Hope everyone got a chance to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend. Lots of topics here to discuss in the comments.
- In response to a boomlet of civil rights abuses, most notably the odious Illegal Immigration Relief Act promoted by racist demagogue Lou Barletta, the ACLU has opened a regional office in Allentown.
- Arlen Specter still won't renounce his support for a massive redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy, and thinks that people making 40K should pay the same tax rate as Paris Hilton. What makes the tax code complicated isn't its progressive structure - it's the unclear definition of the tax base.
- Chris Casey has some good observations about Joe Sestak's appearance at the Lehigh County Democrats Committee meeting.
- Gov. Ed Rendell made a stop in Allentown to talk about his budget, as one of a series of appearances around the state. He answered some questions for the Steve Esack of the Morning Call about education.
- Paul Muschick has a good piece on shady dealings in the insurance market for limited medical-benefit plans. These practices will be regulated out of existence when the health care bill passes.
- Missed this last week: Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board has some good ideas for reforming PA's redistricting process, to make elections more competitive. The bill recently introduced by Babette Josephs (D-Philadelphia) is pretty weak. I would like to see a Constitutional amendment entrusting this process to a non-partisan board.
- The decline in homeownership nationally is in part driven by a generational shift toward renting, which makes a lot of sense - Millenials put a high premium on mobility. How will this trend affect property taxes?
- I wonder what fiscal conservatives think about this sort of thing. I get that conservatives are very opposed to spending taxpayer money on things where there's a net loss of money, but what about spending on upgrades that will save money, and so will pay for themselves? Do conservatives think this category of spending is justified?
- And don't miss this real treat of a Southside Bethlehem history lesson from Stephen Antalics. Does someone have contact info for Stephen?
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You can find Stephen Antalics at any City Council or School Board meeting. He even passes out grade sheets to the members of the public at the city council meetings, then collects them at the end. He keeps track of how the public thinks their council members are doing. I have never seen the results are the grade sheets. If you talk to him, you should see if you can post them to this blog.
O'Hare's got you sleazy carpetbaggers figured out. go back to new york and leave us alone
Gee,
Nobody wants to play today...
Take The "Pooley Pledge"
Hmmm,
No one is commenting today.
Federal Holiday?
Or the result of the fact that, allegedly, alleged carpetbagger Jon Geeting works for Nazi Collaborator George Soros' Open Society Institute?
I thought Geeting was an "Independent"???
Doing Research on Bernie O'Hare
New York is a disaster.
It's nice to know so many New Yorkers are flooding into Allentown!
And telling us how to think politically...
o'hare gets his dumb fat ass sued
Just to be clear. Jon isn't a "New Yorker" or a "carpetbagger." He was raised here in the Valley and still has deep ties. In fact, he's here frequently.
If anyone could be accused of being a carpetbagger, I guess it would be me, since I've *only* lived in the Valley for 9 1/2 years.
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