The petition states that Kane has been an “incredible asset” to the state, keeping focus on her main goal of making streets safer. The increase in child predator and drug arrests, as well as the implementation of a mobile crime unit are some of the specific issues the petition credits Kane’s administration with improving…
Month: August 2015
Clinton and Biden’s awkward friendship
POLITICO COLUMN: …During [Barack Obama’s] first term, the two developed a kinship — cultivated during weekly breakfast meetings in Biden’s cozy parlor — that hadn’t existed before (or since). For both, the experience kindled an abiding sense of affection, and not a little ambivalence. Clinton got an up-close earful of the maddening duality of Biden […]
More benefits of government employment discovered
State Attorney General Kathleen Kane continues to sit on thousands of pornographic emails exchanged by at least 50 state workers. Her threats could be an underlying reason that she could be booted out of her elective office.
Are all indictments of leaders to be treated the same? Then what follows Kathleen Kane?
And what sort of power does this give to accusers? They don’t have to prove a damn thing. “New York State chief judge Sol Wachtler was famously quoted by Tom Wolfe in The Bonfire of the Vanities that ‘a grand jury would “indict a ham sandwich,” if that’s what you wanted.’
Iowa poll: Sanders closing on Clinton
POLITICO: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is rapidly closing the gap with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but she still maintains a solid lead in Iowa’s Democratic caucuses, according to a poll released Saturday. Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner and establishment favorite, is drawing 37 percent of the vote. Sanders earns 30 percent of the vote. […]
LETTER: Supremes “are swinging for the fences”
Re: Response to “Board Seeks Suspension of Kane’s Law License, Sources Say” So the partisans on the Supreme Court told the Disciplinary Board to send it their way so they can suspend her. They are swinging for the fence. If the trial turns out to be trumped up, like I think it is, they would […]
Response to “Board Seeks Suspension of Kane’s Law License, Sources Say”
The board has the ability to petition the state Supreme Court for an emergency temporary suspension of a law license through Rule 208 of the Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement for “egregious conduct.”
Porngate: More than dirty pictures
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL: …How can Corbett not be held accountable for presiding over a culture that would tolerate such stuff? His acclaimed ignorance that it was going on is no excuse. In fact, as a leader, his cluelessness constitutes a form of permission. Meanwhile, two people involved in this scandal are now employed by […]
Where do we sign?
“Texas Secession Petition Racks Up More Than 80,000 Signatures” … Huntington Post
Virginia Shooting Spotlights Riddle of Workplace Safety
NEW YORK TIMES: …It is a nightmare for any employer: what to do with a volatile, constantly aggrieved worker who has had angry, even frightening confrontations with fellow workers — yet has committed no crime. Because he had no convictions and had not been adjudicated mentally ill, Mr. Flanagan was able to legally purchase from […]
In landmark case, labor board will let more workers bargain with their employer’s employer
EDITOR: Still more… WASHINGTON POST: …The board’s action is just the latest to tackle the trend. The Department of Labor has cracked down on employer misclassification of independent contractors, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has directed inspectors to consider whether principal employers might be at fault for the safety violations of their subcontractors. […]
John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz ‘Jackass’ at Colorado Fundraiser
NEWSMAX: House Speaker John Boehner fired a stunning blast at Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, reportedly calling him a “jackass” during a Colorado fundraiser. The Daily Caller, citing two people who attended the Steamboat Springs event for GOP Rep. Scott Tipton, reports Boehner glibly remarked that he liked that Cruz’s presidential campaign keeps “that jackass” […]
NLRB rules against business in pivotal joint-employer decision
THE HILL: …. The labor board determined Browning-Ferris should be considered a “joint employer” with the Phoenix-based staffing agency. As a result, the company can be pulled into collective bargaining negotiations with those employees and held liable for any labor violations committed against them. The NLRB ruling is a sharp departure from previous decisions that […]
U. S. Economy grew at 3.7% pace in Second Quarter
WALL STREET JOURNAL: …The Commerce Department said Thursday the nation’s gross domestic product—the government’s broadest measure of economic output—expanded at a 3.7% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the spring, faster than the initial estimate of a 2.3% growth rate. Other recent reports have shown gains in consumer confidence, retail sales and home building. Still, the […]