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Correctly reported in a newspaper William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-24-25
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit: Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.
George Orwell
He who holds the ladder William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-23-25
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit: He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief.
American Folk Saying
Ed Sweeney Welcomes Blexit In Havertown— Ed Sweeney who is running for Haverford Township’s 2nd Ward Commissioner seat showed rousing support for Blexit, last night, June 21, at his fundraiser at JD McGillicuddy’s on Brookline Boulevard.
Blexit backs freedom and independence, and opposes corruption whether it be government or corporate. It is now affiliated with Turning Point and is the largest growing “conservative” group in America.
Blexit is non-partisan and calls out corruption regardless of party.
What’s sad about freedom, independence and anti-corruption being recognized as “conservative”, however, is that slavery and corruption are now recognized as “progressive”, “liberal,” and Democrat.
Of course, the Democrat Party — but for a few rare periods — has historically backed slavery, division and corruption.
Blexit distributed at its table copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence among other things.
Ed has been a resident of Haverford Township nearly his entire life. He says he will bring Haverford Policy back to Haverford.
It’s about uniting people with their love for Haverford not dividing people by bringing in the ugly of the national political scene, he says.
Ed says he wants to get the town back to the basics where streets get repaired, parks, sports fields for the kids are maintained and manicured.
Also the gridlock problem on most of the roadways, must be addressed and resolved he says. He says the problem has dragged on too long.
He says he will seek to attract more businesses to help offset the high tax burden being put on residents especially seniors.
Ed Sweeney Welcomes Blexit In Havertown
Dare not testify William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-22-25
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.
Proverbs 29:24
The Reality Of The Housing Crisis
By Joe Guzzardi
For stumping political candidates, vowing to build affordable housing remains one of their biggest rallying cries. Presidential candidate Kamala Harris promised three million new housing units over four years, along with tax incentives and $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time buyers. Harris also proposed a whopping $40 billion innovation fund that would empower local governments to fund and support community solutions for housing construction.
When she made her campaign promise, Harris had been hearing about affordable housing from her Democratic peers for more than 20 years. In 2002, then-California Governor Gray Davis signed a package of bills designed to address the state’s housing crisis. Davis promised that the package would provide “new, affordable housing being built all across the state. More families will have the American dream of home ownership within their grasp.” Two decades later, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a 56-bill package that he said would “incentivize and reduce barriers to housing and support the development of more affordable homes.” As of April 30, 2025, Newsom’s vision for the California home market remained deeply flawed, with a median sale price of $910,000 for houses on that date.
Governors Janet Mills of Maine, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, and Maura Healey of Massachusetts have all bemoaned home shortages and signed multi-million-dollar bills they hope will solve the problem of high housing demand and limited supply. Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act, which authorized $5.2 billion to be spent on housing over the next five years and established 50 policy initiatives to counter rising prices. Fifty policy initiatives may be overkill—too many cooks spoil the broth. As Edward Pinto, senior fellow and co-director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center, noted, it’s “much, much harder” for the government to pass “supply-side proposals” compared with efforts that generate demand by making home-buying easier for consumers. Pinto concluded that Harris’s plan was worse than doing nothing.
Then-candidate and former President Donald Trump also discussed ways to increase housing supply as part of his presidential campaign proposals. “We’re going to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction,” Trump said in an August 15 press conference. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t afford what’s going on now.”
Since President Trump’s election, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced plans to identify federal lands where affordable housing could be built. Turner and Burgum will launch the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing to find underutilized lands for residential development and to streamline the process of transferring lands for housing use.
In their Wall Street Journal op-ed, they promoted the plans as a way to increase housing supply and lower costs for Americans. They wrote:
“Working together, our agencies can take inventory of underused federal properties, transfer or lease them to states or localities to address housing needs, and support the infrastructure required to make development viable—all while ensuring affordability remains at the core of the mission.”
The Interior Department oversees more than 500 million acres of federal land, and the department contends that much of it is suitable for residential use. However, implementation would likely take decades, if it happens at all. Most of the developable land is in western states like California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado, said Bureau of Land Management Director Jon Raby. The lands vary widely, ranging from deserts and grasslands to mountains and forests. Moreover, most of the federal government’s land—whether west or east—lacks the required water and sewage infrastructure to support new communities. Environmental groups are concerned that development will adversely affect wildlife habitat. As BLM’s Raby noted, “People love their public lands. Every acre is important to somebody.”
Nowhere in HUD or DOI’s planning is a commitment to scrutinize sustainability. The constant factor in affordable housing is population growth. With more than one million legal immigrants admitted annually and chain migration—which allows each immigrant to petition for an average of three non-nuclear family members who can eventually petition their own families—housing developments, even those built in remote areas, will eventually be overwhelmed. Reducing the number of people competing for existing affordable housing would automatically create more of this elusive commodity.
Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst. Contact him at jguuzzardi@ifspp.org
The Reality Of The Housing Crisis
Perfect summer day William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-21-25
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.
James Denton
Has Capitalism Saved the World?
By Bob Small
It’s been a while since I’ve read a book, partially because there are all these fifteen to twenty-page articles. However, upon receiving notification that Roy Minet has published his third book The Savior of the World — Comprehending the Free Market … and that it was only 60 pages, well there we are.
Why Roy? We met many years ago when the Greens and the Libertarians worked together, “fighting the good fight” to get places on the Pennsylvania Ballot, despite the massive efforts of the Duopoly to keep us from the Ballot. Mostly, this was like the myth of Sisyphus and the rock won. Occasionally there was an upset.
The subtitle is “Comprehending the Free Market Economic System”, which is basically an explanation and defense of capitalism. This would be a good book for middle schoolers.
This is a quote he uses from Adam Smith “ How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.”
Roy, disagreeing with many, sees socialism and communism as crazy failed schemes. Naturally, he aligns with the idea that “central planning systems will never work well”.
He also rails against government interference, such as “excessive taxation” and regulations, etc. and the Federal Reserve manipulation. Again, this is the Libertarian gospel.
He also refers us Frédéric Bastiat‘s book The Law and his essay “That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen”.
We are discussing here the Invisible hand as Adam Smith (see above) had discussed.
Roy later says that “Profits are always food for everyone”, which some may find questionable.
Towards the end of this tome, Roy boldly states “Unequal wealth distribution is absolutely necessary and required for the proper functioning of a free market economy”.
On the topic of “the safety net”, He finds it “highly likely that private charities could do this job better if government force were completely eliminated.”
The last line of the book is “Freedom works, and freedom works best.”
One thinks he might have chosen another title, though.
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Time heals griefs William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-20-25
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.
Blaise Pascal
No Kings But Some Violence
By Bob Small
From a cursory review of the coverage of the No Kings protest, one would believe it was primarily peaceful. However, there were numerous incidents of violence or prevented attacks.
The coverage from Newsweek mentions the car driven into the crowd in Virginia; an injured Police in Portland and a shooting in Salt Lake City.
More is still being reported.
The Salt Lake City shooting resulted in at least one death, Ah Loo, age 39, who died from a bullet intended for someone else. They also added “ No state permit is required to purchase a rifle, shotgun or handgun in Utah. “
The Proud Boys” made an appearance in Atlanta (see below). The violence in L.A. continued.
Scott, who I’ll now designate as my unpaid research assistant, sent this article Riot” Update From Atlanta – Conspiracy Sarah on Substack, where I now have a second home for my literary output. This article raises many unanswered, maybe unanswerable questions, about the whole “No Kings” protest. I urge everyone to read this.
The West Chester rally could of gotten real bloody, real quick, if not for the actions of a West Chester Borough Policeman. “ Kevin Krebs, 31, was questioned and taken into custody after officers found an unlicensed firearm during the search. Krebs was also carrying pepper spray, a pocket knife, six loaded assault rifle magazines, an M9 bayonet knife, a ski mask, and gloves.
Police found in his car an “AR-15, long gun, ski mask, military gloves and military helmet”.
It seems he was prepared for something.
Trump has the last word.: “A king would say ‘I’m not going to get this … he wouldn’t have to call up [House Speaker] Mike Johnson and [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune and say, ‘Fellas you’ve got to pull this off’ and after years we get it done. No no, we’re not a king, we’re not a king at all.”
Assessing Katie Hobbs
By Joe Guzzardi
Of the 1,287,891 Arizonans who cast their 2022 gubernatorial votes for Democrat Katie Hobbs to replace termed-out Republican Doug Ducey, at least 25% would likely want to take their votes back. Hobbs has proven to be, at best, ineffective and, at worst, a viable threat to national security.
Hobbs’ latest gubernatorial action, consistent with her apparent indifference to Arizonans’ well-being, was to veto Republican-backed Senate Bill 1109. The bill’s objective was to prevent nationals from the People’s Republic of China from purchasing Arizona property. The measure sought to add Arizona to the growing list of states that, because of national security concerns, ban the communist nation from acquiring U.S. land.
In her veto message, Hobbs stated that while protecting infrastructure is important, the bill is “ineffective at counterespionage and does not directly protect our military assets.” Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp, who sponsored SB 1109, slammed Hobbs for the veto and called out the governor for threatening state and national security. Shamp pointed to China’s recent effort to lease property near Luke Air Force Base in the west Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Luke serves as a primary training base for F-35 stealth fighter pilots from the U.S. and several allies.
The bill also applied to Chinese citizens unless they are permanent U.S. residents. The only exception was for homes on less than two acres located at least 50 miles from a military base or 25 miles from a military practice range—meaning not in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma, Flagstaff, or Sierra Vista.
The “Veto Queen”
Around Arizona, Hobbs has earned the nickname “Veto Queen.” She has already smashed the Arizona veto record during her first two years as governor, killing 216 bills: 143 in 2023 and 73 in 2024. Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano previously held the record with 181 bills vetoed from 2003-09. Hobbs is running up her winning margin, with 138 vetoes so far this year including SB 1109, as she approaches surpassing her 2023 record.
In defiance of the Department of Homeland Security, Hobbs has vetoed multiple Republican-backed bills that would have forced cooperation with federal immigration and deportation efforts, including three border-related bills on May 12. The Democratic governor’s vetoes demonstrate that she will not embrace federal immigration law, even as the Republican-majority Legislature advances the Trump administration’s priorities on enforcement and deportation. Hobbs frequently states that Arizonans will determine Arizona’s future, not the federal government—a position that could put her on the Department of Justice’s list of states that defy the Supremacy Clause.
Questionable Campaign and Early Actions
Hobbs’ 2022 candidacy raised ethical questions. As the then-Secretary of State, Hobbs was responsible for certifying the gubernatorial election results—a clear conflict of interest since she was in a tight race against Kari Lake. Once she won the nomination, Hobbs ran a Biden-like campaign: she refused to debate Lake and avoided reporters and their questions. Immediately after Hobbs’ paper-thin victory, inquiries arose about Maricopa County’s malfunctioning electronic voting machines and mail-in ballot validity. Maricopa is Arizona’s largest county and leans Republican.
From the start, Hobbs proved herself an open-borders advocate. In her 2023 inaugural address, she promised to extend the Arizona Promise Scholarship Program to illegal aliens attending state universities and colleges. Before Title 42 ended, Hobbs established five new bus routes from border communities to Tucson, overwhelming the city to accommodate undocumented immigrants.
Ongoing Legal and Financial Issues
The governor’s problems are ongoing. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that Hobbs violated state law when she appointed 13 de facto state agency heads to sidestep the Senate confirmation process. This judicial rebuke represents only the tip of the iceberg regarding Hobbs’ legal troubles.
Her $2 million taxpayer-funded Super Bowl LVII celebration included open-bar parties, 70 hotel rooms at the high-end Arizona Biltmore, sponsorships, and free tickets valued at between $4,000 and $40,000 for teachers, staffers, and political allies. This extravagance drew criticism in a state struggling to provide essential services like helping the homeless and funding responses to the growing illegal alien immigrant presence at Arizona’s southern border.
Pay-for-Play Allegations
The most serious charge against Hobbs involves alleged pay-for-play schemes. Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Thomas Shope demanded an investigation after reports emerged that Sunshine Residential Homes, which donated $400,000 to Hobbs, received an exclusive daily care rate increase from Hobbs’ Department of Child Safety (DCS). The reports alleged that Sunshine’s daily rate increased from $149 to $195 per child while DCS denied rate increases to similar service providers. The Democratic Attorney General has acknowledged that her office has begun an investigation.
Political Future in Question
Hobbs often boasts that she has never lost an election. However, with border politics likely to be at the forefront of voters’ minds and state issues close behind in her now-long-shot reelection bid next year, the question more commonly heard around Arizona is: “How can she win?”
Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
Assessing Katie Hobbs