Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
News for the concerned voter and not reported in Inquirer or Daily News, regularly. The Pocono Record has done an exemplary job on reporting this issue of gerrymandering. See article below from Pocono Record with links
Districts are drawn by incumbents for incumbents to protect incumbents from competitive electoral contests. Philadelphia's ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Philadelphia Police Department has prepared a Crime Map, searchable by address, in a 30 day window, of various crime categories. This enables residents and visitors to be aware of potential crime problem areas. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. KYW is reporting a rise in robberies in ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
This may be an arcane bit of legislative maneuvering but it is, in fact, a very big deal and the Senate Leadership is to be commended. Lame Duck or "Sine Die" has been a device to pass very unpopular legislation without accountability. It occurs after the November elections when retiring ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Senator Bob Regola introduced then Senate Bill 11 which would amend the State Constitution to ban the Lame Duck Session. This bill went nowhere in the last session. He re-introduced it last year as Senate Bill 468. This bill was passed overwhelmingly by the State Senate but, incredibly, has seen ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Rube Goldberg would appreciate the mandates, regulations and design of Warner-Lieberman Global Warming Bill
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