William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-11-14
There are five states with more than 1 million veterans among their population: California (2.1 million), Florida (1.7 million), Texas (1.7 million), New York (1 million) and Pennsylvania (1 million)
2014 Delco Veterans Day Parade Is 11 a.m.
Today is Veterans Day.
The big event in Delaware County will be the 55th Annual Veterans Day Parade which will start in Media, the county seat, at 11 a.m.
Grand Marshal will be Andrew Schiavello of Springfield and the Honor Flight Philadelphia team.
Honor Flight Flight Philadelphia has been giving veterans all-expense paid trips to the memorials in Washington since 2011. The trips are followed by a banquet.
The Delaware County Patriots notes that WPHT 1210 AM Radio Host Dom Giordano will be broadcasting his show, which runs 9 a.m. to noon, live from the steps of the Media Court House.
The Patriots remind all to fly their flags today and to visit this moving tribute to our veterans from Ronald Reagan.
They have also provided this little bit of history:
Veterans Day as a federal holiday:
Originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the signing of the agreement that ended WWI at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 which became a day to honor all the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces.
2014 Delco Veterans Day Parade Is 11 a.m. Today
Act 194 Makes Trade Schools EITC Eligible
Pennsylvania House Bill 91, was signed into law as Act 194 of 2014 on Oct. 31 by Gov. Tom Corbett.
The new law gives public career and technical schools eligibility to participate in two nationally acclaimed tax credit programs, the state Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
The EITC and OSTC programs allow eligible businesses that contribute to scholarship organizations affiliated with public or private schools to receive a tax credit equal to 75 percent of its contribution, up to a maximum of $750,000 per taxable year. The OSTC program targets students residing within the boundaries of low-achieving schools.
“Many of Pennsylvania’s 82 career and technical schools have limited options to receive scholarship donations,” said Cox. “This new law makes them eligible to take part in these popular tax credit programs that will improve the educational experience for students on a technical career path.”
Act 194 Makes Trade Schools EITC Eligible
William Lawrence Sr. Omnbit 11-10-14
William Lawrence Sr. Omnbit 11-10-14
Yes, Anthony, salt was indeed valuable in days of yore. So valuable, in fact, it was the source of the world “salary.”
Salary Source Is Salt
Pa License Centers Closed On Veterans Day
PennDOT driver license and photo centers will be closed on tomorrow, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).
This includes the full-service center in Harrisburg,
Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, he said.
Pa License Centers Closed On Veterans Day
Philadelphia Now Hip
Philadelphia seems to be hip now. Buzzfeed.com has an article 36 Reasons Philadelphia May Be The Weirdest City – which Buzzfeed means as a compliment — and Huff Post Travel has published 31 Reasons Philadelphia Is The Most Underrated City In America
One guesses that sort of thing is bound to happen when the world’s largest entertainment conglomerate makes a place its headquarters.
Huff Post mentions include BYOB restaurants, soft pretzels, cheap alcohol, Wawa and the Wing Bowl.
Buzzfeed mentions include Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets, several items concerning Philadelphia sports fans (with which we are in complete agreement regarding weirdness albeit not in a complimentary sense), Wawa and the Wing Bowl.
Of course, the truth is that Philadelphia was always hip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Wk98IH2fU
Philadelphia Now Hip
CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama
CNN’s Erin Burnett did a report, Nov. 7, on the controversy about Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill going public with the claim he was the one who fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden. The banner beneath beneath kind of undercut the credibility of what she was reporting assuming the declining network has any credibility left to undercut.
No, it didn’t just run for a second. It ran for the entire piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgdNVJgLEM
And such is the state of the old journalism outfits.
CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama
CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama
Hat tip Cathy Craddock
Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape
Dominic Pileggi of the 9th District is facing a challenge from Jake Corman of the 34th District to be Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania State Senate, a spot Pileggi now holds.
Pileggi has been under fire from conservative groups and has come under fire from newcomer Sen. Scott Wagner of the 28th District for the inability to get commonsense consumer and taxpayer oriented reforms in the state that would gore the oxen of the state’s powerful and wealthy unions but would make life a lot easier for everybody else.
We have been asked to compile a list of Pileggi’s major contributors.
After going through Pileggi’s 34 pages of contributions for 2014 on the state’s campaign finance website, we have found these groups that have donated at least five figures to Friends of Dominic Pileggi. (Regarding Steam Fitters Local 449, we figure a steamfitter is a steamfitter.)
University City Housing Company
10/08/2014 $25,000
Vahan H. Gureghian
05/15/2014 $25,000
CARPENTERS LEG. PROGRAM OF GREATER PA PAC
04/07/2014 $25,000
CARPENTERS PAC OF PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY
04/07/2014 $25,000
LOCAL 66 PAC CLUB
04/07/2014 $25,000
Local Union #98 I.B.E.W, Committee on Political Education
05/15/2014 $25,000
PA FUTURE FUND (business)
03/10/2014 $20,000
PENNSYLVANIA HORSEBREEDER’S ASSOCIATION INC PAC
04/07/2014 $20,000
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
05/14/2014 $15,000
06/24/2014 $1,000
09/08/2014 $1,000
10/01/2014 $1,000
Robert C Robb, Jr.
05/15/2014 $15,000
Comcast Corp & NBCUniversal PAC
06/24/2014 $15,000
PSEA PACE
03/10/2014 $1,000
08/20/2014 $10,000
03/10/2014 $1,000
Responsible Citizens
05/08/2014 $10,000
Pennsylvania Healthcare Assoc. PAC
10/02/2014 $10,000
PECOPAC
10/02/2014 $10,000
McNees PAC
06/28/2014 $10,000
Steamfitters’ Local Union 420 Committee on Political Education Fund
05/14/2014 $10,000
Steam Fitters Local 449 PAC Fund
05/14/2014 $3,000
However, a supporter of Pileggi sent us the following list of contributors to Corman for 2014 and noted that Corman was a yes vote on the pay raise and pension hike.
PSEA PACE
7,500
10 20 2014
$5,000
3 24 2014
For the People
Allentown
$5,000
3 24 2014
(PAC formed by former Democratic State Rep. Jennifer Mann with leftover campaign money. Mann now Chairs the PAC)
Committee for a Better Tomorrow (Philly Trial Lawyers)
$5,000
3 28 2014
AFSCME Council 13 PAC
$2,000
2 26 2014
Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19
Philadelphia
$1,000
3 28 2014
LAWPAC (Statewide Trial Lawyers)
800 North Third Street 2nd Floor
Harrisburg
PA 17102
$1,000
10 9 2014
APSCUF/CAP-PA (State University Faculty)
$1,000
3 24 2014
Steamfitters Local 449 PAC
Pittsburgh
$500
1 6 2014
Can we wish a pox on both houses?
Truthfully, we suspect that both men are smart enough to read the very large writing put on the wall by the voters in the once union-dominated states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and remember the fate of soon-to-be former Gov. Tom Corbett. They are also smart enough to know they are being watched and being held accountable.
To our Tea Party friends who see bright red whenever they look at Pileggi’s name, stop making it personal. If Pileggi should win, focus on issues. To use a local example, a new $150 million high school is being proposed for Springfield. Repealing the prevailing wage law will cut the cost greatly with some estimating it could be by as much as $30 million. The unions that contribute to both men but especially Pileggi don’t want the law to change. We suspect it would be far more effective to focus on the issue of saving elderly and unemployed people a lot of money while getting a school built rather than about how Pileggi is a bad, bad, bad person.
And that is the Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape.
Pileggi vs Corman – Tale Of The Tape.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-8-14
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-8-14
Q How many times does the word or numeral (1) appear on the one dollar bill?
A. 16
New Legislative Session Begins Jan. 6
The Pennsylvania General Assembly will convene on Jan. 6 for a swearing-in ceremony, signaling the beginning of a new legislative session, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
All members of the state House of Representatives will take the oath of office to serve a new two-year term.
Any bills that were introduced and in various stages of approval in the General Assembly, but did not become law, expired with the end of the current session and must be re-introduced, he said.
The new makeup of the state House and Senate – with many new representatives and senators taking office – also means that bills that did not have enough support in previous years may have enough votes to be approved by the General Assembly, he said.