Why do you need a birth certificate to go on a cruise?

I did. It cost about $1.50 to mail in and I figure why not. They take the car off the registration rolls immediately instead of waiting until the next renewal period.

No

He's a non used car salesman used car salesman

A referral is a request for an investigation which may or may not result in criminal charges. It could get quite complicated. There is no doubt that there will be multiple massive civil claims. There is a massive amount of work in assembling the material for a serious legal action, the press release usually comes after the work is done. I am not in western PA but if I were, I would welcome information about the state’s plans to test the water & soils of the area impacted by the plume.

Lol no, it doesn't. You know exactly what i meant just as anyone else who speaks english did. I left it off because i use Reddit on my phone and dont have previous comments looking me in the face while i reply.

You had no argument that could refute anything i said, so you latched onto that as your only chance to grasp at a straw. Now it's your only argument, and is also nonsense.

So, if you have no point to make, and refuse to listen to any point that opposes your own thoughts...then i dont see much point in continuing the baseless "im right and you're wrong" conversation

It changes the sentence drastically. That's why it was included. That's why you left it off. You lied about the quote.

Yeah "in your party" are the only words i forgot to include and it doesnt change the meaning at all here, but good attempt.

And it's not only used by republicans lol. What a generalized, bald faced lie that is lol. Source: i have ears and eyes

Jersey, Ohio, new York, west Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware...

People believe just about anything.

The last thing I want to do is start an argument or cause any discontent, but I do have one question for you. Hypothetically, if it were Governor and First Lady of PA Mastriano, would you still consider it a no big deal, good time had by all situation?

Exactly and the strip mall DeVos charter school for mega profit and Pearl clutching thanks you

I’ve been watching the properties get gobbled up in that area and guessed it will be full of landlords that live anywhere but there. I hope the area is revitalized but most likely it will end up like Reading. The NY folks bought up the cheap absolutely beautiful properties and turned them into multi family rentals that went to crap.

Who cares...

But how does that alter the veracity of the article?

My grandparents lived in Shamokin. Used to visit their a few times a year for 4th of July and Thanksgiving in the 90s and 2000s. Used to be a pretty bumpin town. Now it’s like a creepy grey heroin-filled hellscape.

The part that got me was the legislative folks had a $500 limit. The standard commonwealth employee under Wolf couldn't accept a bottle of water, pen or a calendar.

Now tell me, who has more power in the state system. The folks who vote on how the laws are made or the guy sweeping the floor?

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I like Shapiro, voted for him, and think he will be an excellent governor. That said, politicians are people and not inerrant. In this case, I’m uncomfortable with Shapiro and his staff accepting tens of thousands of dollars in perks from an organization that receives state money and routinely is compensated for their consulting work by the executive branch in PA.

Even if legal (if he and his staff disclose these gifts per the provisions of the State Ethics Act), it still seems fairly clear that this violates at least the spirit of the executive branch policy on gifts.

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The real estate companies around me will advertise 40k houses in the inner city. Shamokin has seen an influx of non-whites to a traditionally white area. The local motorcycle meth gangs are not happy lol

Nice try

To add to this, Spotlight PA has produced the most rigorous, thorough, and honestly critical investigative journalism in the state out of any news group dealing with state and local issues since their organization came into being. They tend to lean left if anything, but are not afraid to take up any issue if they sense something amiss is going on, regardless of what parenthetical letter comes behind the names of those involved.

I consume a lot of their content because it’s syndicated in a digital newspaper I subscribe to, and I can confidently say this is a Ben Shapiro vs Andrew Neil thing for the commenter you’re replying to.

It’s a violation of executive branch policy most likely (I’m not sure I see much of a distinction between grant recipient and organization with a contractual agreement with the state as the organization argues in this article), but it is only a violation of the state ethics act if Shapiro and his staff don’t report it in a disclosure.

I worked for an organization for a while that had various events involving state officials to discuss state business. They couldn’t even accept a cup of coffee or bottle of water without requesting an invoice from us when Wolf’s gift ban went into effect.

I understand disclosure and limiting even small gifts that have the potential to corrupt, but having to charge an executive branch agency because one of their staff members grabbed a donut at a breakfast event seemed excessive.

That said, Shapiro’s acceptance of the Super Bowl trip for himself and others is concerning. And I say this as someone who met him on many occasions, worked with his office (while Montco commissioner), and supports and voted for him.