HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Op-ed: … One needs look no further than the federal system to see how a “nomination and consent” process can get bogged down in politics. The New York Times has written about the “severe breakdown” of the federal appointment process in recent years due to political skirmishes.
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Beaver lawmaker questions Pennsylvania’s no-bid website contract
Matzie said the 456-page contract appears to give NIC the right to process credit cards for new or existing electronic transactions for up to 10 years, potentially earning NIC hundreds of millions of dollars
Rabbi Who Cried to the Jews of Buchenwald: ‘You Are Free’
“Shalom Aleichem, Yidden,” Rabbi Schacter cried in Yiddish, “ihr zint frei!” — “Peace be upon you, Jews, you are free!” He ran from barracks to barracks, repeating those words. He was joined by those Jews who could walk, until a stream of people swelled behind him…
LETTER: No ‘outside the box’ thinking desired at Lancaster Newspapers
Why is LNP so afraid, unwilling, or unable to attract new faces, and new viewpoints? Just more of the ‘same old. same old’
Corbett’s policy on gas taxes called into question
To get the money, Corbett proposes to eliminate a cap on the “oil company franchise tax,” to allow it to rise by about 28.5 cents over five years in three installments. That increase presumably would be passed on to motorists at the pump, though state officials said gasoline dealers might absorb part of it.
An overview: Take my incinerator, please!
From the perspective of observers in Harrisburg, Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority’s (LCSWMA) bid to buy the Harrisburg incinerator certainly is a big, and an important, piece of the puzzle to get Harrisburg on the road to solvency, and to keep the capital city out of bankruptcy court.
Convicted Orie Melvin resigns from Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Gov. Corbett can appoint an interim justice to fill her spot on the seven-member court, with the approval of two-thirds of the state Senate. The appointee would serve through January 2016. The court is currently split 3-3 between Republicans and Democrats and Ms. Orie Melvin is a Republican…
Passover pilgrimage of Russian billionaires
Fifteen Russian Jewish billionaires celebrated Passover with a pilgrimage through the desert this year. They began their journey in the morning of March 21. The starting point of the journey has been the area between the Dead Sea and Eilat in the Arava desert.
CC Chapter Twenty Revised: Fog of War
The PKF feasibility study showed that not only were there very serious questions about the project’s viability as designed, but that project opponents had gained traction in staunching its construction.
Pennsylvania Study Finds Halfway Houses Don’t Reduce Recidivism
NEW YORK TIMES: The federal government and states across the country have spent billions of dollars in recent years on sprawling, privately run halfway houses, which are supposed to save money and rehabilitate inmates more effectively than prisons do.
Zbigniew Brzezinski warns against saber rattling in the Middle East
He mentioned that even the Soviet Union with its great offensive capacities in land and by air was deterred from launching aggressions against Western Europe by USA guarantees that an attack on Europe would be treated as an attack on us.
Did Corbett also “slow-walk” the Turnpike investigation?
WE CONNECT DOTS: In 2006 — midway through his first term as state Attorney General — Tom Corbett formed a public corruption unit. Activities there propelled him to a first term as Governor in 2010. Extended control through handpicked successor Linda Kelly until this past January boost chances for re-election in 2014.
Lawmakers shouldn’t lose sight of consumers in liquor debate
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: …It is long past time that the state’s Prohibition-era relic should be retired despite the great strides the Liquor Control Board has made to modernize its operation.
DC 911 Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill Takes Effect
DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: As of Tuesday, there will be limited legal protections for people who witness or experience a drug overdose in the District of Columbia and summon medical assistance. That’s because the District’s Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Amendment Act goes into effect then.