According to Capitolwire
HARRISBURG (May 29) - Senate Republicans announced Thursday that the chamber will not hold a post-election “sine die” session.
That will give the Legislature less than two months after the summer recess to wrap up its work for the entire session, and make this year’s budget session even more crucial than usual. (more…)
Archive for May, 2008
Senate Cancels 2008’s Lame-Duck Session
Posted in Politics on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
TURNPIKE Q&A: from the Commonwealth Foundation
Posted in Politics, tagged Act 44, bridge repair, mass transit, Turnpike lease on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Leasing the Turnpike: Questions & Answers First is a series from the Commonwealth Foundation
1. Does Pennsylvania need more money for its roads, highways, bridges and mass transit systems?
The Pennsylvania Transportation Funding and Reform Commission (November 2006 report) identified the need for an increase of $1.7 billion in annual funding simply to maintain the state’s [...]
Redistricting Hearing Cancelled
Posted in Politics, tagged Redistrcting, reform on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
According to a story appearing in today’s Pocono Record entitled “Redistricting never leaves the station: Bus trip to Harrisburg postponed” House State Government Committee Chair, Rep. Babette Josephs pulled HB 2420 for reasons which strongly echo the advance written testimony, posted below.
To read the story:
\”Redistricting never leaves station\”
REDISTRICTING TESTIMONY HB2420
Posted in Politics, tagged CITIZEN'S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, REDISTRICTING on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 29,2008 - HARRISBURG, Pa.
Statement of Dennis Baylor, 2654 Mountain Road, Hamburg, Pa.
Good morning Madam Chairwoman and Committee members. I would like to thank the members of the State Government Committee and staff for accommodating my further testimony on the subject of redistricting/ [...]
Leauge of Women Voters Statement
Posted in Politics, tagged corruption, former Cheif Justice Cappy, League of Women Voters, sanctions on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
226 Forster Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102-3220
717.234.1576
May 23, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bonita C. Hoke, Executive Director
Case to be debated in the courtroom, not in news media
Since the May 19, 2008 filing of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania lawsuit against former Supreme Court [...]
Castille must go!
Posted in Politics, tagged castille, corruption, courts on May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Opinion by Russ Diamond of
PACleansweep
Disorder in the courts.
Castille exacerbates Pennsylvania’s crisis in confidence
Any hope for independent and impartially dispensed justice in Pennsylvania took a turn for the worse this week, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ronald Castille further revealed his true [...]
Chief Justice Castille claims ’slander’
Posted in Politics, tagged corruption, League of Women Voters, pay raise on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
According to an article appearing in the May 20th Harrisburg Patriot-News.
The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the League of Women Voters “slanders” the court and its former chief justice in a federal lawsuit, and he warned the group and its attorney could face repercussions.
The lawsuit claims that one or more of the [...]
Government has ignored our energy problems for decades.
Posted in Politics, tagged alternate energy, composting, wind-turbines on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The following article is from the March 1980 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine, and features a wind-turbine I designed for a Bronx, N.Y. alternate energy demonstration project. The machine powered an automatic trash sorting/recycling/composting facility. That was roughly thirty years ago.
Windy City
Not Chicago, but New York; specifically, the Bronx. A free-standing windmill with [...]
Spanish Company offers $12.8 billion to lease Pa. Turnpike.
Posted in Politics, tagged Turnpike lease on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
According to a story in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — A Spanish company and its New York City-based partner offered $12.8 billion to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 75 years, a plan that supporters claim would raise more money annually than the state’s current transportation strategy.
Wary legislators, some of who charge that Gov. Ed Rendell crafted [...]
How much is Pennsylvania’s Turnpike worth?
Posted in Politics, tagged constitutional convention, Turnpike lease on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
NEWS RELEASE from the Commonwealth Foundation
First Turnpike Bid Is In! Only $5.3 Billion
PA Turnpike Commission plan will provide only $450 million per year for state?s roads, highways, bridges, and mass transit
HARRISBURG, PA . As Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly await bids from private-sector companies to lease and operate the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Commonwealth [...]
