CENTRE DAILY/AP: As state officials closed the door Tuesday on candidate petitions for Pennsylvania’s May 20 primary ballot, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett faced not only a critical crowd of would-be Democrat challengers, but now a GOP foe at the opposite end of the political spectrum.
Bob Guzzardi, a conservative activist and Ardmore businessman, has been an outspoken Corbett critic, charging that he violated his 2010 campaign no-new-taxes pledge by increasing taxes on gasoline and authorizing new fees on natural-gas drilling.
In a telephone interview, Guzzardi renewed his own vow to self-finance his campaign and not accept contributions. He said his campaign will advocate “less debt, lower taxes, more for taxpayers, less for the government.” … (more)
