FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla	State Rep. Ron Waters D-Delaware/Phila. Hearing Co-Chairman www.pahouse.com/waters

MEDIA ADVISORY

Democratic Policy Committee to hold hearing

on cemetery regulations Wednesday in Philadelphia

Mount Moriah Cemetery to be discussed

HARRISBURG, Aug. 26 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the committee will hold a public hearing on cemetery regulations from 1 p.m. to

3 p.m. Wednesday in Drexel University's Paul Peck Alumni Center's Board Room, at 32^nd and Market streets, Philadelphia.

State Rep. Ronald Waters, D-Delaware/Phila., who requested the hearing, will serve as co-chairman. The hearing will discuss Mount Moriah Cemetery, an historic cemetery in Water's legislative district in southwest Philadelphia, as a case study of whether cemetery regulations can be improved.  

The current hearing agenda is:

· 1 p.m.  – Welcome and opening remarks

· 1:10 p.m. – Brian Abernathy, chief of staff to the managing director, City of Philadelphia

· 1:40 p.m. – Paulette Rhone, board member, Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery

· 2:10 p.m. – Harvard Wood, IV, vice president, H.C. Wood Cemetery Memorial Company

· 2:40 p.m. – Closing remarks

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.

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