Golf Outing Benefits Honor Flight

Golf Outing Benefits Honor Flight
A veteran returning home from last spring’s Honor Flight Philadelphia trip.

All proceeds from All American Day Charitable Trust 4th Annual Golf Outing will benefit Honor Flight Philadelphia, according to even organizers.

It will be held Oct. 16 at Broad Run Golfer’s Club, 1520 Tattersall Way, West Chester, Pa. 19380.

Foursome’s are $360 and must be paid in advance. The cost for individuals is $110 or $100 on the day of the event.

Check is 8 a.m.

For information or to register call Greg Biester at 610-209-6311 or email him at greg.biester@gmail.com,

Honor Flight Philadelphia provides an all-expense-paid day of recognition for veterans.

Delco Passes Budget Sans Tax Hike Again

While Gov. Wolf was playing political games with the Pennsylvania budget, Delaware County Council, this afternoon, Oct. 7 passed theirs and without a tax hike.  Delco Passes Budget Sans Tax Hike Again

It was the second straight year it has done so.

The county is controlled by people with the philosophy that while government is necessary those who pay for it are not bottomless pits of money.

“In recent years, the state and federal budget cycle is filled with talk of programs cuts, austerity, tax hikes and hiring freezes. We are pleased that at the county level we are finalizing a budget that both addresses the needs of our residents and protects the interests of our taxpayers,” said County Vice Chairman Colleen Morrone.

Delaware County’s Home Rule Charter spells out the timing and process of formulating the budget each year. The executive director is expected to deliver a proposed budget to County Council on Nov. 2. A public hearing is scheduled for the first week in December.

“This is really good news for Delaware County,” said Councilman John McBlain.

As the liaison for Emergency Management, McBlain said the county is committed to public safety. He said county officials have worked for months to convince state officials to restructure the funding process for 911 systems.

“With the passage of Act 12, which was signed into law this summer and went into effect on Aug. 1, we anticipate a restructuring of fees that will be returned to the county to fund our 911 service,” McBlain said.

Councilman Mike Culp said the county also anticipates an increase in Medicaid reimbursements for Fair Acres, the county’s skilled care facility that is home to 900 residents who are elderly or fragile.
“We feel strongly about maintaining the quality of services that help vulnerable populations maintain their quality of life,” Culp said. “That includes Fair Acres, Children and Youth Services and all of our Human Services.”

Culp explained that Council worked with elected leaders at the state and federal level to secure Medicaid reimbursements that will ensure the quality of care at Fair Acres without the county incurring a large deficit.

 

Delco Passes Budget Sans Tax Hike Again

House Rejects Wolf Tax Plan

House Rejects Wolf Tax Plan
Shame on you Governor Wolf for your irresponsibility and intransigence.

The Pennsylvania House this afternoon, Oct. 7, voted down Gov. Wolf proposed tax hike, 127-73.

No Republican supported the bill and nine Democrats — Frank Burns (72nd), Jaret Gibbons (10th),  Ted Harhai (58th)  (Nick Kotik (45th), Tim Mahoney (51st), Robert Matzie (16th), Joseph Patrarca (55th), Chris Sainato (9th),  and Pam Snyder (50th) — also voted nay.

Harhai was not recorded as a nay on the first release of the roll call.

Gov. Wolf sought to raise the state income tax 16 percent.

He also sought to impose a natural gas drilling tax of  3.5 percent, plus 4.7 cents per thousand cubic feet. This would be on top of the existing  impact fee which brings in about $220 million per year in revenue.

The state legislature passed 30.179 billion budget on June 30 that was a 3.6 percent increase over the previous year and would have increased education spending by $100 million.

Wolf vetoed it.

He also rejected a recent proposal to increase education spending by $400 million if he agrees to liquor privatization and pension reform.

In the meantime, due to the Governor’s ego and intransigence, schools and social services are not getting necessary funds.

Shame on you Gov. Wolf.

House Rejects Wolf Tax Plan

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-7-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-7-15

The United States tried to buy Greenland for $100 million in 1946. The Danes wouldn’t sell.

Tax Poor Help Rich

Tax Poor Help Rich
Gov Wolf want to tax the poor to help the rich.

A vote on Gov. Tom Wolf’s big bad tax hike is scheduled for today, Oct. 7. The governor says he needs it fund education. No, what he wants it for is to fund government income including that of retirees some of whom have pensions of close to a half million dollars.

Gov. Wolf wants to take money from elderly people on fixed income, working class couples worried about how to pay for their kids college and the out-of-work and give it to rich people.

That is corruption. It’s not illegal corruption, obviously. The law is written to allow for this. But it is corruption nevertheless.

By the way, with regard for  the need for more money for “education”, it has been revealed that those we have tasked with protecting it have not been all that interested in doing their job.

Pennsylvania  Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has released a report saying that the state Department of Education is beset by apathy, and mired in bureaucratic ineptness.

It is obvious that if those in charge of education were doing the job they were supposed to we would not need more taxes on the little guy to pay for the rich people’s pensions.

Tax Poor Help Rich

 

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-8-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-8-15

Marinades don’t tenderize meat unless they are yogurt based.

Larry Denver Valley Forge Pats Speaker

Larry Denver Valley Forge Pats SpeakerLarry Denver of Faith & Freedom Coalition of Pennsylvania will speak, 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9 before the Valley Forge Patriots at P J Ryan’s Pub, 233 Bridge St., Phoenixville 19460.

His topic will be America is at a “tipping point”.

Larry Denver Valley Forge Pats Speaker

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-5-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-5-15

Shower curtains move towards the water because the spray creates a miniature hurricane. David Schmidt  of the University of Massachusetts Amherst determined this in 2001 on his home computer.

Wolf Tax Vote Oct. 7

Wolf Tax Vote Oct. 7Leo Knepper of Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania reports that the Pennsylvania House will vote on Governor Wolf’s tax proposal, Oct. 7. Taxpayers in Pennsylvania cannot afford the $5 billion in tax increases that the Governor is demanding over the next two years. Every member of the House should vote “NO” on the Governor’s tax proposal, he says and he is right.

Knepper says that CAP will be closely monitoring the amendment process.

“While some lawmakers might be tempted to vote in favor of the extraction tax, bank share fee, and/or tax increase on tobacco products, CAP will also score attempts to amend the legislation toward those ends negatively,” he said. “In other words, the Governor’s proposal should be voted on in its entirety.

Knepper says that the Governor and his allies have painted this as a vote to make the natural gas industry pay “its fair share”, but the reality is that 75 percent of the new taxes will be collected via the personal income tax and changes to the sales tax.

He asks that you contact your Representative, Senator, and Governor Wolf to let them know that you oppose this latest scheme to raise your taxes and this can be done via this link.

Wolf Tax Vote Oct. 7

Best Buys Nice Shopping Experience

Best Buys Nice Shopping ExperienceThe big box stores have a bad rep but we’d like to praise the Best Buys on Baltimore Pike in Springfield, Pa.

Springfield Township, like most, won’t accept electronics in the trash stream.  Our old TV died and we needed a new one. The township charges $50 to dispose of unwanted televisions. Best Buys, however, has allowed the township to refer it to those who need to dispose of old hardware.

And so we went. There was no hassle, they just slapped a tag on it and had us put it in a shopping cart. We were free to go. We didn’t have to buy anything.

Of course, we did even though we had not planned on getting our replacement there.

Will Walmart and the other brick and mortar appliance dealers do the same? If yes, they ought let let the municipal governments know about it and ask them to promote it.

It is a service the web retailers will find it tough to match.

Best Buys Nice Shopping Experience