Montco taxpayer advocate Bob Guzzardi will be a guest on the Dimitri Vassilaros Show on KDKA in Pittsburgh, 10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4.
You can listen online here.
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Hey! Got A Minute?
Here is the latest from Jim Vanore at Good Writers Block:
I can’t—and won’t —speak for anyone else, but when we were kids hanging on a street corner, we always viewed ourselves as “being busy”—that is, we had to be doing what we were then doing, which of course, was “nothing.”
Anyone who has ever seen the 1956 Academy Award-winning movie, Martywould know exactly what I’m talking about. The theme of that film revolved around a group of single young men who, night after night, did little more than hang around a bar and talk about what they were going to do. Which usually turned out to be—hanging around!
I will have to admit, as teenagers, we would spend our summer days playing ball, then at night, we’d all gather on the corner and do essentially the same thing we had done the night before…and the night before that. And what we did was—nothing! It’s what young people tend to do with their time. Time means less to them than it does to someone in middle age, and a lot less to them than it means to a senior citizen.
That’s why it annoys me—yes, I do get annoyed—whenever I see a TV show that depicts youth as perpetually busy, while senior citizens are continually shown as dozing, sitting on a park bench, dozing, ambling along with a walker or cane, dozing, gossiping unashamedly, dozing, and drinking the omnipresent cup of tea.
Mike Kelly’s Righteous Rant
If you haven’t seen Congressman Mike Kelly’s very righteous rant about our nation’s dire fiscal situation, which is something for which he blames both parties, and the inability for a U.S. budget to be passed, which is something for which the Democratic Party gets the blame in toto, here it is below courtesy of Cathy Craddock:
Kelly represents Pennsylvania’s 3rd District which extends from Erie to the Pittsburgh area. He is a businessman whose involvement in politics before beating incumbent Kathy Dahlkemper in 2010 was as a Butler County councilman.
What he is saying above is much like what Tom Smith, another non-career politician, is saying on the the campaign trail in his quest to unseat incumbent Senator (and career politician) Bob Casey Jr.
Hearings Heard On Marple DUI, Theft Cases
By Pattie Price
Jacquelyn Perez-Rocha, 19, of Marple, waived a hearing Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang on the charges of DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia. In exchange for the waiver the charges of speeding and driving while her license was suspended were withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 6:47 a.m.., April 4, in the 1700 block of Sproul Road, Marple, Pa.
According to the affidavit, Marple Sgt. Tony Colgan investigated a report of a reckless driver who struck several curbs and appeared to be falling asleep at the wheel of her red Nissan.
Marple Officer Andrew Ronsvalle spotted and stopped the vehicle on Cedar Grove Road at Grant Road. The driver, Ms. Perez-Rocha was attempting to conceal items in the car and was ordered twice by Ronsvalle to “stop reaching into her bag.”
Colgan approached Ms. Perez-Rocha at the drivers’ side and asked her to turn off the car and give him the keys for safety reasons. Meanwhile, Ronsvalle went to the passenger side and retrieved the items Ms. Perez-Rocha was attempting to conceal.
Police confiscated four balloons and two silver cylinders from the passenger seat.
Ronsvalle also said that he clocked Ms. Perez-Rocha at 40 mph in a posted 25 mph zone in the 700 block of Cedar Grove Road.
Ms. Perez-Rocha had difficulty maintaining her balance, slurred speech, and failed field sobriety tests. She was transported to Springfield Hospital for a blood test.
Ms. Perez-Rocha told police that she takes Suboxone and Valium, and that she has been clean from Heroin for about a month.
A computer check revealed Ms. Perez-Rocha’s license is suspended.
Ms. Perez-Rocha was released to her sister and is scheduled for an Aug. 23 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Caren Dorsey, 30, of Wilmington was held for an Aug. 23 arraignment in Common Pleas Court on the charges of false identification to law enforcement authorities and retail theft. The charges stem from an incident 11:04a.m., July 11, at Walmart, 400 S. State Road.
According to the affidavit, Marple Sgt. Tony Colgan responded to Walmart after store security took Ms. Dorsey into custody. Security reported they saw Ms. Dorsey conceal various items and attempt to leave the store. The merchandise valued at $62.29 was recovered.
Ms. Dorsey told police several times that her name was Caren Winn. When Colgan escorted Ms. Dorsey out of the store to a waiting police car, Ms. Dorsey said her car was in the parking lot and if they check the registration, it will come back to her real name – Caren Dorsey.
At the police station Marple Detective Kurt Lindelow determined her real name is Caren Dorsey.
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Jeffrey Cooper, 44, of Bryn Mawr was held for an Aug. 23 arraignment in Common Pleas Court after a hearing on the charges of retail theft, false identification to law enforcement authorities, and defiant trespass. The charges stem from an incident 2:34p.m., July 7, at the Giant, 2910 Springfield Road.
According to the affidavit, Marple Officer Chris Barmes said a store manager detained Cooper after they saw him conceal four steaks, two packages of crab meat, a bag of shrimp, and a bottle of tea in a shoulder bag that he brought into the store. The merchandise was valued at $116.64. When Cooper was confronted he attempted to flee, but was caught by the store manager.
Cooper initially told police his name was Joseph Cooper but Livescan results proved he was Jeffrey Cooper.
Cooper was arrested at the same Giant for retail theft on March 29, 2010 and at that time was told he was never allowed to return to the store.
A computer check revealed Cooper has two prior retail theft convictions. Cooper was returned to jail to await his arraignment.
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Scott Kelleher, 28, of Havertown, was held for an Aug. 23 arraignment in Common Pleas Court on the charges of DUI, illegally operating a vehicle without the ignition interlock system, and lane violations. The charges stem from an incident 2:27 a.m., Jan. 20 on West Chester Pike.
According to the affidavit, Marple Officer Ray Stiles saw a silver Cadillac cross the lines on West Chester Pike near Springfield Road. The driver later identified as Kelleher, then crossed the left yellow line and almost struck the curb at Franklin Getz. He was stopped near I-476.
Kelleher displayed a limited license with an ignition interlock restriction.
Kelleher said he was on his way to Harrah’s casino with his cousin who was the passenger and the owner of the car.
Although Kelleher had an odor of alcohol, he denied that he had been drinking. He stumbled out of the car and almost fell. He was swaying during the field sobriety tests. A portable breath test revealed a high level of alcohol.
Kelleher refused a blood test and was transported to the police station. Refusing a blood or a breath test means an automatic 12-month suspension of one’s drivers’ license, even if the charges are dismissed or the driver participates in ARD.
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A warrant was issued for Tracy Kostack, 33, of Marple when she failed to appear for a hearing Thursday on the charges of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. The charges stem from an incident 11:36p.m., June 8, at a home in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue.
The Bi-Partisans Collusion Of Pols, Unions And Lawyers
Citizens Alliance for Pennsylvania is the subject of an excellent story in The American Spectator about the plight, and hope, for our state.
The article explains how the group is “roaming the state with all the subtlety of Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day” to talke on the “bi-partisan collusion of career politicians, labor unions and trial lawyers that has mired the Commonwealth in corruption and economic stagnation.”
You can read it here.
Citizens Alliance for Pennsylvania clearly understands what the problems is. Ask yourself, why has the 1970 law granted public school teachers with the “right to strike” been repealed. Not replaced, repealed.
It would save tens of millions of tax dollars and vastly improve public schools.
But it hasn’t been done regardless of the party in control. Why? Because of a bi-partisan collusion of career politicians, labor unions and trial lawyers that has mired the Commonwealth in corruption and economic stagnation.
Off The Internet– Senior Lemon Picker
Courtesy of Cathy Craddock
A applied for a job in a Florida lemon grove and seemed to be far too qualified for the job.
She had a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan and had worked as a social worker and a school teacher.
The foreman frowned and said, “I have to ask you, have you had any actual experience in picking lemons?”
“Well, as a matter of fact, I have,” she said. “I’ve been divorced three times, owned 2 Chryslers, and I voted for Obama.”
Food Stamp Farm Bill
Phil Kerpen of American Commitment reports that 78 percent of $970 billion “farm bill” just passed by the Senate will be used for food stamps.
He says the bill is pending in the House.
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone
Those “super-smart” “cyber-savvy” tech hipsters supporting Obama cooked up the Twitter campaign
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone.
The # or hashtag creates a category on Twitter that allows comments with a particular phrase preceded by the hashtag to be grouped. Thee expectation was that fellow tech hipster types would say things like #ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone Shop For Groceries
Expectations don’t always come to pass. What happened was the most comments turned out to be thngs like:
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone Launched a political career in the home of an admitted terrorist
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone sit under the leadership of a pastor for 20 years that screams “God D*mn America!” from the pulpit
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone Bow to a foreign leader
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone implied that minorities are too stupid to obtain a photo ID
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone attended more than 100 fundraisers while not meeting even once with his jobs council.
#ThingsMittRomneyHasNeverDone visited all 57 states.
Maybe Obama really isn’t as smart and loved as the dying media claims.
Weird Thing Of The Day
New App For Pa. Game Land Info
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has made available a GPS-enabled mobile application, or app, to provide outdoor enthusiasts easy access to information about all State Game Lands (SGL), said state Rep. Jim Cox (R-129( The app will cost $9.99 plus tax and can be downloaded for most mobile devices through links on the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.state.pa.us.
Simple menus will allow users to search for lands by the SGL number, Wildlife Management Unit or by which SGL is the closest to a user’s present location.
Pennsylvania has 1.4 million acres of State Game Lands in 65 of the state’s 67 counties. The lands are managed by the Game Commission for wildlife and to serve as public hunting and trapping areas.