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Penn Delco School Director Lisa Esler has laid out in a letter to the Delaware County Daily Times an excellent set of priorities for protecting the Forgotten Taxpayer in Pennsylvania that includes eliminating the prevailing wage on all school, municipal, county and state construction and banning teacher strikes.
Hat tip Bob Guzzardi who notes that he would add natural gas production to lead to lower energy costs and a higher standard of living for including more jobs and a cleaner environment.
Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was bluefish grilled with mayonnaise and smothered in sweet onions with a side of of grilled potato dollars and a garden salad.
The wine was a inexpensive, but delicious, chardonnay.
Courtesy of Marie Martinelli
MY BLACK GIRLFRIENDS
By Tiger Woods
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY COUNTRY
By Jane Fonda, Cindy Sheehan
& Michelle Obama
Illustrated by Michael Moore
Foreword by George Soros
MY CHRISTIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
& HOW I HELPED AFTER KATRINA
By “The Rev Jesse Jackson” & “The Rev Al Sharpton”
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT BILL
By Hillary Clinton
Sequel: THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HILLARY
By Bill Clinton
THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD
By Bill Gates
THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY
By Dennis Rodman
THINGS WE KNOW TO BE TRUE
By Al Gore & John Kerry
GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC
By Amelia Earhart
HOW TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST
By Dr. Jack Kevorkian
TO ALL THE MEN WE HAVE LOVED BEFORE
By Ellen de Generes & Rosie O’Donnell
GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE
By Mike Tyson
THE AMISH PHONE DIRECTORY
MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS
By O. J. Simpson & Casey Anthony
HOW TO DRINK & DRIVE SAFELY
By Ted Kennedy
MY BOOK ON MORALS
By Bill Clinton
With introduction by
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
And forward by
Tiger Woods with John Edwards
HOW TO WIN A SUPERBOWL
BY THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS
AND, JUST ADDED:
My Complete Knowledge of Military Strategy
By Nancy Pelosi
And the shortest book of them all…………………..
THINGS I DID TO DESERVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
By Barack Obama
Pennsylvania State Sen. Ted Erickson (R-26) gave a contingent from the Delaware County Patriots a private rundown, this morning, Aug. 13, on legislative issues about which they had concerns. While not everything about what was happening and where he stood on things was what the group wanted to hear, there was a significant amount of agreement.
Erickson also listened to the explanations the group offered with regard to why these issues were a concern and he appeared sincere in his attentiveness.
The Patriots is one of the many groups that started in the nation in response to the Democrat Party’s drive to take over the nation’s health care system under Barack Obama. The prescient wisdom of these groups is become more apparent daily, unfortunately.
The first issue discussed with Erickson was Common Core, the rather underhanded attempt to federalize the educational system that is causing grassroots opposition pop up through out the nation. Gov. Tom Corbett has stopped the implementation of it in this state.
“I don’t know what will happen right now,” said Erickson in regard to the program. “I’m willing to look at Common Core and go from there.” He said as a former educator he was strongly in favor of school accountability, and that No Child Left Behind was a failure. He said, however, he was fine with pending legislation in the State House that would maintain Pennsylvania’s independence in developing its own curriculum.
Much discussion was had over the failure to privatize Pennsylvania’s sale of liquor and wine. Erickson noted the Senate passed a bill to do so and placed the blame on the House for failing to agree to certain amendments. He said his big issue with the House bill was the way it overestimated the proceeds of the sale — $2 billion versus $400 million — from the state stores and that it would spend the money at once.
He said the issue is not dead and will be revisited.
He said he supported increases in gas taxes and tolls to raise money to repair infrastructure. The Patriots made it clear that this was a very bad idea, would cause an enormous amount of suffering among the populace and that they were very much against it.
They pointed out that a better idea would be to pass legislation ending prevailing wage, the existence of which adds an estimated 20 percent to the cost of construction projects.
He said the unions were too strong in the state, at which point the success of pro-citizen legislation in even more union-strong states like Michigan and Wisconsin was brought up. The members of the group noted that this is why many Pennsylvanians who are inclined to vote Republican are becoming very upset with the party as it controls the legislature and the governor’s office.
Erickson noted that he does not oppose paycheck protection — a law ending forced deductions from workers’ paychecks to pay for the salaries of union officers and lobbyists — and would vote for such a bill.
Erickson also said the looming ObamaCare changes are going to place a great burden on the people of the state, and have a major and negative impact on health care.
He noted that legislation he created and fought for establishing community-based health care clinic has finally become law and will help ease some of the suffering. The Patriots noted that was an excellent idea and praised him for it.
Erickson indicated he agreed with many of the groups fiscal concerns as well as those regarding the way some government officials seem to be shunting aside the rule of law. He expressed a willingness to work with the group on areas of common interest.
The Independence Hall Tea Party Association (IHTPA) PAC is making a final push for Dr. Alieta Eck to be the Republican nominee this October in the special election to fill the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Frank Lautenberg.
The seat is now filled by Jeff Chiesa, a liberal Republican appointed by Gov. Chris Christie, who is not seeking election.
Today’s primary election has Dr. Eck facing off against perennial candidate Steve Lonegan, who polls show losing to presumptive Democrat candidate Newark Mayor Corey Booker by 25 points according to Don Adams, president of the IHTPA- PAC.
“Our 27-member PAC Board of Delegates is very familiar with both Steve Lonegan and Alieta Eck,” said Adams. “While we respect Mr. Lonegan, we greatly appreciate the intelligence and temperament of Dr. Eck.”
Adams says that those interested in helping Dr. Eck’s campaign should do this:
Go to http://syntrix.co/ and sign up for a free account. (NOTE: DO NOT use the Facebook login).
Once you have set up an account, you can login and
1. Click on the “Campaigns” link from menu near the top of screen
2. Choose NJ from the drop down list and find Dr. Eck’s picture on the right.
3. Click on her name and you will then be directed to her “Campaign Page.”
4. From there, look to the left under “Quick Action Links” & click “Phone from Home.”
5. Call the numbers, follow the phone script, & record the answers.
Questions? Email Amy (amyshea72@gmail.com).
In a quasi-related matter, Booker’s Newark has been named the least friendliest city in the world by Conde Nast Traveler with terror-laden Islamabad, Pakistan finishing second.
Our link of the day is this article by Robert Spencer at PJMedia.com regarding the big government/big money establishment’s historical unwillingness to consider evidence that sometimes persons who wish harm to this nation acquire positions of great influence and their inclination to viciously attack those that point out suspicious connections.
Smart Ass Answers Courtesy of Cathy Craddock
It was mealtime during an airline flight.
‘Would you like dinner?’, the flight attendant asked John, seated in front.
‘What are my choices?’ John asked.
‘Yes or no,’ she replied.
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her.
Without missing a beat, she said, ‘Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub.’
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn’t find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, ‘ Do these turkeys get any bigger?’
The stock boy replied, ‘No ma’am, they’re dead…’
The police officer got out of his car as the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. ‘I’ve been waiting for you all day,’ the officer said.
The kid replied, Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could.’
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway and noticed a sign that read: Low Bridge Ahead. Before he knows it, the bridge is right in front of him and his truck gets wedged under it. Cars are backed up for miles.
Finally a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, ‘Got stuck, huh?’
The truck driver says, ‘No, I was delivering this bridge and I ran out of gas.’
A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow’s final exam. ‘Now class, I won’t tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that’s it, no other excuses whatsoever!’
A smart-ass student in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, ‘What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?’
The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shook her head and sweetly said, ‘Well, I guess you’d have to write the exam with your other hand.’
A woman is standing nude looking in the bedroom mirror. She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, ‘I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly… I really need you to pay me a compliment.’
The husband replies, ‘Your eyesight’s damn near perfect
August Produce Month — The Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program, along with vegetable growers across the Commonwealth, are celebrating August as Produce Month in Pennsylvania, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).
Pennsylvania’s 4,300 vegetable growers plant nearly 55,000 acres of vegetables that produce more than 200,000 tons of vegetables for fresh and processing use. August is the peak season for many Pennsylvania vegetable crops, and all but the early spring and late fall vegetable crops are available in August.
Vegetables marked with the PA Preferred logo are all from Pennsylvania growers and can easily be identified in supermarkets and farmer’s markets.
Timeeka Cropper, 27 and Ishemika Speight, 33, both of Wilmington waived their hearings last week before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang for an incident 3:42p.m., June 2, at Old Navy, 400 S. State Road, Marple, Pa.
Cropper is charged with retail theft and engaging in criminal conspiracy.
Speight is facing charges of retail theft, engaging in criminal conspiracy, possessing instruments of crime, and false identification to law enforcement authorities.
According to the affidavits, Marple Officers Joe McGettigan and Ray Stiles responded to Old Navy for a report of two shoplifters still in the store. They were taken into custody in the foyer of the store and merchandise valued at $1,014.65 was recovered.
Store security said Speight used a cutting tool to remove tags from the merchandise. They then concealed the merchandise in Walmart bags.
McGettigan located Stanley diagonal cutters behind Speight. Speight had no identification and gave police a false name. They were transported to Marple Police Station for Livescan and determined Speight was a wanted person.
Both defendants have multiple retail theft arrests.
Speight and Cropper were released and scheduled for a Sept. 5 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Gerald Marie Nichols, 59, of Philadelphia waived a hearing on the charge of a felony retail theft for an incident 4:36p.m., July 27, at Old Navy, 400 S. State Road. In exchange for the waiver the charge of simple assault was withdrawn.
According to the affidavit, Marple Officer Ray Stiles responded to Old Navy for a report of shoplifters. One was wearing a blue shirt pushing a stroller and the other woman was wearing a yellow shirt. He located them in front of the AMC movie theater and stopped them. Store security said the woman in the yellow shirt, later identified as Nichols, concealed merchandise in her purse and attempted to leave the store. When security approached Nichols, she removed the merchandise from her purse and “chest bumped” the security officer using her shoulders to push the security officer out the door.
Nichols was released and is scheduled for a Sept. 5 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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The charge of retail theft was withdrawn against Ellisha Jackson, 22, of Philadelphia for an incident 1:17 p.m., June 21, at Walmart, 400 S. State Road, when she allegedly stole seven items of clothing valued at $54.19.
Robert Foster, 32, of Wilmington, DE, waived a hearing before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang on the charge of DUI for an incident 3:48 a.m., April 21, on Marple Woods Drive, Marple, Pa.. In exchange for the waiver the charge of careless driving was withdrawn.
According to the affidavit, Marple Officer Ray Stiles responded to a report of a fight and located a car that went down an embankment. Both occupants were out of the car and uninjured.
Field sobriety tests showed signs that Foster was impaired. A breath test showed a high level of alcohol.
Foster was transported to Springfield Hospital for a blood test.
Foster was released and is scheduled for a Sept. 5 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Nicole Monastra, 25, of Aldan, waived a hearing on the charges of DUI, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges stem from an incident 6:32p.m., April 11, at the Country Squire Diner, 2560 West Chester Pike.
According to the affidavit, Marple Officer Joe McGettigan responded to the parking lot for a report of a suspected impaired driver from an off-duty Brookhaven Police Officer who saw Monastra hit the center medial strip several times.
McGettigan spoke to Monastra and she related she was on her way to work and got lost in Broomall. She left her car running when she decided to run in the diner to get an employment application.
Monastra was unsteady on her feet and exhibited signs of impairment during field sobriety tests. She was transported to Springfield Hospital for a blood test.
A small bag of marijuana, a smoking pipe and some pills were confiscated from Monastra’s car.
Monastra was released and is scheduled for a Sept. 5 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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John McLaughlin, 22, of Havertown plead guilty to disorderly conduct for an incident 1:32p.m., Nov. 26, at Delaware County Community College, 901 S. Media Line Road.
In exchange for the guilty plea, the charges of criminal mischief and harassment were withdrawn.
According to the affidavit, Marple Detective Barry Williams said McLaughlin had an argument with his ex-girlfriend and shattered her front windshield, pulled off her rearview mirror, and punched and dented her dashboard. The damage was estimated at $3,546.27.
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Matthew Pope, 32, of Hatboro plead guilty to bad checks for an incident 11:25 a.m., July 22, at the Broomall Post Office, 2628 West Chester Pike. In exchange for the guilty plea the charge of possession of a controlled substance was withdrawn.
According to the affidavit, Marple Detective Mike Sharkey said Pope attempted to purchase 15 books of stamps with a check for $138. Postal employees recognized Pope as a person who passes bad checks and refused the transaction. Police were called and Pope was located outside. During a pat down search of Pope, police located a bag of marijuana.
Pope was released and credited with time served.