Political Analyst to Address Presidential Election Dec. 7 at Westminster College

The Westminster College Political Science and Sociology Department is sponsoring "The 2000 Presidential Election: Will It Ever End?" Thursday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall in Hoyt Resources Center.

Featured speaker for this political science colloquium is Jon Delano, one of Pennsylvania's most respected political and governmental commentators. Delano is recognized for his ability to solve problems and analyze complex governmental and political issues and make them understandable to any audience.

Delano is also the political analyst for KDKA-TV, and attends the national presidential conventions as a special correspondent. In 2000, he was also named the political analyst for "On Q Magazine," the new evening magazine program on WQED-TV.

Besides his on-air work, Delano writes a weekly column, "Government Busters" for the Pittsburgh Business Times and a weekly column, "4th and Grant" which is an insider's view of local politics in the PGH Weekly. He is a contributing writer to Pittsburgh Magazine, and his opinion pieces appear in papers across the state, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Allentown Morning Call.

Delano is a partner and managing director of the law firm of Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck, a mid-size regional law firm with a strong legal practice in all aspects of trial and appellate work, county and municipal law, commercial transactions, employment issues , and other areas of law.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Haverford College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Delano currently lives in Mt. Lebanon on the same street where he grew up.

The event, which is co-sponsored by LAWPAC, is free and open to the public. The short speech of 20-25 minutes will be followed by a question and answer period. For more information, contact Dr. Edward S. Cohen, associate professor of political science, at (724) 946-7304 or e-mail cohends@westminster.edu.

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