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This week at Third and State, we blogged about the Pennsylvania Senate's passage of a budget, movement on a bill to legalize predatory payday lending in the state, a big rally at the state Capitol, analysis of the April jobs report, and much more. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT On the state budget, Sharon Ward wrote about the Senate's passage of a state budget bill this week that improves upon t...
Third and State - Fri 12:24 p.m. - 10 clicks 
By Randy Shannon South Heights Borough Council President Bob Schmetzer will represent concerned citizens before a panel of drillers and their paid Republican Party legislators at Beaver Lakes Country Club at 1:00pm on Tuesday May 15th. Schmetzer chaired an April 21st public meeting in Ambridge where scientific experts presented evidence of the dangers to the [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - Fri 12:12 p.m. - 11 clicks
JP Morgan Debacle Reveals Fatal Flaw In Federal Reserve Thinking by Simon Johnson MIT professor; Co-author, ’13 Bankers’ and ‘White House Burning’; Columnist on fiscal affairs Experienced Wall Street executives and traders concede, in private, that Bank of America is not well run and that Citigroup has long been a recipe for disaster. But they [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - Fri 6:12 a.m. - 13 clicks
The Valley Scanner reports that Wilkes-Barre Controller and former city council member then chair Kathy Kane calls it quits: In a letter dated April 25, Kathy Kane resigned as chairman of the Luzerne County Democratic Committee effective May 25, 2012. According to the letter, Kane is stepping down to "run for an office" in June. What office? Your guess is as good as ours. With Kane's recen...
Gort42 - Fri 2:27 a.m. - 17 clicks
Internal Senate and House records show hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on cheesecake lollipops; junkets to Orlando, Las Vegas, Monterrey; membership dues and direct support donated to the lobbying group, the American Legislative Exchange Council (HARRISBURG, PA)— Pennsylvania taxpayers have spent at least a quarter of a million dollars to support th...
Keystone Progress blog - Thu 12:49 p.m. - 21 clicks
The headline on an editorial by The Daily Review of Towanda says all you need to know about payday lending. The Daily Review — Loansharking should not be legal in Pa. : Yet some lawmakers favor a bill that would allow payday lenders to operate legally in Pennsylvania, under the rationale that some borrowers have obtained such loans over the Internet despite the state prohibitio...
Third and State - Thu 9:27 a.m. - 12 clicks
Mitt Romney knows no shame. He’s accepting endorsements from people full of hate. People you wouldn’t want your kids to go trick-or-treating because they’ll comeback scared for life, if at all. The names of some of the worst Americans have backed Romney from Ted “Draft Dodger” Nugent to Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum. Add now [...]...
NEPArtisan - Thu 8:26 a.m. - 24 clicks
By Mark Price, Third and State Room 148 of the State Capitol might as well double as a Capitol broom closet. That's where the House Consumer Affairs Committee this morning rushed out amendments to House Bill 2191 , which legalizes predatory payday lending in Pennsylvania. The amendments to HB 2191 were misleadingly pitched as adding more consumer protections to the bill. Even t...
Young Philly Politics - Thu 8:26 a.m. - 10 clicks
Congressman Lou Barletta put out a press release on Tuesday that jumped on the fetus White House tour story that is flying around the right wing blogs . In a tongue in cheek statement almost worthy of a snarky blogger he said: WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Lou Barletta, PA-11, congratulated the White House of President Obama – who supports partial-birth abortions and vot...
Gort42 - Thu 1:26 a.m. - 12 clicks
Editor’s Note: Transcripts of Rick Smith’s radio interviews are regularly featured here at Raging Chicken Press. But more importantly, Rick has been one of the most important voice in Pennsylvania for working people, students, educators, and the 99%. I listen to Rick’s show on my hour commute to work everyday and I have learned more from him about PA politics than any single sour...
Raging Chicken Press - Wed 11:53 p.m. - 37 clicks
Tom Corbett has slashed the budget for education and the arts since taking office while simultaneously making corporate tax cuts of $800 million . Pittsburgh Opera's press release on the award, however, states "Governor Corbett will be honored for his early work as a teacher as well as his long-standing protection of the public interest as Pennsylvania Attorney General. Addition...
Keystone Progress blog - Wed 3:21 p.m. - 18 clicks
“What the fuck?” Those were the first three simple words that came to mind when I read about the decision the Pittsburgh Opera made last week. The opera, in their infinite wisdom, decided to give Governor Tom Corbett and his wife a “Joint Lifetime Achievement Award” in education. Did you get that? IN EDUCATION. In an attempt to quell the public relations firestorm this decision made, the Pittsbu...
Raging Chicken Press - Wed 2:29 p.m. - 22 clicks
Room 148 of the State Capitol might as well double as a Capitol broom closet. That's where the House Consumer Affairs Committee this morning rushed out amendments to House Bill 2191 , which legalizes predatory payday lending in Pennsylvania. The amendments to HB 2191 were misleadingly pitched as adding more consumer protec...
Third and State - Wed 1:53 p.m. - 18 clicks
With North Carolina passing the hate marriage law, where does Pennsylvania stand? Find out here. Of course, the site isn’t American. Why do we have other countries show how backwards we are? When will we let common sense and logic take over where bigotry and hate blind us? Where does PA and other states stand [...]...
NEPArtisan - Wed 12:08 p.m. - 17 clicks
Editor’s Note: these represent some of the Facebook comments on the Pittsburgh Opera’s Facebook page. I think it would be safe to say that this is a Pittsburgh Opera FAIL. What do you think about the Pittsburgh Opera’s decision to give Corbett this award? Is he a strong proponent of the Arts and Education? What does his budget have to say about the Arts and Education? Got somethi...
Raging Chicken Press - Wed 10:25 a.m. - 37 clicks
By Sharon Ward, Third and State Action on the state budget began in earnest Monday with state Senator Jake Corman, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, releasing important details on the Senate budget plan that will be advanced this week. The proposal would increase Governor Tom Corbett's budget proposal by $500 million, with total spending rising from $27.15 billion to $27.65 bil...
Young Philly Politics - Wed 10:12 a.m. - 14 clicks
As mentioned in the previous post, it is suggested Scranton go after a commuter tax. As mentioned, if you live there you’re paying for services. If you work, but not live there, you’re not paying for services, technically you’re paying $52 per year. As someone who worked a few years in Scranton, and living outside [...]...
NEPArtisan - Wed 8:50 a.m. - 13 clicks
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a $27.6 billion budget plan today by a vote of 39-8. The plan improves upon the budget proposed by Governor Tom Corbett, but deep cuts to education and health services remain. On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee, in a rare display of bipartisanship, adopted two Democratic amendments and unanimously approved the spending plan. The Senate budget, Sen...
Third and State - Wed 8:29 a.m. - 14 clicks
The U.S. economy is growing, albeit too slowly to make a substantial and badly needed dent in the unemployment rate. Growth in the U.S. economy will almost certainly mean continued growth in the Pennsylvania economy. The most important risk to Pennsylvania's job growth in 2012 remains job losses among teachers, nurses and other pu...
Third and State - Wed 5:28 a.m. - 15 clicks
In the 2010 primary election DB Echo of Another Monkey was elected as a Luzerne County Democratic Committeeman from Nanticoke. By his own admission he was "written in by a friend as a joke and won." To his credit he has taken his responsibilities as an officer of the party seriously going to as many meetings that he can make. He even keeps local Bloggers informed of the activities of the...
Gort42 - Wed 1:28 a.m. - 13 clicks
The more and more I hear Mitt Romney speak, the more I ask myself if he actually believes the words that are coming out of his mouth. From telling college students to borrow 20,000 dollars from their parents for college (instead of federally subsidized loans), to telling a group at the villa (private golf course, [...] ...
ProgressMo Shuffle - Tue 6:05 p.m. - 14 clicks
Editor’s Note: Dallas, PA is just West of Wilkes-Barre, PA on Route 309. This is the kind of on-the-ground reporting we’d love to see more of in Raging Chicken Press. Kudos to Scott for getting out there and checking out what’s going on for himself. __________ Scott Cannon | Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition video series on gas drilling reality ...
Raging Chicken Press - Tue 2:47 p.m. - 28 clicks
Yet Another Reason to Defeat All GOP Candidates—If You Needed One Viviette Applewhite is 93-year-old and has voted in nearly every election for the last 60 years. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Georgia. She has tried for years to obtain photo ID to no avail. Under Pennsylvania’s new voter ID [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - Tue 10:12 a.m. - 13 clicks
Action on the state budget began in earnest Monday with state Senator Jake Corman, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, releasing important details on the Senate budget plan that will be advanced this week. The proposal would increase Governor Tom Corbett's budget proposal by $500 million, with total spending rising from $27.15 billion to $27.65 billion for 2012-13. The Senate plan rejects...
Third and State - Tue 6:25 a.m. - 14 clicks
Editor’s Note: The Marcellus Shale Reality Tour comes to us by way of Scott Cannon of Luzerne County, PA Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 posted in previous editions of Raging Chicken Press. A huge thanks to Scott for doing this amazing work. With recent revelations of ethical and legal of gas companies such as Chesapeake Energy, this kind of work is critical. People ...
Raging Chicken Press - Mon 8:26 p.m. - 22 clicks
Franklin, Dimock, Leroy, Lenox, Butler – a few of the Pennsylvania towns where clean and safe water has become an issue in the past year. Families who once thought they would find their American Dream in Pennsylvania are now living an American Nightmare. But, this is not a story about those towns and those families. This is a story about another town and other families who are being forced from th...
Raging Chicken Press - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 8 clicks
Editor’s Note: from March 27-29, the Rick Smith Show provided exclusive coverage of the 2012 PA AFL-CIO conference, on the ground in Philadelphia. Raging Chicken Press strongly suggests you check out all of the Rick Smith Shows from that week…it was a pretty amazing set of interviews. We’ve chosen to include this interview with Darrin Kelley of the International Association of F...
Raging Chicken Press - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
Prevention is the path to fiscal responsibility. Those were the words of Tony Ross of the United Way of Pennsylvania at a rally in the state Capitol that brought 700 people from across Pennsylvania to Harrisburg today. Many speakers called on Governor Corbett and the General Assembly to restore funding for the state’s General Assistance Program. General Assistance is a benefit of las...
Third and State - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 8 clicks
Public News Service-PA (05/07/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. - A bill before Congress aimed at enhancing cyber-security could leave individuals' personal information exposed to government and corporate misuse, according to Internet freedom advocates. The bill, called CISPA, is in a way a successor to SOPA and PIPA, the anti-piracy measures that were shot down in January after an outcry over censorship c...
Keystone Progress blog - Mon 5:09 a.m. - 8 clicks
ITEM: Something interesting from Amnesty International. Now that we have an African American president I'm sure he'll take care of this. Or they'll use an African American president to kill Muslims and excuse the usual kinds of expropriation that evil multinationals do abroad, especially in Africa. I'm sure its one of those options... Sign the pledge...
Three Rivers Online - Mon 5:09 a.m. - 13 clicks
There has been a flurry of new posts on the Pennsylvanians United for Single Payer Health or PUSH site. PUSH is the Southwestern PA chapter of HealthCare for All Pennsylvania. Lloyd Stires has written a piece on how drug companies manipulate drug patents to maximize profits called Evergreening . MaryPat Donegan has announced that an investigator has been selected for t...
CSI without Dead Bodies - Sun 6:51 p.m. - 75 clicks
Libertarians Tap Johnson as Presidential Candidate Judge James P. Gray picked for Vice-Presidential slot Wilkes-Barre, PA — At its National Convention this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Libertarian Party nominated former two-term Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson as its Presidential candidate and California Judge James P. Gray as his Vice-Presidential runnin...
Gort42 - Sat 8:09 p.m. - 9 clicks
On May 2, 2012, the U.S. State Department released new rules for the J-1 visa Summer Work Travel program. Below is a statement on the new rules by Saket Soni, Executive Director of the National Guestworker Alliance (NGA): "In August 2011, 400 students occupied the Hershey's factory to expose how the chocolate giant hijacked a cultural exchange program to turn hundreds of permane...
Keystone Progress blog - Sat 7:03 a.m. - 13 clicks
The 15th annual get together of the Saturday OT Committee and Operatic Society to watch the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for 5PM today at Marks Pub 1287 N Washington St, Wilkes-Barre. The weather people are saying it will get into the 80's today so a good way to cool off after you get your yard work done is to grab a cold beer at a neighborhood bar that has great burgers. All are welcom...
Gort42 - May 5 - 13 clicks
“Non-Profits” is in quotes in the title because the University of Scranton, while certainly engaging in non-profit activities like educating the young (and driving them into the dark, inescapable abyss of lifelong debt), parking garages and a Starbucks on campus doesn’t seem all that non-profity. Cue the PA Supremes. A ruling by the State Supreme [...]...
NEPArtisan - May 4 - 22 clicks
Even Governor Has Concerns About House Bill to Cut Corporate Taxes by Nearly $1 Billion This week brought some good news on the state revenue front, but it also brought some long-term worries as the Pennsylvania House voted to approve major business tax cuts over the decade. If signed into law, this bill will weaken Pennsylvania's economy and result in a long-term erosion to...
Keystone Progress blog - May 4 - 3 clicks
This week at Third and State, we blogged about a new revenue report from the Independent Fiscal Office offering a more upbeat view of the economy moving forward, and the likely impact of a state House-approved bill to reduce corporate taxes by nearly $1 billion by the end of the decade. We also posted Morning Must Reads on payday lending legislation and the economic cost of an asset test for Penn...
Third and State - May 4 - 5 clicks
PENNSYLVANIA-On the heels of filing a whistleblower complaint with the IRS charging abuse of federal tax laws, Common Cause/PA today asked Attorney General Linda Kelly to look into the tax status of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Pennsylvania. ALEC is registered in Pennsylvania with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations, and at the federal level, where it enjoys tax-exempt ...
Keystone Progress blog - May 4 - 3 clicks
Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its revenue estimate this week, offering a more upbeat view of the economy moving forward. The official revenue estimate predicts a smaller revenue shortfall for the current year and more robust revenue collections for 2012-13. The IFO estimate leaves the General Assembly with as much as $800 million available to restore cuts proposed by...
Third and State - May 4 - 2 clicks
HB2150 has been advertized as closing the infamous "Delaware Loophole" in exchange for lower corporate tax rates. Many people say it won't close the loophole while providing a big tax break to corporations. How Loopholes Work One common way corporations avoid taxes is by conducting transactions between their subsidiaries. Using an array of “tax planning” techniques, companies can shift prof...
Gort42 - May 4 - 4 clicks
End Student Debt! The Editor This article appeared in the May 21, 2012 edition of The Nation. The student loan crisis finally reached center stage in Washington after the House GOP budget called for letting interest rates double on government-subsidized loans (and for deep cuts in [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - May 3 - 3 clicks
Chesapeake Energy CEO bankrolled Corbett starting in ’04; McClendon’s contributions pivotal for PA governor June 30, 2011 by Loretta J. Gary Philadelphia Daily News reporter Will Bunch, in “How a Natural-gas Tycoon Tapped into Corbett,” has helped reveal the tragic impact of massive gas industry campaign contributions on Pennsylvania politics (for the big picture see MarcellusMoney.org, meticulou...
Beaver County Blue - May 3 - 6 clicks
By David Ward, Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/3/12 America’s often misunderstood and underappreciated civil court system assures that consumers can challenge companies and hold them accountable for products that cause physical or financial harm. Given the influence of corporate money and lobbyists, these courts are often the only place where citizens have a voice equa...
Keystone Progress blog - May 3 - 3 clicks
Public News Service-PA (05/03/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Five Community Health Centers in Pennsylvania are getting nearly $7 million in federal grants to help build onto and renovate their facilities. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the announcement in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Patricia Dietch, president and chief executive of Delaware Valley Community Health, says the ...
Keystone Progress blog - May 3 - 2 clicks
Public News Service-PA (05/03/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Between 90,000 and 900,000 Pennsylvanians could be shut out from the voting process because they don't have the "right kind" of photo identification under Pennsylvania's voter ID law, according to one argument in a lawsuit being filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU claims the law is unconstitutional. Its Pennsylvania legal d...
Keystone Progress blog - May 3 - 4 clicks
Yesterday, meeting behind locked doors, rows of metal barriers, and armed guards, Hershey’s shareholders heard that the chocolate giant had made more than $1 billion in profits globally in 2011. They also learned from the 99% that Hershey’s has gone from an iconic American brand to an icon of corporate greed. More than 100 Pennsylvanians marched on Hershey’s shareholder meeti...
Keystone Progress blog - May 2 - 3 clicks
The non-partisan effort will educate seniors about important issues, dispel myths and misinformation about retiree programs and inform seniors about how to navigate the new Voter ID laws The Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans (PARA) announced the beginning of its Political Education Program today. This program will see PARA volunteers visit Senior Centers, Retirem...
Keystone Progress blog - May 2 - 2 clicks
Last night, a few more details (and scare tactics) from the School District’s radical plan for Philadelphia schools were released. If you didn’t believe that we were in the throes of disaster capitalism, you should now . Watch how the game is played: The Philadelphia School District's financial situation is so dire that without a $94 million cash infusion from a proposed city propert...
Young Philly Politics - May 2 - 3 clicks
We learn today, dear citizens of Pennsylvania, that after all the cuts to programs people rely on, there is a silver-lining. The PA Legislators have not used $120 million for anything. Why it’s free money! Why was this money found? It’s not like the legislators have been rolling in money “80 percent of the $300 [...]...
NEPArtisan - May 2 - 5 clicks
Yesterday, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Public Interest Law Center, the Homeless Advocacy Project, and others, filed suit against Tom Corbett to stop Pennsylvania's voter ID law: HARRISBURG - Wartime welder, civil-rights marcher, world traveler, voter - Viviette Applewhite of Philadelphia's Germantown section can boast of having been all those things. On Tuesday, she added another title:...
Young Philly Politics - May 2 - 2 clicks
In 2010 Tarah Toohil scored one of the biggest upsets of the year by defeating state house Democratic Majority Leader Todd Eachus. Although I'm a Democrat I was glad to see the back of Eachus. He lost me when I got a piece of official mail touting the proposed Hazleton Cargo Airport and I didn't even live in his district. He teamed up with convicted criminals Greg Skrepnak and Robert Po...
Gort42 - May 2
Keystone Research Center The Annual Awards Dinner An Evening to Forget (about the conservative agenda) June 7, 2012 ~ 5:30 pm Hilton, Harrisburg Buy Tickets The Keystone Research Center and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center are pleased to announce this year's Annual Awards Dinner...
Keystone Progress blog - May 1 - 2 clicks
Right to Know Law requests filed for correspondence, financial records related to controversial corporate front group, the American Legislative Exchange Council HARRISBURG, PA — Keystone Progress today asked the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives to release all records related to the shadowy and controversial corporate front group, the American Legisl...
Keystone Progress blog - May 1
By Sharon Ward | Published in the May 1 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer More Resources on HB 2150 The Pennsylvania House is scheduled to debate legislation today that would take a modest step toward closing tax loopholes while making business tax reductions that would cost nearly $1 billion by the end of the decade. Learn more. Fact Sheet: HB 2150 Takes One Step F...
Keystone Progress blog - May 1
Lawsuit seeks to overturn Pennsylvania voter ID law May 1, 2012 7:56 am By Karen Langley / Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG — The debate over Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law is heading from the state House to the courthouse. Groups opposed to requiring photo identification at the polls plan to file a lawsuit today in Commonwealth [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - May 1
I was going to a roundup of the 3 competitive Luzerne County state rep races in one post but decided to address them individually. Since I started blogging I think I have given more ink (ether, pixels) to state rep races than any other local blogger and maybe as much space as the local papers.I always cover the underdogs in these races. At a rally that Phyllis Mundy recently hosted for ...
Gort42 - May 1
Philadelphia Daily Record, Monday, April 30, 2012, page 7. Philly Greens Choose Roseanne Barr For Prexy by Chris Robinson http://www.phillyrecord.com/daily-2010/PDR-2012-04-30.pdf On the evening of Apr. 26, Green Party of Philadelphia voters met at the Buzz Café, www.buzzcafephilly.com, in Kensington for a presidential caucus. The local Greens considered three candidates for the Green Party’s nomi...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 30
Over 100 community, labor, human rights leaders decry Hershey’s greed at May 1 meeting HARRISBURG, PA —On May 1, 2012 , over 100 community, labor, and human rights leaders will march on Hershey's annual shareholder meeting to condemn the company as an icon of corporate greed. The march—led by the National Guestworker Alliance, SEIU, and the AIDS Healthcare Foun...
Keystone Progress blog - Apr 30
( HARRISBURG, April 30, 2012) – Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to fund Pennsylvania’s public schools with “block grants” will shortchange students, let political deals drive state funding, and force local school districts and communities to solve the $1 billion crisis that state funding cuts have caused, according to the president of Pennsylvania’s largest school employee union. Michael Crossey, pre...
Keystone Progress blog - Apr 30
(04/30/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. - The typical American diet may be linked to the epidemic of autism in children in the U.S., according to a new study published online in the journal Clinical Epigenetics. David Wallinga, senior adviser in science, food and health at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, says unhealthy diets interfere with the body's ability to eliminate t...
Keystone Progress blog - Apr 30
The 138th version of the fastest 2 minutes in sports will be this Saturday. The 2012 Kentucky Derby The 15th annual get together of the Saturday OT Committee and Operatic Society to watch the Kentucky Derby scheduled for Saturday, May 5th 5PM at Marks Pub 1287 N Washington St, Wilkes-Barre. None of us are big horse race fans so this is just another excuse to infuse cash in...
Gort42 - Apr 29
This dropped into my inbox last week but it took me a few days to check it out. Minuteman Founder Endorses Lou Barletta for re-election in PA 11 “True leader on ending illegal immigration and enforcing border security” Aliso Viejo , CA – The Founder and President of the nation's leading grassroots activist organization on the issue of immigration reform and bord...
Gort42 - Apr 28
Michael Nutter talked a great deal about education during his reelection campaign. His inaugural speech focused on education. He said he wanted to take on responsibility for the schools. But today the SRC announced that the School District in Philadelphia is going to be drastically downsized. Many schools will be closed. More students will attend charter schools. In a school system that has alr...
Young Philly Politics - Apr 27
Occupy the Voting Booth By Chris Robinson http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-the-Voting-Booth-by- Green Night Out, on April 14, welcomed Harris Daniels, press secretary for Diop Olugbala’s Mayor Campaign, www.diop2011.com, who led a discussion of the strategy of an independent, revolutionary, mayoral candidate in Philadelphia . Daniels said that this campai...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 26
Title: May Day Rally & Celebration Date: Tuesday, May 1 Time: 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Location: Elmwood Park Labor Monument Street: 71st Street and Buist Avenue, Southwest Philadelphia City State Zip: Philadelphia, PA 19153 Phone: 215-243-7103 and gpop@gpop.org Notes: On Tuesday, May 1, join the May Day Rally and Celebration at the Elmwood Park [...]...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 26
MINUTES, GREEN PARTY OF PHILADELPHIA (GPOP) GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, March 22, 2012 Attendees (12): Vivek Ananthan, Chris Robinson, Carol McLean, Dave Butler, Christina Pié, Miranda Spencer, Dave Houck, Bernadette Cronin, Alex Gillette, Ernest Schulte, Eric Hamell, Esther Croft. Welcome. The meeting was facilitated by Chris Robinson. Chris noted that the meeting lacked a quorum, as [...]...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 25
My friends at NEPartisan and I have been arguing that endorsements form county and state committees don't count for much. Republican Lowman Henry agrees Memo from Voters: Stuff Your Endorsement By Lowman S. Henry Tuesday's primary election highlighted two serious structural deficiencies in Pennsylvania's electoral process. Once again the "Keystone State" was anythin...
Gort42 - Apr 25
The last time a Republican Presidential candidate won Pennsylvania was 1988 but it looks like we will be a battleground again. President Obama beat John McCain 53%-46% in 2008 but many people expect it to be closer this time.I haven't heard what Mitt Romney thinks of the height of the trees in Penn's Woods.We already know what he thinks of our cookies. Bob Casey won handily in 2006 blowing out ...
Gort42 - Apr 25
Dozens of PA Legislators publicly rejecting controversial lobbying organization. Rep. Nick Kotik only remaining PA Democrat publicly allied with ALEC. (HARRISBURG, PA) – Two weeks ago, Keystone Progress launched a campaign urging state legislators to leave the controversial corporate lobbying group, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). More t...
Keystone Progress blog - Apr 25
The potential for public banks to rescue and revitalize American cities, towns and states will be discussed at the first national public banking conference getting underway in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, April 27th. Municipal, county and state officials from around the country will discuss a new strategy that would move public moneys currently managed by Wall Street banks into banks tha...
Keystone Progress blog - Apr 25 - 7 clicks
This is a must see - use the web to see the PBS episodes if you miss the original broadcasts. This well-done series shows the REAL causes of the financial crisis; Check out the summary of what is going to be covered HERE! ...
- Apr 25
Underdog Critz defeats Altmire Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:21 Written by Tim McNulty Up 8 points at 10:15 p.m., the campaign for U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, announced tonight that Democratic foe Jason Altmire has called to concede the primary tonight. Mr. Critz used his deep home base support and the awakened might of organized [...] ...
Beaver County Blue - Apr 24
It's election day. Vote! But let's remember we vote for the key issues we care about. Top of the list is the bomb out of 440 that the District faces a billion dollar cumulative deficit by 2017, will close 40 schools next year and another 24 by 2017, and put 40% of students in charters by 2017. Doing so would result in an 85% academic success rate, the District predicts. Tom Knudsen is the gas in...
Young Philly Politics - Apr 24
Green Party Presidential Caucus Thursday, April 26 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Buzz Cafe, www.buzzcafephilly.com 1800 North Howard Street, Kensington Philadelphia, PA 215-243-7103 and gpop@gpop.org The Green Party of Phila (GPOP), www.gpop.org, has scheduled a presidential caucus at 7:00pm sharp on Thursday, April 26, at the Buzz Café, 1800 North Howard Street in Kensington. Every [...]...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 17
GREEN NIGHT OUT – Occupy the Voting Booth Saturday, April 14 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Location:Singapore Kosher Chinese Vegetarian Restaurant, www.singaporevegetarian.com Street: 1006 Race Street (in Chinatown ) City State Zip: Philadelphia, PA Phone: 215-243-7301 and gpop@gpop.org Notes: GREEN NIGHT OUT welcomes Harris Daniels, press secretary for Diop Olugbala’s 2011 mayoral campaign,...
Green Party of Philadelphia - Apr 16
