House Bill Calls For Fines For Motorists Who Ignore Temp Flood Barriers

The State House, last week, unanimously approved a measure aimed at protecting the safety of drivers and first responders in a flood event reports Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 
House Bill 2199 would fine motorists who ignore temporary police barricades and drive through flooded areas during and after severe storms. Under the bill, any individual who requires rescue, towing or medical assistance because he or she ignored a barricade would face a fine from $250 to $500. In addition, the individual would be responsible for the costs of being rescued and would have points assessed to his or her driving record. 
House Bill 2199 now goes before the Senate for consideration. 

Marking Time In The New Millennium

Walking down the street today I felt a
deep sense of sadness and loss. My mind drifted to the past, back
when things were more open, and when people were more able to speak
their minds; the times before 9/11, when the country was free and
everyone wasn’t polarized. Do any of you remember that time? It was
just after President Clinton left the White House and the country had
a surplus for the first time that would have expanded until we were
prosperous, had it not been spent on tax cuts for the top 1% and on
war and security. This time though, it was a war on terror meaning
that it would go on forever.

As long as someone disagreed with us,
the war would go on. If we feared someone was going to do something,
the war would go on. If someone sounded as though they were going to
do something, the war would go on. Soon people started to censor
themselves or be censored while the most conservative voices began to
spew out hatred and ways of thinking all the way back to the time of
the Civil War and before. The world really turned around 9/11.
Millions of people have suffered because some people saw this
incident as an opportunity to push through hidden agendas they had
been working on for decades in order to lessen the power of the
people in this nation, and to take the resources of the average
working families.

My sadness, I guess, was for myself,
but more for the nation. People get angry. They work hard to
justify their anger as they are laid off, or as the price of
everything is going up while the wages are going down. They point at
each other, or blame some ethnic group or the other, or even poor
people sometimes. This is sad and troubling and leads to nothing
except anger and squabbling. So here we are right now trapped in a
world of anger, finger pointing, and squabbling. As most people
would agree who never dreamed of being part of such a world, things
are just getting more ugly with no hope for any type of change or
improvement while a very small part of the population is taking
property, foreclosing on homes, just making all kinds of money by
keeping all of the anger alive.

John Gilmore

www.nextstepcoaching.4t.com .

Daylight Burglary In Newtown Sparks Advisory

Courtesy Pattie Price

On Friday May 11,  the Newtown Township (Pa.) Police investigated the burglary of a residence on St. Davids Road.  The victim reported that sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30pm, someone entered their house through an unlocked rear door and removed a large amount of jewelry from the master bedroom.  A white male, 5’8”, 18-22 years old with dark hair, carrying a back pack was seen walking on St. Davids Road around the time of the burglary.  If anyone was in the area and saw this person, please contact the Newtown Police.  No other burglaries were reported.

Reminder – Lock all doors and windows when leaving the house.  If you house is equipped with an alarm system, use it.  Don’t leave jewelry or other small valuables in the master bedroom, it’s the first place thieves look.  If you see a suspicious person in your neighborhood call 911 right away, you know your neighborhoods and when something or some one is out of place.

Lt. Christopher Lunn

Newtown Township Police Department

209 Bishop Hollow Rd

Newtown Square, PA 19073

610-356-0602

Spend, Spend, Spend In The State Senate II

Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi reports that the Pennsylvania Senate is considering SB 1480 Capital Budget of 2012 which adds $1,675,000,000 in debt. 
Last year Act 130 of 2011 added $1,600,000,000 in debt. The General Assembly will also be voting on half billion dollars for favored four billionaire higher education corporations in June. 
 

Spend, Spend, Spend In The Pa. State Senate

The State Senate last week voted on a 2012-13 state budget bill as a step forward in the process of adopting a final budget agreement by June 30, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
Senate Bill 1466 would restore significant funding for K-12 and higher education institutions, which were cut in the governor’s initial proposal, Cox says. 
Specifically, the bill would restore funding for State System of Higher Education schools, as well as state-related universities (Pitt, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln), to the same levels as the current budget. State funding for the schools was cut by nearly 20 percent in the 2011-12 state budget. 
To enhance support for K-12 education, the bill includes $50 million to reinstate the Accountability Block Grants program, which provides flexible funding to school districts to use in the areas of greatest need. 
Lawmakers are still reviewing the details of the Senate plan and anticipate bringing a budget bill before the House in the coming weeks. 

Property Tax Rally Attendance Estimated At 1000

State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reports an estimated 1,000 persons attended the May 7 rally for House Bill 1776, which would abolish the school property.
The rally was held in  the Capitol Rotunda.
Taxpayers shared stories about how the school property tax is ruining their lives.
“It was clear from their stories that the school property tax does not work and must be replaced. House Bill 1776 would replace the school property tax with other state funding sources,” Cox said.
He noted that details about the bill, which is named the Property Tax Independence Act, can be found on his website.
House Bill 1776 is before the House Finance Committee, which will be holding a hearing on the legislation on May 21.
Property Tax Rally Attendance Estimated At 1000
Property Tax Rally Attendance Estimated At 1000

God’s Masterpiece Is Mother

By Herbert Farnham 
God took the fragrance of a flower… 
The majesty of a tree… 
The gentleness of morning dew… 
The calm of a quiet sea… 
The beauty of the twilight hour… 
The soul of a starry night… 
The laughter of a rippling brook… 
The grace of a bird in flight… 
Then God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other, 
And when his masterpiece was through He called it simply – Mother.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers.

It’s Boom Time In Conservative Canada

Back in the ’90s we Americans would mock Canada’s stagnant socialist, over-regulated, politically correct economy. 

Well, the Wall Street Journal has just reported that April was the second straight month of major job growth in the Great White North adding almost six times more net job jobs than expected due to a record increase in the goods producing sector.
It was the best performance in 30 years.
So how did the worm turn? A year ago, the Canadians gave control of the government to economic conservatives. Four years ago, Americans gave control of the government to socialists.