Tom Ridge in the 2006 general election. As Governor, Rendell reached across the aisle to make the state safer and stronger Read more

His administration oversaw passage of gun safety legislation and environmental protection initiatives; he created the Education Improvement Fund, which supported reforms in failing schools; and he established a trust fund for public school teachers that provided $1 billion in funding over five years. Rendell went on to serve as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and is a member of the Board of Advisors for The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Human Dignity Institute. He was named one of America's most influential lawyers by The National Law Journal and Legal Times, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation's Leadership Council.

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Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. Ed Rendell
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I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races. Ed Rendell
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One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well. Ed Rendell
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Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means. Ed Rendell
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There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table. Ed Rendell
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And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. Ed Rendell
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I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem. Ed Rendell