Gene Stilp

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Gene Stilp is a political activist from Pennsylvania. He is best known for opposing the 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy and his use of props during political protests.

Political advocacy

He is a non-practicing attorney who has filed many public advocacy suits against the government of Pennsylvania. [cite news
last = Barnes
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title = Political watchdog battles for change in Harrisburg
work = Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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date = 2007-02-05
url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07036/759540-85.stm
accessdate = 2008-04-20] He is best known as an opponent of the 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy. [cite news
last = Bumsted
first = Brad
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title = Gene Stilp, the court jester
work = Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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date = 2006-01-08
url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_411047.html
accessdate = 2008-04-20]

The Philadelphia Inquirer named Stilp one of the three "Citizens of the Year" in 2005. [cite news
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title = Citizens of the Year
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date = 2006-01-04
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20060104052321/http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/13524249.htm
accessdate = 2008-04-20] He was praised by Ralph Nader for his use of props for political activism. [cite web
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title = Art Attack: Gene Stilp Uses Props And A Wicked Sense Of Humor To Focus Media Attention On Public Policy Issues
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publisher = Common Dreams
date = 2000-03-28
url = http://www.commondreams.org/views/032000-103.htm
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accessdate = 2008-04-20] [cite book
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first = Ralph
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title = In Pursuit of Justice: Collected Writings 2000-2003
publisher = Seven Stories Press
date = 2004
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pages = 435
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ZrsDlmkfgaIC&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=Gene+Stilp&source=web&ots=q1EbjP8C5u&sig=WsGMIhAnV96oXEN8FTqN8R76zuY&hl=en
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tatute of Liberty replica

Stilp built and installed a replica of the Statue of Liberty on a pier of the late Marysville Bridge in the Dauphin Narrows of Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg. It was made of venetian blinds and stood 18 feet (5.5 m) tall. Six years later, after it was destroyed in a windstorm, it was rebuilt by Stilp and other local citizens, of wood, metal, glass and fiberglass, to a height of 25 feet (7.6 m). [cite news|last=Scolforo|first=Mark|year=2004|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-02142004-246490.html|title=Master of props lends visual effects to memorable publicity campaigns|publisher=Associated Press] [U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, [http://www.fish.state.pa.us/watertrails/susqmid/trailguide.htm Susquehanna River Trail] , "Dauphin Narrows/Statue of Liberty"] [R. Craig Kochel, personal website, image of the Stilp statue [http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/kochel/classes/susqriver/august31.htm] ]

References

ee also

* 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy