Business
Money and Water Flow Naturally Away From Their Source
By John Messeder at November 16, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
I have an electric stream behind my house. Water flows down the rocks, offering a drinking fountain for the dog, birds and wasps that live here, and soothing sound for me. There is a pump submerged at the bottom of… Read the rest
[...read more]Don’t Count Out the Labor Movement
By Walter Brasch at August 31, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Almost every conservative political columnist, pundit, commentator, blogger, and bloviator has written about the decline and forthcoming death of the labor movement.
They happily point to Wisconsin, where Republican Gov. Scott Walker shortly after taking office in January 2011 took… Read the rest
[...read more]Top Sales Tax States
By Eric Epstein at July 30, 2012 | 9:20 am | 0 Comment
| State | Rate |
| Indiana | 7.0% |
| Mississippi | 7.0% |
| New Jersey | 7.0% |
| Rhode Island | 7.0% |
| Tennessee |
Marcellus-Related Plant Offered $2 Billion to Come to Pa.
By John Messeder at June 12, 2012 | 7:50 am | 0 Comment
Shell Oil Co., a child of Royal Dutch Shell the latter reportedly the largest oil company in Europe and second largest company in the world is thinking about building an ethane cracker plant in Monaca Borough, Beaver County, 30-some miles… Read the rest
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Top Ten Reforms Ignored by Governor Corbett and the Legislature
By Eric Epstein at October 24, 2011 | 9:39 am | 135 Comments
10) 52% of Pennsylvania voters prefer the current
electoral system. (a)
9) 54% of Pennsylvania voters support pension
reform. (b)
7) 65% of Pennsylvanians favor a natural gas
tax. (c)
8) 67% of Pennsylvania voters want to… Read the rest
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The Story Never Ends: Newsman Joe Bianco
By T.W. Burger at October 19, 2011 | 9:32 am | 2 Comments
Joe Bianco first walked into a newspaper office in Newark, New Jersey. It was 1948, and he had no training of any kind for a journalism career. He spent a chunk of World War II as a Navy Corpsman, but,… Read the rest
[...read more]Republican lawmakers could force Gov. Corbett to sign Marcellus tax
By John Messeder at October 14, 2011 | 10:08 am | 167 Comments
Gov. Tom Corbett has presented a plan that would allow county and municipal leaders in Marcellus Shale drilling areas to enact an “impact fee.” The plan essentially requires impact fee proponents to show how much their budgets have been inflated… Read the rest
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We need the work done, and they need the work, so…
By John Messeder at October 4, 2011 | 8:52 am | 5 Comments
Gifford Pinchot did it. In 1931, his state in the grip of The Great Depression and his state’s roads a muddy mess, Gov. Pinchot declared he would “get the farmers out of the mud.”
Pinchot was governor of Pennsylvania 1923-1927… Read the rest
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Developers use courts to SLAPP down citizen objections
By John Messeder at September 30, 2011 | 9:41 am | 129 Comments
It almost sounds like a football metaphor. The big guy SLAPPing down a smaller opponent on the way to the goal line.
It is a concept many municipalities across the commonwealth are too familiar with. A big developer comes to… Read the rest
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Sludge
By Terry Shaffer at September 29, 2011 | 10:07 am | 101 Comments
I should have known something was wrong when I heard the cheerful voice of the operator who sounded something like the ProgressiveAuto Insurance woman on hallucinogenics. It was a voice reflecting a level of happiness I didn’t usually associate with… Read the rest
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