Barletta is doing a fine job in Hazletion. The streets are in a state of disrepair, the store fronts are empty, the crime rate is soaring, and the city is near bankrupt. Can you imagine what a condition Hazleton would be in with someone other than Lou Barletta as mayor?

"Tim Holden, the same guy who doesn't read bills, doesn't understand them and votes as Mrs. Pelosi wills, shut down the democratic functioning of the House of Representatives to avoid what would surely have been an embarrassing review and debate on the merits of the bill and its pork-laden contents." This is part of the reason why some of us in the congressman's district refer to him as "Dim Holden."