Verizon Springfield Picket Line — Verizon workers Tim and Kevin man a picket line, today, April 15, on Sproul Road, near the Verizon store in the Springfield (Pa) Shopping Center. About 36,000 Verizon workers have been on strike since Wednesday over concerns about planned cutbacks in the company’s landline business and off-shoring jobs.
The White Star Line built just three Olympic-class luxury class ocean liners. The RMS Olympic suffered a major collision with the cruiser HMS Hawke months after its maiden voyage in 1911 but survived to have a long career. The RMS Titanic, well, was the RMS Titanic. The RMS Britannic was turned into a hospital ship for World War I. It sank in 1916 after hitting a German mine. Violet Jessop was there for all three disasters — as a stewardess on the Olympic and Titanic when it sunk, and as a nurse on the Britannic. She died in 1971.
WFYL Airs Chesco Controversy — Donna Ellingsen and Jaime Cox discussed Chester County matters on April 12 on Kim Kennedy’s excellent It’s A New Day program on WFYL 1180 AM.
Other guests included BillLawrencOnline.com, John Haenn of the Delaware County Patriots, and Calvin Tucker of the Philadelphia Black Republican Council. Tucker is on the ballot in Pennsylvania’s 2nd District as a presidential delegate and explained the process at which he will use to make a decision on which candidate to pick as the nominee.
National hosts carried by WFYL include Laura Ingraham, Sam Rohrer, Dana Loesch and Phil Valentine.
Brouillette Heading Commonwealth Partners — Matt Brouillette has stepped down as president and CEO of Commonwealth Foundation, to head the new Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs.
Commonwealth Foundation is an excellent organization dedicated to commonsense government, the expansion of freedom and minimizing poverty. Brouillette had been president and CEO of it for 14 years.
Meehan Gets Independence Hall Endorsement — The influential Independence Hall Foundation, a conservative grass roots organization with thousands of followers in the tri-state (DE, NJ, PA) region, is announcing today that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to endorse Pat Meehan for Congress in the April 26 Pennsylvania Primary.
“The 20-member Board of the Independence Hall Foundation has chosen to endorse Congressman Meehan (PA-7) because of his conservative record on fiscal, social, and defense issues” said Foundation spokesperson, Teri Adams, of Montgomery County, PA.
“We supported Pat Meehan when he first ran for office in 2010 and we fought hard to flip the seat from D to R as Democrat Joe Sestak had been the seat’s prior occupant.
“We see absolutely no reason to withdraw our support now.
“In fact, we are proud of Congressman Meehan’s efforts to overturn ObamaCare; defund Planned Parenthood; lower taxes; decrease spending; expose corrupt practices of the Veterans Administration; hold the Obama Administration accountable on the Benghazi and Fast and Furious scandals; and support our nation’s military preparedness.
“In January 2015, Congressman Meehan spoke at the Foundation’s Delaware Valley Pro-Blue Rally in support of our region’s law enforcement community.
“While we may not agree with every vote cast by Congressman Meehan, we are more than pleased with his overall record,” said Ms. Adams.
Meehan is being challenged in the April 26 Republican primary by Stan Casacio.