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2009 elections
In Luzerne County we will be electing a Controller, Prothonotary, Register of Wills and Jury Commissioners. The Controller's spot has been vacant since Maryanne Petrilla was elected Commissioner and Rapid Edward has not nominated a replacement. Incumbent Prothontary Jill Moran has drawn some fire...
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Published 14 hours ago

Liz Sichler resigns
Elizabeth Sichler was the vice-chair of the Luzerne County Republican Party until she resigned on November 12th. Party Chairman Terry Casey said she quit because "business is tough."She is famous for finding ways to get other candidates kicked off the ballot and until recently was the right hand...
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Published 2 days ago

Luzerne County budget
For the first time time since I have been blogging the Luzerne County Commissioners have proposed a realistic budget. It has a lot of pain that could have been avoided if past administrations didn't inflate revenue projections to avoid a tax increase then scramble the next year to borrow the...
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Published 5 days ago

Happy Turkey Day
Pic via TBogg
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Published 6 days ago

Thanksgiving is a time for family
A guest post.TO HELL WITH THANKSGIVING; AND RELATIVES TOO!!!!By Mean Old ManI can’t stand the fact that it is once again the stupid holiday of Thanksgiving!!! Every year I have to put up with my dimwit relatives and their cackling kids playing Frisbee with my Perry Como albums while I'm trying...
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Published 6 days ago

Can Bush pardon himself?
Some people think so. Ford pardoned Nixon for "all offenses against the United States which he … has committed or may have committed." And his father let Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger off the hook over Iran-Contra. The news yesterday is that he pardoned 14 individuals mostly for drug...
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Published 7 days ago

The bailouts
The latest focus is on the auto industry wanting some government money after the failure of Bear StearnsFannie Mae and Freddie MacGoldman SachsMorgan StanleyAmerican International GroupBoscovsAnd many others. Today Citigroup has been added to the list.I'm dismayed that some of my conservative...
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Published a week ago

Blogger news
Naticoke blogger DB Echo latest project is called The Stained Glass Project, in which I am attempting to photographically preserve the stained glass windows of my parish church, Our Lady of Czestochowa (St. Mary's) in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.Erin Moody of the Citizens Voice has a nice write up of...
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Published a week ago

Busy weekend
So many email alerts, comments and messages. I will get back to you sometime this week.
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Published a week ago

President Kennedy
Today is the 45th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's shooting in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald (and maybe some other people).. I usually discount conspiracy talk but when you look at the Zapruder film it's obvious that the 3rd shot came from the front. The thing that always bothered me about Oswald...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Bailout Boscovs
A few weeks ago when I was ranting about the $700 Billion bailout of the banks and Wall Street I asked what I then thought was the facetious question, What the hell, why don't they also bail out Boscovs? Another lesson in be careful what you ask for. The feds (Republicans) are still busy...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Sarah Palin pardons a turkey
Watch what is going on in the background. Another train wreck TV moment.
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Published 2 weeks ago