Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation today authorizing marijuana growing, distribution and use for limited medical purposes….
The governor signed the bill this morning without the usual signing ceremony in order to initiate a one-year regulatory and licensing process for three not-for-profit dispensaries that will be authorized to sell marijuana to qualified patients.
I get frustrated by news stories that cover a “controversy” without telling us anything of the specifics. The Philadelphia Inquirer article reports on a “controversial” law just passed in the PA House that would require abortion clinics to have the designation of “Ambulatory Surgical facility”.
Below is an excerpt from a court report sent to NewsLanc. By “odd”, we mean people who question authority, whatever be their motivations. While some would call them “eccentric” and other use a less respectful term, they are the sentinels of liberty.
I think we need to shift the focus toward campaign finance reform. As long as money is running the show, a third party will just become another receptacle for Big Money. Look at the Tea Party—financed by the Koch Brothers so they can continue polluting the environment and not have to pay taxes.
From NEWSMAX: More than half of Republicans – 52 percent – say there should be a third political party, a new Gallup Poll says. The poll, released Monday, also found that 33 percent of Democrats want a third party…
The 2012 presidential election promises to have the most anonymous campaign donations in U.S. history. Unless the Obama administration acts, unknown corporate and wealthy interests will fund massive advertising campaigns against and for candidates but the voters will not know who they are or their real agenda.
Editorial “A gov’t takeover of legal notices” observes: “Sad to say, many legislators are still peeved, almost vindicative one might suspect, at the citizens uproar that greeted news reports of their 2005 pay raise and led to its cancellation…
It is good to see someone trying to find a way to make common sense decisions under existing health care law. Of course all that is being done could be done under a single payer system as well.
Last week the Watchdog attended a reception at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre at which Glenn Steele, President and CEO of Geisinger Health System, talked at length about the ground breaking programs that were praised by President Barack Obama and are at the core of ‘Obama Care.’
The Watchdog has repeatedly touched upon the enigma of why so many people are counter-factual; that is, deny the obvious even when the facts seem indisputable. His “Common Sense for Drug Policy” spent over a decade almost exclusively publishing peer reviewed and federal published items in page long ads in prominent magazines of political opinion, books and at www.CSDP.org/publicservice.
It’s also worth noting that nearly every entity discriminates against renters: Rental properties in Lancaster City are subject to a $50/year rental fee plus inspections that required of owner occupied units.
From NEWSMAX: While some potential Republican presidential candidates have criticized President Barack Obama’s decision not to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body, presumed frontrunner Mitt Romney agrees with the president Obama…
Editorial “An impact fee for shale drillers” opines “…Why? Because the lion’s share of the revenue collected from the fee would go to the communities most affected by natural gas drilling…
From USA TODAY: Americans are paying the smallest share of their income for taxes since 1958, a reflection of tax cuts and a weak economy, a USA TODAY analysis finds. The total tax burden — for all federal, state and local taxes — dropped to 23.6% of income in the first quarter, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data.