Pennsylvania Attorney General, Josh Shapiro will headline the fall gathering of the Bedford County Democrats on Thursday, September 26.  The event will be held at Whispering Hollow Estate, which is a 5 mile drive from Pleasantville or a 10 mile drive from Schellsburg.  You can find more detailed directions farther down the page.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with heavy hors d’ouvres and an open bar.  The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. with local candidates Karen Williams and Deb Baughman speaking.  State Representative Scott Conklin will follow Baughman and Attorney General Shapiro will keynote the program.  Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased in advance or ordered for pick up at the door.  Email davepopp@embarqmail.com to order your ticket.

As a State Representative, Josh wrote and passed some of the toughest ethics laws in state history. Philadelphia Magazine wrote that Josh “has been a blast of oxygen in the smoke-choked back rooms of quid-pro-quo Harrisburg,” and his work earned him a national reputation as a bipartisan consensus builder.

Then, as Chairman of the Montgomery County Commissioners, he led a fiscal and ethical turnaround, took early steps to combat the heroin epidemic, helped the first LGBT couples in Pennsylvania marry and fired Wall Street money managers to save retirees millions. His work on behalf of victims and for criminal justice reform as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has earned him the trust of law enforcement leaders from both parties.

According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “In the two years since he took office, Mr. Shapiro has levied his influence to scale that grand institutional tower. His office’s release of an extensive grand jury report alleging the sexual abuse of children at the hands of 300 “predator priests” in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania garnered attention around the globe. More recently, Mr. Shapiro sued Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC for restricting access to its doctors and facilities as a result of its years-long battle with rival Highmark.

On the street corner, Mr. Shapiro says his office has arrested five drug dealers per day on average, and increased the arrests of doctors for illegally diverting prescription drugs. As for the White House? Mr. Shapiro, a Democrat, has sued President Donald Trump’s administration nearly two dozen times.  (https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/02/25/Pennsylvania-attorney-general-Josh-Shapiro-embraces-high-level-battles-upmc/stories/201902230023).

Josh Shapiro earned his law degree at night from Georgetown University, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. Josh was raised in Montgomery County, where he met his high school sweetheart, Lori, and where they are raising their four young children.

Directions to Whispering Hollow Estate

Click this link to open a printable pdf of these directions.

Traveling through Schellsburg and Route 96 North

Take Route 30 to the intersection in Schellsburg

Turn onto Route 96 North and travel 7.5 miles.