WE’RE # 1 …WE’RE # 1!

The essence of government is about prioritizing conflicting public policy considerations. And the most expensive legislature in the nation, for pocket change, will throw orphans and the deaf over the side to retain the lifestyle that they have become accustomed to.

BAIL OUT OUR LEGISLATURE

PA’s new open records law went into effect with the beginning of the new year.

2009 — A NOT SO FRESH START

People Buying More Booze as Economy Sours.

AND THE WINNER IS…

It has been two months since we last looked in on our legislature. They were in session five of those days.

SOB–Save Our Bridges

Transportation Funding in Pa Gets Detoured

THE KLEPTOCRACY TAKES A HOLIDAY (no pun intended)

kleptocracy (klep’-toc-racy) n. 1. government run by thieves. 2. The
Pennsylvania General Assembly

Bonus Gate: Keeping Nader Off The Ballot

“The Pennsylvania Democrats’ effort to deny Pennsylvania voters the choice of voting for the Nader-Camejo candidacy in 2004 appears to have been a criminal conspiracy massive in scale, involving virtually the entire House Democratic caucus staff, and top Democratic leadership,” Nader said.

Bonus Gate: The Fallout

“Bonus Gate,” has all the ingredients that the public has come to expect from contemporary political scandal. Cold cash in the form of illicit bonuses handed out to both witting and unwitting accomplices, titillating sexual encounters, interns, blowjobs, dirt surreptitiously uncovered and used on political enemies, all carried out by an unlikely cast of characters. It even has comedic hijinks, and innuendo worthy of the Daily Show’.

Bonus Gate: The Perps

The first indictments in the assault on our democracy

Liberty Gets a Wedgie

One aspect of the agreement on judicial nominees reportedly involves the alternate energy investment plan, sources said. The governor has suggested that the closer to $850 million over three years the energy investment plan is, the more input he is willing to take from the Senate GOP on the judicial appointments…