This is the way. ✊️

Lancaster County & Southern Chester County are definitely not Pennsyltuckey. Rural agriculture, Pennsylvania Dutch and many Amish folks as well as the horse operations are keeping the developers at bay. Lots of small vegetable and grass fed beef operations. Many former dairy operators are in the hog business now. Folks down here may speak a little differently but they have to be pretty smart to survive in today’s AG economy.

There were three special elections to fill vacancies in the state house, all for districts within Allegheny County.

One member died before the November election, but too late for them to be replaced on the ballot. One was Austin Davis, who is now Shapiro's Lt. Governor. The last is Summer Lee, who was elected to a seat in the US House.

Ah, Max0r.

Boomers also handed over vast power to corporations in the name of their almighty god, capitalism; creating the billionaire class that sends dark money to any candidate who supports their investor's portfolios and unchecked growth.

Boomers and corporations quite literally made it legal to poison the environment, kill off habitats, and change the climate. To the point people are dying and they still don't care.

The number of angry and ignorant people that feel compelled to put people down in the PA political forums is embarrassing.

Yep, I work with plenty of younger people who are right of Tucker Carlson... I can't believe people still believe in this logical fallacy.

You know you can choose not to say anything right? Or at least not go out of your way to say things that can be interpreted as hurtful or angry.

> In 50 years the generation of teens and 20-something will be eager for the deaths of the unrepentantly backward, greedy and immoral Gen Z.

More like millennials probably. Millennials are the second largest generational cohort after boomers, so will have massive electoral heft once the boomers shed their mortal coil.

Gen Z are probably going to be another Gen X type situation, always living in the shadow of their numerically larger predecessors.

Edit: Correction, millennials outnumber boomers as of 2019.

I'm a fan of gas tax reduction

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All three of those words are concerning. But “bandits” most of all. The situation where someone that specializes in unsuspecting foot jobs can achieve their goal is something to fear.

People hate charter schools for some reason on Reddit. Don't bother

thanks!

The "state" likely would seek a court order to 1) force the district to do what it must and/or, 2) appoint a receiver.

As a former registered PA Republican who was voting mostly Dem in state and national races by 2008, do not go independent in PA's closed primary system. You lose your voice in who is on the ballot come November.

While I have my issues with Texas politics I do enjoy being an Independent and being able to vote in the primary of the party of my choice for that cycle.

These days I the only Republican that gets my vote in the general is the county tax assessor because the Dem incumbent is from a political dynasty which I'm not a fan of. However, last year I voted in the Republican primary because O'Rourke had the Dem nomination sewn up (as much as I think he is unelectable in statewide elections).

Boomers were called the Me Generation by their own parents.

The mandate is to fund. And they do. The court case is about how that is being accomplished or not accomplished. Most of the funding in most districts is provided thru a combination of property taxes and earned income taxes (aka EIT). Because of inequities in wealth or thru the luck of locations, some districts have greater ability to leverage property taxes and the EIT into an outstanding public school education for their students. Lower Merion, for instance. On the other end are districts such as Steelton and Chester.

Yesterday's ruling addresses the inequities in funding.

"Paules’ sign also made mention of litter boxes in classrooms, a nod to
the rumors that circulated throughout the past few years that schools
were accommodating students who identified as cats."

We have lost our f^&*ing minds.

I was one of those Democrats who didn't vote regularly in PA.

I'm now committed to show at every election for as long as I'm alive.

Not to be that guy but I know for a fact my local school district keeps more old school buildings open than necessary and that they blow an inordinate amount of their budget on repairs for those buildings. They have too few students in each school but parents are emotionally attached to the high schools they graduated from and won’t let them close for consolidation efforts. It’s also a very low ranking school district. I don’t believe showering money on the school system will improve the education of students here.

That is great and all, though, i hope that the Democrats of PA eventually realize that they have to vote in those "sneaky" ballots during off-year primary election cycles. Cuz the problem is partially the republicans putting the questions there, true...but the real problem is Democrats not showing up to vote in local elections; that is far worse for PA.

Especially with mail in voting, there really is very little reason for most people not to vote.

Most religions need to go. You can have all the religious freedom you want . . . in your home. I'm so tired of seeing it everywhere, calling people sinner, etc.

The taxes alone would help solve problems.

Nope. The boomers are a huge generation. They have immense political power, and they use it. They pass laws that are meant to help themselves at the expense of everyone else. When they were young, they voted for laws that help young people, and civil rights. Then they passed laws that help middle aged people starting careers. Then they passed laws that lowered their taxes because they were now rich.

At the expense of everyone else.

Our bridges are falling down around us, there's lead pipes, decades of pollution, and so on. It will take decades to undo the damage the boomers have done to America. All because they wanted lower taxes so they could keep more money for themselves.

My generation, and those that follow will have to pick up the tab for all of that neglect. It will cost 10x as much to fix all this shit than if we had just maintained it.

Don't even get me started on healthcare. Healthcare in this country is geared towards serving the boomers. They had pensions and good insurance when it was cheap, and now they have Medicare. They want to make sure we don't get universal healthcare because it doesn't benefit them at all.

This entire country was ruined by the boomers and I cannot 2ait until they all die. Bunch of selfish, short-sighted assholes who ruined this planet and are laughing all the way to the bank.