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State Representatives Share Stories of PA Politics Volume 46 Issue 4 Student Newspaper Of Shaler Area High School March 2020 State Representativesby James Engel share stories of PA politics Mike Turzai sits at the helm of Pennsylvanian politics, representing the 28th district of the state, which includes several sections of northern Allegh- eny County, including McCandless and Pine Town- ship, since 2001. In 2015, Turzai was elected as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives, a position he still holds. In 2018, Turzai ran in the Republican primary for governor of the state but ultimately suspended his campaign three months lat- er. This year, he announced he would not seek reelec- tion, ending a near 20-year hold of the 28th district. Lori Mizgorski, also a Republican, was elected to represent the 30th district of Pennsylvania, which includes Hampton, Richland, O’Hara, and Shaler townships, as well as part of Fox Chapel, in 2018. Prior to this, she served in several local government positions in the North Hills and Shaler. Mizgorski also served as Chief of Staff to Hal English, the 30th district’s previous representative. She is a graduate State Representative Lori Mizgorski and PA Speaker of the House Mike Turzai answers questions for The Oracle staff of Shaler Area High School and has been a lifelong resident of the area. started from family and community involvement and ships are important and you have to truly focus on Both of these Representatives volunteered their progressed from there. the people of your community and how to make their time for an extended and exclusive question and an- lives better. swer session with The Oracle. Q: What was it like first going to Harrisburg and entering the world of state politics? Q: What is it like to work in Harrisburg and Q: How did you get your start in politics? A: (Turzai) It was an honor to go to Harrisburg live in the North Hills? What is your work-life A: (Turzai) I always had an interest in public to represent the citizens of my community. I knew I balance like? policy and government. Like Representative Mizgor- was not going to miss any votes, and I knew I was A: (Mizgorski) It’s more than a full-time job, ski, I was on my local borough council in Bradford going to get involved in issues. I also had to learn it’s really a way of life. When you’re in the com- Woods. Bradford Woods shared a police board with how to navigate the legislative process. Really, from munity you’re always available for questions, and Marshall Township and Pine Township, and I was the day that I went in, I was focused on how to make complaints, and inquiries. You think about it every on that police board. By serving in those capacities I Pennsylvania better at bringing back manufacturing day and every night. When other people are going certainly got to know a lot of people in the 28th leg- jobs and energy jobs. I just started to focus on the is- out on Saturday night, I might be planning my week islative district. My wife, Lidia, is a pediatrician and sues that I ran on and introduce some bills to see if we or checking emails. When other people are watching we were very involved in the community. could get them through. The Republicans were in the the football game, I might be packing and preparing A: (Mizgorski) I am from Shaler and I gradu- majority at the time, but ultimately, we did become for committee meetings that week. It is a sacrifice for ated from Shaler Area. My mother was on the school the minority, and I had to learn what it was like to be your family. My husband has had to take on more re- board right after I graduated, from 1986 to 1992. We in the minority. But eventually, we did take back the sponsibility at home and I’ve had to miss some things were already involved in the community, and for majority and that’s when I became majority leader. for my children. I do use the drive to switch gears. I me, it started by helping local candidates run for of- A: (Mizgorski) For me, the transition was prob- do a lot of thinking and preparation while I’m driv- fice. Then the opportunity came up for me to run for ably easier. I had worked for a representative, so I ing. Commissioner in the 2nd Ward of Shaler. I served on knew people and I knew how some of these things that board for nine years. I also worked for my pre- worked. I really took my local government mentality Q: What issues are you currently focusing the decessor, Representative Hal English. In 2018, when with me, which was to build one on one relationships most in the chamber? with people in the community and really care about he decided to withdraw from the ballot, I ran for his Cont. on page 8 place on the ballot and was able to secure this seat. It issues that others might think are small. Relation- Four Titan football players sign collegiate letters of intent by Max Robinson compete at the next level.” Ryan mentioned that he assisted On February 5, four Shaler Area them through the recruiting process. football players signed letters of intent “Recruiting is complicated...I to continue their football careers in have access to databases with col- college. Darin Mizgorski and Joey Im- lege coaches as well as personal pavido are headed to Mercyhurst Uni- contacts in the collegiate world.” versity, Shayn Skelly will be attending He also said he put the players Seton Hill, and Jake Miller is going to though some combine-style drills to the University of Akron. prepare them for camps and tryouts. “I think I will be ready, but I still Ryan mentioned many things need to put a lot of work in the weight that Shaler does to continue to pro- room. There’s a lot of grown men in duce elite athletes. college football,” Mizgorski said. “We want to train kids from a He said he chose Mercyhurst sim- multi-sport perspective...we also ply because he felt it was the perfect fit Shayn Skelly, Darin Mizgorski, Jake Miller and Joey Impavido encourage kids to stay involved in for him, as well as a fantastic scholar- said. “I absolutely expected this class school activities off the field.” ship opportunity. Shaler football coach Jim Ryan to produce collegiate players,” Ryan For those aspiring to be a college “I wanted to get my education paid was extremely happy to see members said. “We had a lot of guys with post- athlete, Ryan said to keep it simple, for by playing football...I didn’t want of the class of 2020 signing to play in high school aspirations...with the talent focus on the things that matter and to add to the student debt crisis,” he college. we had I expected several of them to don’t stress out so much. Page 2 The Oracle March 2020 OPINIONS Be experimental; listen Want to help your to someby Max Robinson differentcludes elements from punkmusic rap, am- community? Shop at bient, glitch hop, and experimental Experimental music has existed pop. It truly has layers. The album since the advent of music itself, and has some aggressive bangers as well local,NOTE: this piece small was written weeks businesses before the Coronavirus shut- it’s always been extremely impor- as more laidback, poppy tracks. down, but it’s message may be even more important now as we watch tant. While not often in the spotlight, Death Grips is probably one of so many small businesses fight for survival during the Coronavirus the most well-known and influential experimental music has influenced shutdown and we see the impact it is having on everyone associated many popular genres and artists. experimental groups. Their style pulls with the small businesses and then on our community. In recent years, it has seen a mas- from punk, electronic, noise, hard- core, industrial, and so on. sive boom. Streaming services such by Max Robinson as SoundCloud, YouTube, and Spo- Their soundscape typically in- cludes abrasive synth lines and insane tify have given avant-garde and ex- When you did your shopping this past holiday season, did you shop drumming. MC Ride’s unique vocal perimental artists a platform that did mostly on Amazon or in “big box” stores? Or did you go to your local small delivery adds to the chaos. Death not exist 15 years ago. businesses? If you answered the latter, thank you. If you said Amazon, why? Grips is not the most accessible music Experimental music is defined Huge corporations don’t walk you by any means (difficult to listen to), as “a general label for any music that through the buying processes, they but those who developed a taste for pushes existing boundaries and genre just shove product in your face and their brand of rap love it. “Local businesses definitions.” tell you to buy more. My personal favorite experimen- With that being said, it is much I work at Fox Chapel Ski and offer you a lot of tal artist at the moment is 100 gecs. wiser to break it down into spe- Board, a small family run business Their music is incredibly hard to clas- info that [online] cific subgenres with “experimen- in Blawnox. I am one of just ten sify, but sits under the umbrella of ex- tal” tagged on such as Experimental employees.
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