, abo ut an hou r afte r he was dis cha rg ed from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Med ical Cente r and taken to prison. “If he was that weak, he shouldn ’t have been taken from the hospi tal.” Luzerne County Correctional Facil ity W arden Josep h Piazza said Gre en, the man sho t by police last week outside a day car e cen ter in Wi lke s-B arr e, di ed at 3: 34 p. “I don’t see how you could take him from the hospital at 2 a n d h e w as d e a d at 3, ” said Ray John- so n, Gr ee n’ s pas tor at Sal- vation Chris- tian Cente r in Wil kes-B arre. An ho ur af te r he wa s re - leased from the hospit al Tu es- day, he was dead, and that hour has left those who knew Green with unansw ered questi ons. was hospit alized for seven days af- ter he was shot by law enforce- ment officers last week. In some cases, residents wouldhave to drivemore than 25 miles on winding roads to reach Mullery’s office. Mul lery said the plan tak es what had been a compa ct distric t and stretches it to outside of Ha- zleton. Bu t thi s pla n adv ance d by Rep ublicanleadersh ip stret ch- esthe dis tric t ina waythatwoul d make it difficult for people of the new 11 9th District to receive ser- vicesfrom my officethat they de- serve.” The propo sed plan would re- move Edwardsvi lle and Lark s- villeboroughs and Plymo uth and Fai rvie w tow nsh ips fro m the 119th and add Dennison, Foster and Hazle townships, along with Freeland, West Hazleton, White Haven and Jeddo boroughs.
“Many of them walk into my Nant ico ke of- fi ce. “ W e h a v e he lp ed th ou - san ds of re si - de nt s of th e 1 19t h Leg isla - ti ve Di st ri ct witha varietyof state issues and programs,” Mu ll er y, D- Newport Town- s h i p, s a i d. Ger ald Mul ler y, who repr esents the 11 9th Dis- tri ct, sai d the prel iminaryleg- isla tive red is- tric tingplan ap- proved Monday by the Legis la- tive Re app or- tionme nt Com- mi ss io n an d dra fte d by Re - public ans puts pol itic s ahe ad of con stit uen t service.
Red as in the Republican ma- jority in the stateHouse and Sen- ate who have proposed a plan to make districts more GOP-friend- ly to can did atesand inc umb ents. HARRIS BURG – Local state Democ ratic elected offic ials are seeing red over the proposed re- alignment of legislative districts.
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