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The Springfield Ministerium’s Community Help Fund is critically low and help is needed. The fund helps families with food needs and financial emergencies in Springfield, Pa.
Taxpayer candidate Rogers Howard is giving Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi a surprisingly tough primary battle in the 9th District, and Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi can explain why.
Guzzardi notes that Pileggi has supported legislation that has provided millions of dollars to questionable recipients.
Among the giveaways were $10 million to Janney, Montgomery Scott for a Philadelphia office building; $850,000 to Philadelphia Democrat Chaka Fattah’s Philadelphia House of Imoja; $1,970,000 to Philadelphia University‐Arlen Specter Library; and $10 million to John P. Murtha Center for Public Policy Cambria Contrary.
And you wonder why we have a spending problem.
Tom Smith, one of the conservatives seeking the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Senator Bob Casey Jr. this fall is having a meet and greet 6-8 p.m., April 3 at the Great American Pub, 123 Fayette St., Conshohocken.
State Sen. Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) has this description of Pennsylvania’s recently passed Voter ID law on his website:
A new law, Act 18 of 2012, requires all Pennsylvania voters to show a valid photo identification at the polling place in order to cast a vote, starting with the November 2012 general election.
Act 18 is designed to protect the integrity of your vote by helping to eliminate the possibility of fraudulent votes being cast. Here are some details you should know about the new law:
What if I forget to bring my photo identification to the polling place?
No one legally entitled to vote will be denied the right to do so.
If you forget to bring identification, you will be able to cast a provisional ballot. You will then have six days to present valid photo identification to your county election board, which can be done by email, mail, fax or in person. More information is available at the Department of State’s VotesPA.com website.
What if I don’t have any acceptable photo identification?
Voters who do not currently have a valid form of photo identification may obtain one from PennDOT at no cost. Detailed information about how to do this is available at PennDOT’s website.
What types of photo identification are acceptable?
Valid forms of identification must include a name, photo and expiration date. Most people will use their driver’s license.
Acceptable forms of identification include:
What changes if I vote by absentee ballot?
A photo identification is not required to vote by absentee ballot. Voters who apply for an absentee ballot will be required to provide one of the following:
More information is available at the Department of State’s VotesPA.com website.
Will this law be in effect for the April 24, 2012, primary?
The April 2012 primary election will be used as a “test run” prior to full implementation of the law in the November 2012 general election.
At the primary election, poll workers will ask voters for photo identification and advise them that they must have one for the general election in November.
Footnotes:
* In the case of identification issued by the U.S. Armed Forces or their reserve components (including the Pennsylvania National Guard) which establishes the voter as a current member or a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard and does not designate a specific date on which the document expires, the identification must include a notation indicating that the expiration is indefinite.
** If the identification was issued by PennDOT, it will remain valid for voting purposes for 12 months beyond the expiration date.
*** Pennsylvania residents who attend out-of-state colleges will not be able to use their student identifications to vote.
Sok Thoeun of Battambang, Cambodia caught his 13 year-old son in an internet cafe playing computer games. This made him angry.
So he dragged him out, beat him, chained by the neck to a utility pole on a village street then went to work.
The boy was eventually freed by police and sent home to his mother.
Sok faces 20 years.
Here is a link to a video of political thinker Dinesh D’Souza describing what motivates Barack Obama as deduced from his book Dreams From My Father and what little else is known about him.
Today’s prediction is that Sony will not call the machine that replaces its popular Playstation 3, the Playstation 4.
Donations are way down at Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reminds us that open fires are prohibited on state forestland from though May 25 unless authorized by district foresters due higher possibly of forest fires from sparks falling on dry leaves or other tinder.
Nearly 85 percent of Pennsylvania’s wildfires occur in March, April and May, before the greening of woodlands and brush lands.
Nationally noted fiscal hawks Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain have endorsed Sam Rohrer in his race to be the GOP nominee to take on Democrat incumbent Bob Casey in the U.S. Senate race.