Day: April 11, 2012

Ad Causing Grief For Pileggi

A ad released by State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi is causing him grief in his surprisingly tough 9th District Republican Primary battle with reformer Rogers Howard. 

The ad shows Pileggi standing in front of six law enforcement officers with text boasting about legislative achievements.
It is not consider kosher to use implied endorsements from public workers in campaign ads.
Below is the ad:

Rush Move To FM Reported

Rush Limbaugh is moving back to FM in Philly where he lived through most of the ’90s  if reports are accurate. 

It has been confirmed that Premiere Media, which syndicates Rush, will be pulling him off WPHT at 1210AM, which carried him since 1999 when he left WWDB on 96.5 FM, which is now the hip-hop station WRDW.
The reports say that Rush will be moving to 106.9 FM, which had been the local Family Radio station, a network that has fallen on hard times since its owner predicted that the world would end last May 21, and has since been acquired by Merlin Media.
A move to FM means no more annoying static from cell towers while motoring and no more pre-emption from Phillies games.
Michael Smerconish is slated to replace Rush on WPHT, which is a bit of demotion as he will no longer be the station’s evening drive-time guy. 
The reports say that 106.9 will also be carrying former WPHT stars Glen Beck and Sean Hannity.
It sounds like the end of WPHT as we know it.
I think Rush feels fine.

Job Bills Pending In State House

In an effort to enhance job opportunities for Pennsylvanians, House members have introduced a package of bills aimed at creating more family sustaining jobs and improving the state’s business climate, according to State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 

Some of the bills would: 

• Allow unemployed Pennsylvanians to apply to work for a participating business to garner critical on-the-job training while continuing to collect unemployment for a temporary period.

•Provide regulatory flexibility for small businesses and improve state rulemaking by creating procedures to analyze the availability of more flexible regulatory approaches for small businesses.

• Continue lawsuit abuse reforms to end frivolous lawsuits and reduce the cost of doing business in Pennsylvania.