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By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.
Marie Antoinette
Each year the average commuter spends 34 hours stuck in traffic and wastes $713 just by sitting there
— William W. Lawrence Sr
HB 421 Ends Unemployment Pay For Retirees — With the ballyhooed vote to phase out Pennsylvania’s state stores, a rather significant act slipped under most media’s radar last week.
State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) that the House voted unanimously last week to end “triple dipping” by retirees, whereby individuals collect a public pension or private retirement benefit while returning to work, only to collect unemployment compensation when leaving the job.
House Bill 421 would stipulate in the Unemployment Compensation Law that any retiree who voluntarily leaves employment to maintain eligibility for retirement benefits is ineligible to collect unemployment. This also would apply to retirees who are terminated by the employer so those individuals can maintain their retirement.
Current law contains no clear prohibition against an individual collecting unemployment if he or she leaves a job to continue retirement or annuity benefits. However, the law does specify an offset of retirement benefits against unemployment benefits, meaning those individuals who have participated in these activities did not receive full unemployment benefits.
This sort of the thing would not be happening if Democrats ran the place. House Bill 421 now goes before the Senate for consideration.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!”
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HB 492 Gives Victims Say In Parole — The State House has passed legislation to give Pennsylvania crime victims a say during the parole process of an inmate, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
House Bill 492 would allow a victim or victim representative to appear personally before the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and provide testimony in connection with an inmate’s application for parole. The bill would make it clear that the decision for victims or their representatives to appear and be heard by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole is up to them, not the board. Additionally, if victims or their representatives so choose, they would be permitted to appear by any electronic means made available by the board, such as video conference.
House Bill 492 was inspired by a case in the Philadelphia area in which a convicted murderer was granted parole before completing his maximum sentence without input from the victim’s family. The decision was later reversed.
The house at 7th and Market sts in Philadelphia where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence was replaced with a hamburger stand.
— William W. Lawrence Sr
Philadlephia-based, Obama-supporting Comcast has banned advertising by gun and ammunition sellers.
In a totally unrelated issue, the cable giant will be airing Scarface with Al Pacino at 11 this morning, March 23. Remember Tony Montana can have a grenade launcher. He’s a criminal.
Free plug of the day, check out Bob’s Little Sports Shop in Glassboro, N.J.. The man’s a poet unlike the gangster lovers at Comcast.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Daniel Webster
Frederic Bastiat
Dog License Awareness Month — March has been designated as “Dog License Awareness Month” in the Commonwealth, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). As part of the observance, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a poster contest for students in first through sixth grades, calling on them to create a poster about the importance of dog licensing.
The grand prize winner will receive a $20 cash prize and his or her poster will be featured on the cover of the 2014 Dog Law Enforcement Office Coloring Book. The deadline for submitting a poster is April 30.
State law requires all dogs three months and older to be licensed each year. Owners who fail to license their dogs could face a fine of up to $300 for each unlicensed animal. An annual dog license costs $8.45 and a lifetime license is $51.45. If the animal is spayed or neutered, the annual fee is $6.45 and the lifetime license is $31.45. Discounts are available to older adults and people with disabilities.
Dog licenses can be purchased from a county treasurer or another licensing agent, including retail stores and veterinarian offices. They can also be purchased online, in some cases.
For more information on Pennsylvania’s dog licensing law or the poster contest, the deadline for which is April 30, please visit www.licenseyourdogPA.com.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Frederic Bastiat