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The PAC Side of Rick Santorum: Meet Rick’s Political Husband
By Eric Epstein at February 20, 2012 | 7:01 am | 1 Comments
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has endeared himself to social conservatives and voters seeking ideological purity, while at the same time fueling his political ambitions with contributions from the purveyors of moral decay – the tobacco and alcohol industries,… Read the rest
[...read more]DeWeese Annual Pension Projection
By Eric Epstein at February 8, 2012 | 11:45 am | 2 Comments
Rep. William DeWeese’s annual pension projection based on his salary from 2006-2009 with COLAs: $119,060. Mr. DeWeese’s pre-pay raise salary was $100,910.58. He received $13,000 from the pay raise and did not return the funds to the Treasury.
Concerns Still Remain Over National Defense Act
By Carey Lening at January 1, 2012 | 8:55 pm | 10 Comments
On December 21, 2011, Congress formally presented the National Defense Authorization Act, (“NDAA”) to President Obama’s desk. The bill is monolithic–spanning 565 pages in length–and primarily covers funding and support of the military. However, two sections of the bill… Read the rest
[...read more]Low-level rad waste: Nuclear’s other disposal challenge
By Garry Lenton at September 28, 2011 | 10:25 am | 98 Comments
When the Limerick nuclear power station near Philadelphia ran out of space to store some of its radioactive waste earlier this year, owner Exelon Nuclear asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to send it down the Pennsylvania… Read the rest
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Pay Raise: 2005-2011
By Rock The Capital - Admin at July 7, 2011 | 9:47 am | 1,167 Comments
Contents of the Report:
Introduction
Pensions
Footnotes
Payjackers convicted of breaking the law or indicted, “presented” or searched by state and/or federal law enforcement agencies
Legislative Compensation Packages: July 2005 vs July 2011
Background and… Read the rest
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White House & NRC Recommend 50 Mile Fukushima Evacuation, Yet Insist US Safe With Only 10
By Rock The Capital - Admin at June 6, 2011 | 10:02 am | 94 Comments
Fairewinds’ chief engineer Arnie Gundersen emphasizes the need to enlarge evacuation zones around US nuclear plants to 50 miles. Reducing US evacuation zones to only 10 miles during a nuclear power accident compromises public safety.
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What’s wrong with this picture?
By Rock The Capital - Admin at June 5, 2011 | 10:32 pm | 0 Comment
Entergy’s CEO’s total annual compensation, 2010, was $27.32 million.
Example:
Pilgrim is the same design as the failed Fukushima reactors – all are GE, Mark I, BWRs. Almost forty years ago, the NRC identified a serious design flaw in… Read the rest
[...read more]Superior Court Judge Serving Illegally?
By Rock The Capital - Admin at May 2, 2011 | 10:08 am | 95 Comments
Does eight or ten years strike anyone as “temporary judicial service”? What’s the practical difference between a judge elected for a permanent ten-year term and a judge appointed for a temporary ten-year term? But the most important point is this: A judge who serves for ten years should be elected, not appointed.
[...read more]Searching for Statesmen, Fire in the Pennsylvania Senate
By Eric Zager at March 31, 2011 | 3:42 pm | 45 Comments
In this edition of Searching for Statesmen the importance of fire sprinklers and the fight in Pennsylvania’s legislature to repeal a new mandatory law requiring all new construction of single and double family homes come equipped with sprinklers. Host Mark Singel explores why the Sprinkler Law (H.B. 377) is so important. Singel a former Lt. Governor is urging everyone to reach out to their Senators and urge them not to repeal H.B. 377 — mandatory sprinklers could save as many as 200 lives a year in Pennsylvania.
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Parsing PSU’s Budget
By Scott Paterno at March 17, 2011 | 11:09 am | 446 Comments
Scott Paterno is spending his days combing PSU’s budget to alleviate the burden in the wake of Governor Corbett’s proposed budget cuts.
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