Yeah that’s how it looks so. Apparently big companies are buying a bunch of houses etc. Also not to far away closer to Allentown there is a large community of apartments being build.

Tamaqua is thriving. Shenandoah is trying. Mahanoy City has a long way to go.

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The rules were adjusted, Wolf had an outright ban. Shapiro changed the rules so small gifts (<$25) can now be accepted.

I Said that based on the topic of this post. And your respons was:

>republicans have literally done more to help Pennsylvanians than the daily threads about the derailment and bipartisan bullshit that get posted here on the Pennsylvania subreddit.

Cool, i understand you you favor a certain political party, cant relate because i think all politicians are fucking up.

Followed by

>don't be a twat and downplay it because ou(R) representatives get to take credit for it.

Still don't understand the infatuation with Republicans, but ok. Followed by

>you deserve to be called a lot worse. OK.

So eloquent, you are. And

>donation but radio silence about things that actually help people effected by the derailment

Hence the links, not exactly radio silence is it?

Followed by

>Because there's more to the story than the headlines

No shit, thats why I posted the links.

The only thing you've managed to say in all those words is, republicans are better than democrats, even if their efforts are insufficient we should praise them, ignore any otherconversations aboutthe issue, refuse to acknowledge that, oh and throw insults.

How many quotes and repeating yourself does it take to say the sme thing over and over?

If the message you're trying to send isn't that republicans are better than democrats because they're offering water testing, then I'm honestly not sure what you're trying to say here. Because that's the theme. And sorry, but no, you're not going to convince this twat that politicians have our best interests in mind.

Funnily enough, you are assuming im a republican because i agree that both sides have shitty politicians. Would you like to prove my original statement right again with your next comment?

And you also just said "not being able to take criticism is a Republican trait" yet here you are, unable to take criticism

"not being able to take criticism is a Republican trait" thanks for helping me show that that's incorrect

Criticizing a politician doesn't make an outlet conservative. I love Shapiro and I'm a bleeding heart liberal but I also respect Spotlight for being a hard working "good journalism" outlet. They're essentially a consortium of investigative journalists from various respected PA news outlets like PBS affiliates and the Philadelphia Inquirer (ie as far from conservative outlets as they come).

Obviously as an investigative outlet about state politics a lot of their focus is on Shapiro right now given he's the top dog. But look at their investigations and you'll see plenty of pieces about the general bureaucracy or GOP legislators.

I highly recommend you actually familiarize yourself with something before you criticize it just because you don't like a headline.

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I'm talking about how it passed, not the contents of the bill.

However there are arguments for both sides, even using your arguments above.

Playing devils advocate, the most extreme times have our most northern cities having sunrise at 7:30am vs 8:30am and sunset at 4:30am vs 5:30am.

Most people work 7-3 or 9-5 (and if they don't it's dark either way). Anyone working a 7-3 leaves too early and gets out too early for a change to matter. It's going to be dark regardless. However people working 9-5 are leaving while it's still a little light out with DLST, but driving home in the dark. Overall there's less dark commuting with DLST.

As for school children, they should be going to school an hour or two later regardless. Assuming a half hour commute, only 17% to 57% (likely much closer to 17%, but I don't have the full data) of schools would be beifited from standard time anyway.

Then there's the economic impacts. People are more likely to shop when the sun's out, so the later the sun is out the better for business.

Either way we really need to just pick one.

Who?

If it is and a problem give the proper penalties and move on

It is, but I also care, and I don't want DLST.

Since the article title isn’t “Pennsylvania Governor violated state gift ban”, I’m just going to assume no, he didn’t.

I don't even care which one. Just pick ffs. The change is worse than anything.

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If you think the people are smiling at you because they love their jobs, you are exactly the kind of easy-to-fool customer they are looking for.

And Sheetz lines are short because they have self checkout screens, and if there's more than 3 people in line for smokes/beer, they open another checkout line.

Which GetGo just can't fricken figure out. I've had lone cashiers just go on break with nobody coming out to take over. I don't blame the employees, but I do blame the shitty management.

Great. NS new this kind of accident would happen eventually. The business plan is to do shady and illegal shit to save/make money. When the accident happens just pay less in fines than NS made by doing that illegal shit. Profit, then just repeat. It pays for itself.

The only way to break this cycle is to fine them out of existence. Maker every shareholder lose everything. Making safety a profit motive is the only way to make them be safe.

This isn’t a big deal in my opinion because the governor has proven himself to be a man of exceptional character. If he was wrong, the governor would be man enough to admit it and make things right. Attending the Super Bowl was a great experience for Governor and First Lady Shapiro.

because he made a comment trying to blame democrats for the derailment (claiming they received millions from NS) when he could have kept his traitorous mouth shut

its more of he lied, and got called out for lying, not how much he received

It was really weird. Like all of a sudden, hey, we’re gonna do permanent daylight saving time in a year. Did they check with municipalities? Sleep experts? Businesses? Schools? Having it nearly always dark when kids are at bus stops and walking to school? Not smart. Having people commute in the dark? More accidents. I’d rather see permanent standard time myself…

I have really found memories of fishing at the Little Pine spillway. We would go camping, catch fish, and have dinner. It's probably been 15+ years since I've been up there.

Yeah that's not sketchy at all. If I awarded someone contracts and they gave me that gift package I'd be in jail.

>Or are you only interested in taking politics 🤔?

In case you forgot here's the comment of yours that I replied to:

>I don't think the second statement means he isn't corrupt. It just means it doesn't cost much to compromise his morals. It's worse to be able to be bought for less.

I'm sure you saying that one of our senators sold out his constituents over $1,000 is grounded in reality and not your own political biases.

>It's not a melt down. It was an effort to facilitate discussion. I like how you only know how to talk down to people you aren't actually open for a conversation.

Tagging someone in a dozen different threads because they called out your political dig isn't facilitating discussion.

>When I'm unaware of something, I like to educate myself. I guess you like to throw tantrums and name call. Not surprising since you are focused on politics rather than actions.

Sure you do. I mentioned free well and air testing and immediately you dismissed it as "insufficient", but please go on about how you'd rather focus on actions than politics.

>You don't disagree with me. You just don't comprehend logic.

I do disagree with you on multiple points you've made, saying I don't, telling me I need to grow up, accusing me of gaslighting, accusing me of projecting, and dismissing literally everything I say isn't going to change that, it just means I was justified in calling you a twat earlier because if you weren't being one then you certainly are now.

Me choosing not to try and follow your shitty binary logic isn't the same as not comprehending it. I grew out of being an idealist in my 20s.