Igor Kenk William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-18-19

Igor Kenk William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-18-19

Igor Kenk of Toronto is said to be the greatest bicycle thief.

When he was arrested in 2008, he had 2,865 bikes stashed in his bike shop and in various warehouses.

His method was to point out the bikes he wanted stolen to a mentally ill accomplice who he paid with drugs.

Kenk, before his arrest, was considered an intellectual and hung out with the classical music crowd.

Hat tip Outside magazine.

Igor Kenk William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-18-19
Igor Kenk William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-18-19

Igor Kenk of Toronto is said to be the greatest bicycle thief.

When he was arrested in 2008,

HB 1410 Weakens Budget Oversight

HB 1410 Weakens Budget Oversight

By Leo Knepper

Please, take a moment to contact your Representative and Senator. Ask them to oppose HB 1410.

Pennsylvania’s annual budget process is ripe with problems. Members of the General Assembly are typically given a day to review hundreds of pages of proposed spending, and accounting gimmicks hide the size of spending increases. One of the tricks used to disguise spending is the use of “special funds.” Special Funds frequently become part of the shadow budget with minimal accountability over the spending. One bill gaining traction is the House would add to the problem. HB1410 purports to address a vacated military base that has polluted the water system for the surrounding area.

HB 1410 establishes a Keystone Opportunity Zone around the “qualified former Military Installation.” It allows the municipality to establish a “qualified authority” to fund military installation remediation. The legislation provides a formula to collect a percentage of taxes (CNI, Sales & Use, Personal Income Tax, Realty Transfer Tax, & Local Taxes,) to fund the authority.

HB 1410 directs the State Treasurer to create a new Special Fund known as the Military Installation Remediation Fund to collect monies. Note that the Commonwealth has 36 environment-related special funds. Specifically, Pennsylvania has a safe drinking water special fund, an industrial sites cleanup fund, and a hazardous sites cleanup fund. Any or all of those funds could be utilized for a remediation project such as this if authorizing legislation was passed to allow qualified former military installation projects to be eligible for the monies in these various special funds.

Finally, HB 1410 directing the State Treasurer to establish restricted accounts within the special fund for each qualified former military installation. The funding can be used for funding transportation infrastructure, economic development costs, payment of debt service for construction, infrastructure, site preparation, etc. In other words, it can become a slush fund for pet projects. Raising additional concerns is the provision that allows the State Representative and Senator in that municipality, or an adjacent one, to serve as a board member of the established authority.  The Representative who introduced the legislation, Todd Stephens, just so happens to meet the qualifications to sit on the board.

HB 1410 addresses a problem with questionable methods, and grants the board, and potentially select members of the General Assembly, overly broad discretion in what projects to fund. It runs the risk of becoming one more shadow budget item.

Mr. Knepper is executive director of Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania.

HB 1410 Weakens Budget Oversight Please, take action on HB 1410.

HB 1410 Weakens Budget Oversight

Dean Malik Hosts BillLawrenceOnline

Dean Malik Hosts BillLawrenceOnline — Bill Lawrence of BillLawrenceOnline will be guest of Dean Malik and Don Beishl Jr., noon, tomorrow (July 19) on WWDB 860 AM.

Dean Malik Hosts BillLawrenceOnline
Dean Malik and Don Beishl Jr.

Also on the show will be noted journalist Stu Bykofsky, who had a long career with The Philadelphia Daily News; Stan Casacio, about his run for Montgomery County Controller; and  Billy Ciancaglini, the Republican candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia.

Malik says he has invited Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R?-Pa1) to explain his recent vote condemning the President’s tweets as allegedly “racist” (we strongly disagree) and to discuss other issues.

“We shall see if he makes the time in his busy schedule to be on the show,” Malik said.

For those unaware, businessman Andy Meehan is mounting a primary challenge against Fitzpatrick.

The Dean Malik Show can be heard online here and a podcast will be forthcoming. Call in number is 888-329-3306.

Dean Malik Hosts BillLawrenceOnline

Dangerous to be sincere William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 7-18-19

By William W. Lawrence Sr

Tu utk xkgrofky nuc hkgazolar oz oy zu zxgbkr atzor nk iusky nusk gtj xkyzy noy nkgj ut noy urj, lgsorogx vorruc.
Rot Eazgtm

Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw

Dangerous to be sincere William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 7-18-19
 It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw