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Mount Ashmore: Rugged monument to bad government

By Bill Keisling at June 8, 2013 | 2:13 pm | 0 Comment

Internationally infamous dirty incinerator ash field at center of new PA bond deal

The mystery of the ‘missing’ toxic waste at Harrisburg’s incinerator 

Directors of the Harrisburg and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, waste authorities say there are no outstanding environmental… Read the rest

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Forget about Shutting the Barn Door – the Harrisburg Incinerator Scoundrels Run Free.

By Mark Schwartz at June 5, 2013 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment

Thank You Mayor Linda Thompson!

Make no mistake about it, this week’s SEC charge against and accepted by the City, was a charge against Linda Thompson for failure to disclose pertinent financial information. Did heads roll?  Was an… Read the rest

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Standing Tall for Landowner Rights

By Walter Brasch at June 4, 2013 | 9:31 am | 0 Comment

Julia Trigg Crawford of Direct, Texas, is the manager of a 650-acre farm that her grandfather first bought in 1948. The farm produces mostly corn, wheat, and soy. On its north border is the Red River; to the west is… Read the rest

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America’s Top Ten 10 Deadliest Cities in 2012

By Eric Epstein at June 3, 2013 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment

1) Flint, Michigan

With 66 murders, or 64.9 murders for every 100,000 citizens, Flint’s homicide rate far exceeded its competitors, making it America’s deadliest city of 2012.

2) Detroit, Michigan

In Detroit, there were 386 homicides, or 54.6 murders… Read the rest

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Hazardous waste for years dumped illegally at Harrisburg incinerator, DEP documents reveal

By Bill Keisling at May 31, 2013 | 10:38 am | 0 Comment

Hazardous waste for years was illegally processed and improperly disposed at the grounds of the Harrisburg incinerator, documents on file with Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection reveal.

Much of the harmful and long-lived hazardous waste was received, and its… Read the rest

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Top Ten American Sports’ Franchises By Value

By Eric Epstein at May 27, 2013 | 9:03 am | 0 Comment