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“…with the threat of subpoenas for holdouts who do not respond affirmatively by July’s end….”
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Why not do the subpoenas NOW instead of waiting? From long experience we know that localities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh WILL NOT COMPLY WITH VOLUNTARY REQUESTS.

I’m not an attorney so there may be some legal reason why.

Why not do the subpoenas NOW instead of waiting? From long experience we know that localities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh WILL NOT COMPLY WITH VOLUNTARY REQUESTS.
I’m not an attorney so there may be some legal reason why.

Some of this is politics. They want to appear reasonable, but this also keeps the issue in the news. When places like Philadelphia County refuse, they look guilty. The next issue is having the votes in the committee for the subpoena and then to go to court to have the subpoena compelled. Having the votes on the committee is not the same as having the votes in the full Senate to force the issue however. There are a lot of RINOs in the PA legislature. The closer we get to the next election cycle, the more pressure can be brought on these politicians.

There are indeed legal reasons and a process involved, and the senator has to do this by the book to make it stick. Hence, the consultations with lawyers over how to pay for it since Wolf and the RINO leadership won't allocate state funds to do it.

Believe me, he would like nothing better than to drop subpoenas on all of them right now.