Posts Tagged ‘pennsylvania’
What happens when you run out of other people’s money?
Today, San Bernandino, California filed for bankruptcy. This follows on the heels of the June bankruptcy filing for Stockton, California, and the July 4 filing for Mammoth Lakes, California.
Read MoreHarrisburg, Pa. mayor: 28 years of failed city policies
The municipality of Harrisburg, Pa. has $610 million in liabilities – ten times its yearly budget. The kid’s grades are pretty bad, and those who can live outside the city do, but the school buildings are beautiful, and they own a hotel and a minor league baseball team.
Read MoreSnow is the least of New York’s problems
Much has been written about the travails of New York State. With each year of budget deficits, the solution always seems to be to raise tax rates. Higher tax tax rates cause people to leave the state, resulting in fewer taxpayers and thus less tax revenue and ever increasing deficits. So, it came a no surprise that the…
Read MorePennsylvania governor demands you ‘run away’ from attackers on the street
Even though the Pennsylvania state legislature overwhelmingly extended the state’s Castle Doctrine outside of a persons home or workplace, lame-duck Governor Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) vetoed the bill yesterday. He thinks if you or your family are attacked on the street, you have a duty to retreat and have no right to stand your ground and…
Read MoreShocked, Shocked I am…
… to find gambling in this establishment, or so says Captain Rene from Casablanca.
Read MoreCould states use federal health care funding to provide abortions?
Even though President Obama promised federal dollars would not be used to fund abortions, two states announced they will administer federal mandated high-risk plans through existing high-cost insurance pools. Plans offered through the pools include elective abortion coverage.
Read MoreStudent laptops deliver thousands of private images to school district
Remember the story from February where a high school sophomore and his family alleged the school district was using laptop Web cameras – issued by the school – to monitor students by taking pictures when the computers were on at home? It gets worse…
Read MoreThe Fun Police: When the Party’s Over…
Apparently, reality is slowly settling in on the Beer Police in Philadelphia. For those coming late to the tale:
Read MoreThe Fun Police Strike Again!
The raids continue! What is going on in Pennsylvania? It there a need to fill a major budget gap? Are the police planning a major beer bash? Has “Fast Eddie” Rendell decided to resurrect the Temperance Movement? “Pennsylvania State Police have staged another beer raid, confiscating about a dozen cases from a leading distributor in…
Read MoreWhite House aims to protect Specter – offered Sestak a job
The ultimate good ol’ boy network. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) is running for Senate and headed towards a primary with Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.). Back in July when Sestak was thinking about running, he says he was contacted by someone – either from the Obama administration or a proxy – to not run in exchange…
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